a comparison of social skills of partially hearing impaired students in integrated versus nonintegrated schools

the present study was conducted to computer social skills of male students with partially hearing impairment (phi ) in integrated versus nonintegrated school settings in tehran, iran. in this ex post facto research, 60 phi students participated(30 students in integrated schools and 30 in nonintegrated schools). in this study two different kinds of educational settings were considered as an independent variable and social skills of phi students was regarded as a dependent variable. to measure social skills of phi students , social skills rating system(gresham & elliot, i990) developed and adapted. results revealed that mean score of phi students in integrated settings was higher than their peers in non integrated settings. this difference, however, was not statistically significant.