The main objective of the study is to investigate the parenting stress, emotional coping, psychological adjustment and psychological distress among mothers of children with hearing impairment and normal hearing children. Sample: The sample comprised of 300 subjects i.e., 150 mothers of (clinical group) children with hearing impairment and 150 mothers (control group) of children with normal hearing. The age range of the sample was 18 - 42 years. The mean age of mothers was 27.18 years. The age range of the children was 14 - 60 months. Criteria for inclusion in the hearing impaired children were severe or profound hearing loss (defined as a loss of 70 db or greater across the speaking range) and no other physical disabilities.