This study was conducted to compare HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes of hearing-impaired and
non-hearing-impaired secondary school students in Ibadan, South-Western Nigeria.A cross-sectional survey of all the hearing impaired students and an equal number of nonhearing-impaired
students enrolled in a half way school in Ibadan was conducted. Four non-hearingimpaired
students did not complete the survey and their responses were excluded from the final
analysis. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (version 11.0).Seventy-eight hearing-impaired and non 74 non-hearing impaired students completed rhe
survey. Thirty (38.5%) hearing-impaired and 67 (90.5%) and non-hearing-impaired students knew that
HIV could be transmitted via semen, vaginal fluid and blood, (p<0.001). HIV/AIDS knowledge
scores were calculated giving minimum and maximum scires of 0 and 15 respectively. Mean
knowledge score for hearing-impaired students was 4.7 compared with 8.7 among
non-hearing-impaired students (t-test=11.307, p < 0.001). Generally, the students’ attitudes to
HIV/AIDS prevention and PLWHA were not favorable with only hearing-impaired and 44 (59.5%)
non-hearing-impaired students agreeing that it would be alright for them to be in the same
class with someone who hadAIDS.The study showed that the hearing-impaired students had poorer knowledge and attitudes to
HIV/AIDS compared with their non-hearing-impaired counterparts. There is a pressing need for development