Soundless Success:A Comprehensive Study of Academic Information Access for Hearing-Impaired Students in Karnataka

The study examines soundless success: a comprehensive study of academic information access for hearing-impaired students in Karnataka. The data was collected using quantitative and qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews, survey methods, and focus groups conducted among 1027 hearing-impaired students in Karnataka. The study results showed hearing-impaired students' information-seeking behaviours are similar to normal students. Although, their challenges involve searching for information because they do not have modern facilities, due to the lack of support infrastructures at school. In other words, they are bound to encounter barriers before meeting their information needs. This causes them to waste much time in the information-seeking process, so they are slowed down in many ways. This study identifies constraints and challenges and suggests ways to improve current information sources and services.