Prior contacts and perception of the deaf by the non-deaf in Nigeria

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Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth
A. Odebiyi
Cite this article:  Togonu-Bickersteth, F., & Odebiyi, A. (1985). Prior contacts and perception of the deaf by the non-deaf in Nigeria. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 13(1), 43-54.


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The study examines the impact of non-deaf's previous contacts with the deaf on their perception of the deaf. Data was collected through structured interviews of 534 randomly selected non-deaf respondents residing in Southwest part of Nigeria. About 60 percent of these respondents have had varying contacts with the deaf. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) that respondents who have had contact with the deaf will perceive the deaf more favorably than those who have had no contact; (2) that respondents who have had intimate contacts with the deaf will perceive them more favorably than respondents who have had transient contacts with the deaf. The two hypotheses were rejected.
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