Background: Hearing impairment is diminished acuity to sounds which would otherwise be heard
normally and deafness is inability to understand speech even in the presence of amplification. The aim of this
study was to evaluate health educational program for students with hearing impairment and deafness regarding
their quality of life. Research design: A quasi experimental design was utilized in this study. Setting: This
study was conducted at Al -Amal School for Mute and Deafness in Benha City. The sample: All hearing
impaired and deaf students were included in the study; total sample included 100 students with age group 14-19
years. Tools: I): A structured interviewing questionnaire which consists of four parts to assess a): Sociodemographic characteristics b): Medical history c): Students' knowledge regarding hearing impairment and
deafness disease d): Reported practices of the students II): Scale to measure the attitude of students toward
hearing impairment and deafness, and III): Scale to measure quality of life of students with hearing impairment
and deafness. Results: 67% of the studied students had good knowledge while 96% of the studied students had
satisfactory practices, 71% of the studied students had positive attitudes and 55% of studied students had good
quality of life post program. There were positive highly statistically significant correlations between studied
students' total attitudes score and their total knowledge score & statistically significant correlation between the
studied students' total practices scores and their total knowledge score pre-program. There were positive
statistically significant correlations between the studied students' total attitudes score, total practices score and
total knowledge score also, there were positive statistically significant correlations between total practices score,
total attitudes score and total quality of life score post program. Conclusion: Health educational program
succeeded to improve knowledge, practices, attitudes and quality of life of studied students with hearing
impairment and deafness. Recommendations: Psychosocial rehabilitation program should be held to meet the
needs of students with hearing impairment and deafness and improve their quality of life in cooperation with
school health nurse
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