“Iconologia” as an alternative look at education of people with hearing impairments

This article discusses the educational aspect of people with hearing impairments in the perspective of the sought alternative teaching methods of this group of students. The authors have analyzed the assumptions of the main models of education of students with hearing impairments implemented in the Polish education system, its most important issues, problem areas and potential solutions. The authors have also begun to reflect on the educational potentials that in the education of people with hearing impairment can be brought by the museum education. In the context of the proposed solutions, they present an interdisciplinary educational project inspired by iconology, the field of art history which supports a universal non-verbal communication and a modern model of the participatory museum.