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Abstract
The number of Deaf and Hard Hearing students coming to the polytechnics has been increasing for the past years. The problem is that they may not have the benefits of a Deaf and hard of hearing culture in the polytechnic as compared to pre-tertiary life. The aim of this paper was therefore to explore their experiences in their academic learning process on a polytechnic campus. Appropriately a phenomenological approach to the study was chosen. The main data collection was an in-depth interview. After analyzing the data through a rigorous coding system, four categories were adopted in presenting the results. The results showed that though they had some challenges, their cognitive elements pointed to potentially good students given that some appropriate measures are taken by the polytechnics and the ministry of education. Some theoretical and practical implications for research were put forward at the tail end of the study