Özet:

This research is planned to evaluate life quality of elite deaf sportsmen. Population of this study is elite sportsmen within the body of Turkey Deaf Sportsmen Federation, the sampling consists of 62 sportsmen; 31 women and 31 men; who are called to 23rd Deaflympics preparation camp by the Federation. SF-36 life quality scale was adopted to determine the quality of life of the sportsmen in the study. In the analysis of the data, Shapirowilk normality test was applied to the groups, Mann Whitney-U was used in non-parametric paired comparison since it was not normally distributed. p<0.05 was accepted as statistical significance level. As a result of analysis; there is no statistically significant difference in quality of life with respect to gender and age. Statistically significance was observed in "Physical Function (PF)", "Mental Role (MR)" and "Physical Fitness Score Summary (PFSS)" according to body mass index (p<0.05). Consequently; it is thought that as the most important tool of social life, sports with early beginning physical activity are important factors to improve the quality of life of these individuals.