• Akshya.P
• P. Anita Phoebe Ivvah
• Sujitha. R
• Sundaresan. R

The term ‘Hearing Impairment’ generally refers to an individual with very little or no functional hearing and one who uses sign language for their communicational purpose (WHO, 2018). It affects QoL of a person to some extent with spatial variance to the environment. The aim of the study is to evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) in young adults using sign language. Twenty-two sign language users with hearing impairment, aged 18-30 years were taken for this study. The individuals with other co-morbidities including intellectual impairment, learning disabilities or other types of physical disabilities were excluded from this study. WHO BREF questionnaire (Harper, 1996) was administered and the results were analyzed statistically. Among the young adults using sign language, QoL was moderately affected in psychological and environmental areas. Though the society has been developed, it lacks in accepting sign language users as normal. The ignorance in the society affects their mental health significantly. Every individual should have virtuous QoL to lead a healthy and peaceful life. Although deafness is a disability, they should be physically and mentally more stable to survive in the society.

Quality of Life (QoL), deafness, hard of hearing, sign language

"EVALUATING QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) IN YOUNG ADULTS USING SIGN LANGUAGE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.74-77, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904715.pdf

"EVALUATING QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) IN YOUNG ADULTS USING SIGN LANGUAGE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp74-77, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904715.pdf