Anxiety and Depression among People living with Hearing Impaired

Over 5% of the world’s population are people with hearing loss and has been estimated that one in every ten people will have disabling hearing loss in 2050 (WHO, 2020); 2.2% of the Indian population had a disability (Census, 2011). The study aimed to examine any significant difference between people living with hearing impaired and normal hearing ability on Depression and Anxiety. Two hundred samples were drawn from the Aimol community of Manipur State with equally matched of samples both severe hearing impaired and normal hearing. Symptoms Check List (Derogatis, 2012) was employed in which only Anxiety and depression subscales were used in this study. The results depicted that higher anxiety and depression among people living with hearing impaired and normal hearing ability, anxiety and depression were positively correlated which suggested that the need of psychological intervention for people living with hearing impaired and normal hearing ability.