Tehran University of Medical Sciences Auditory and Vestibular Research 2423-480X 23 2 2017 07 31 66 73 Iran Davoudi Clinical Psychology Department, Education and Psychology Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Roghaye Mazarei Kascani Clinical Psychology Department, Education and Psychology Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Mahnaz Mehrabizadeh Honarmand Clinical Psychology Department, Education and Psychology Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran 2017 05 22 Background and Aim: Some evidence suggests that hearing impairment has negative effect on psychological characters of hearing-impaired adolescences and they are more vulnerable to mental health problems than their hearing peers are. This was a comparative study of social skills, life satisfaction and external and internal locus of control in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired students. Methods: This multi-stage random sampling method consisted of 50 students with hearing impairment (boy and girls) and 50 matched normal-hearing students. The participants completed Matson evaluation of social skills with youngster, students life satisfaction, and Levenson multidimensional locus of control scales. Results: The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed statistically meaningful differences in social skills, life satisfaction and locus of control between the two groups (p=0.002 for all). Conclusion: Social skills in normal-hearing students were higher than students with hearing impairment and locus of control in normal student was more internally. Training the parents and school-staff on development of locus of control and making it more internally in hearing-impaired students is suggested. https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/257