Pondicherry Journal of Nursing Vol 8 Issue 3 SEP-DEC15 26 A STUDY TO ASSESS THE COPING STRATEGIES ADOPTED AMONG CHILDREN WITH IMPAIRED HEARING *Mr.Remiya Mohan Abstract With a view to assess the coping strategies adopted by children with impaired hearing a qualitative research approach with exploratory survey 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 school of Pune city who were suffering from varying degrees of hearing impairment. Data collection, 11 (11%) children were less adapted, 1(1%) child was adapted and none of the children were poorly adapted. Keywords: Coping Strategies, Adopted, Impaired Hearing Introduction Coping refers to changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific demands that the appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person. When we encounter a difficult or stressful life situation, We react in various ways, to try to make the situation better or to decrease the stress and difficulty feeling that the situation has created. All of these reactions may be called as coping The research indicates that children and adults who have a larger repertoire of coping strategies experience fewer negative consequences, in the short and long term. (Mishara Brian L, 2003) Deaf people themselves have to make adjustment and develop coping strategies in the hearing world to protect their self-esteem. They need to counteract the hassles they face every day in a world that is full of communication challenges and, at times, prejudice and discrimination. These deaf individuals often have intelligible voices and are coming from a hearing family, which enables them to be more familiar with the norms and values of the majority society and to move comfortably back and forth between the two group. (Jambor & Elliott,2005) India has a population of just over 1 billion and there are 3 million deaf children in India. Every year 25,000 children are born deaf. Study also reported that only one in ten deaf children go to school in India and 90% deaf children in school live in urban areas. *Tutor, College of Nursing, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan