This study was aimed to study the factor of career resilience among people with hearing impairments who work in the East Coast States of Peninsular Malaysia. There were 166 samples (101 male, 65 female) involved in this study. The selection of the study’s sample used purposeful sampling technique. The set of questionnaires that was distributed was Career Resilience for Adults with Disabilities Scale (CRADS). The data collected were analysed using SPSS Version 23.0 (Statistical Package for Social Science) and the findings of the study were analysed using the descriptive statistic which includes frequency tabulation, percentages, mean and standard deviation, as well as inferential analysis using t-test and ANOVA to observe the differences of the career resilience among workers with hearing impairment by gender and marital status. The t-test analysis showed a significant difference between the career resilience factor among the workers with hearing impairment by gender with the t-value= -1.198 and the significance level p=.042. While, the value of F(165) =.170,p>.05 indicated there was no significant differences between the group of marital status.
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