Introduction : Hearing damage is one of the most stressful sensory disability concerns in parents and families about child development and social relationships he creates. This study were aimed to determine the effectiveness of social skills training on improving social phobia and emotion regulation strategies in hearing impaired children.  

Method: This study was used a quasi-experimental and pretest - posttest control group was used. A sample 30 of hearing-impaired girl students of exceptional center in Tehran that systematically selected and randomly assigned into control and experimental groups were assigned. collected information was included, Cognition Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and social phobia scale (SPIN). Both group were performed pre-test, post-test. In the implementation process, the intervention group for 17 weekly sessions teaching social skills Walker were based approach.  

 Findings : The results of analysis covariance showed that social skills training, cognitive emotion regulation strategies on social phobia and effective (P<0/001). The Social Phobia and emotion regulation and cognitive test scores compared to pre-test scores were significantly reduced.

Conclusions: According to the obtained findings about the importance and the role of social skills in the compatibility and the success of individuals, particular in deaf students and has a hearing defect social skills training can be used with social phobia to reduce these people and their emotional regulation to improve.