Study to assess the coping strategies adopted among children with impaired hearing

With a view to assess the coping strategies adopted by children with impaired hearing a qualitative research approach with exploratory survey research design was conducted to assess the coping strategies among children with impaired hearing. Non Probability Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 100 children of age 10-16 years studying in various deaf schools of Pune city in India who were suffering from varying degree of hearing impairment. Data collection tool included self-structured questionnaire. The results showed that 88 (88%) children were adapted, 11 (11%) children were less adapted, 1 (1%) child was well adapted and none of the children were poorly adapted.