The efforts to make every disabled persons independent, economically through programme of education, habilitation and rehabilitation was recognized. Supported competitive employment is a vocational alternative which would improve the quality of the life of hearing impaired person. The present investigation is meant to assess parental attitude towards supported competitive employment for their hearing impaired children. Survey method was adopted for the conduct of the study. The sample consisted of 120 parents selected from eight revenue districts of Kerala, viz - Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Pathanamthitta, Idukki and Kozhikode. The sample was selected using random sampling technique. The selected sample represented almost all the sections prevailing in the society. High, middle and low income groups were randomly selected to get a better vision and deeper insight into the nature of what it is dealing with. To collect the data required for the study, an attitude scale prepared and validated by the investigator was used. To study the parental attitude towards the employability of their hearing impaired children, the investigator administered an attitude scale to a sample of 120 parents of hearing impaired students randomly selected from eight Districts in Kerala. The attitude scale consisted of twenty five items related to three areas such as parent's attitude on the employability, placing children in existing jobs and the extent of support parents are willing to provide. The first section consists of five statements about the parents attitude on the employability, second section consists of four statements with twelve sub items regarding parents attitude in placing their hearing impaired children in existing jobs and the third section consists of four statements about the extent of support parents are willing to provide their children. The attitude scale includes the responses, strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree. The treatment of data was carried out employing percentage analysis. The result revealed that parental communities (99%) as a whole have strong agreement towards supported competitive employment for their hearing impaired children. I. Background Of The Study Hearing loss in children is a silent hidden handicap. One child in among thousand is born with profound deafness. Deafness in children is a serious concern because it interferes with the development of language that which selects humans apart from all other things. Every interventions with hearing impaired children results in improved language development, increased academic success and increased life time earnings. Parents are in the best position to identify their child's hearing difficulties. The awareness of parents regarding the danger signals and of the sources of help that are available is necessary for better guidance. The importance of parental involvement is the employment process of their hearing impaired is crucial to the child's success in future. There are no specific guidelines that can be followed when dealing with parents. The efforts to make every disabled persons independent, economically through programme of education, habilitation and rehabilitation was recognized. Supported competitive employment is a vocational alternative which would improve the quality of the life of hearing impaired person. These individuals should get proper training and opportunities and every attempt should be made to improve the employment option in the future. When disability reduces the capacity to earn or prevents jobs being available, it is a loss to the national exchequer. It can place heavy burden on the person himself, his care takers and economic performances of the care givers and ultimately the society. The situation demands that each individual must contribute to the economic growth including the disabled, who has come to be recognized as a human resource. In order to introduce this educational alternative, it is essential to find out the attitude of parents towards this. Any attempt for the benefit of disabled people should be stimulated and supported by their family members, especially parents. Therefore, it seems very essential to conduct a study to find out the attitude of parents to supported competitive employment for their hearing impaired children. Objectives 1. To find out the parental attitude on the employability of their hearing impaired children. 2. To study parent's attitude on placing children in the existing jobs in the community. 3. To find out the extent of support parents are willing to provide in child's employment.