Visualization Analysis of Social Support for Hearing Impaired students based on CiteSpace

Objective: In order to have a comprehensive understanding of the current research progress of social support for hearing impaired students in China and the current research trends, to explore the frontiers of its development, and to provide a basis and research direction for subsequent research on social support for hearing impaired students. Methods:CiteSpace software was used to analyse the number of publications, keyword co-occurrence, and keyword clustering of all the literature related to the research in this field in CNKI. Results: A total of 127 related literatures were included. In terms of the number of publications, the field of social support for students with hearing impairment is generally low, showing a fluctuating upward trend, and in terms of keywords, the research hotspots in this field focus on mental health and resilience research. Discussion: Domestic research on social support for hearing impaired students is still in the developmental stage, and there is a need to strengthen inter-institutional and interdisciplinary co-operation to build a social support system with Chinese characteristics.