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In this study, the investigating the levels of social anxiety according to gender factors ofhearing-impaired adolescent athletes at the age of 12-16 was aimed.A total of 90 hearing-impaired athletes consisting of 36 male and 54 female were participatedin this study. The questionnaire including Socio-demographic questions and AdolescentSocial Anxiety Scale (SAS) was used to collect survey data. Independent t test was used to compare independent groups. Significance level was estimated as 0,05.Fear of negative evaluation of hearing-impaired male athletes was significantly higher than those of female. However, there was no significant difference between gender factors andsocial avoidance in the general and new cases.As a result, we can say that the problem-solving skills of individuals with higher levels of socialanxiety were low, so this study is an important study to determine the problem-solving andsocial anxiety levels of individuals with disabilities.