The birth of a child with hearing loss affects the dynamics of the family. In the last decade, research has been conducted on the impact of a child's hearing loss on the hearing family. The family must adapt to the specific hearing, visual or physical needs of the child, which results in anger, guilt, depression, and a reduced sense of family cohesion. A sense of competence is an important predictor of quality of life, and a parent’s sense of competence in a parental role is associated with overall levels of stress and connection to the child. Competence associated with stress and depression also jeopardizes the relationship with the child, and increased stress negatively correlates with self-perceived competencies in parenting. Stress manifests itself in situations where parents of a child with a hearing loss are unable to communicate with him or her using spoken or sign language. Previous research has singled out several factors that contribute to parental stress - time of diagnosis of hearing loss, degree of hearing loss, modality of communication, perceived social support, degree of parental income. Concerns or pessimism about caring for a child’s future haves been singled out as possible factors that increase parental stress especially when communication disparities become more visible. Language skills and achievement are known to be highly variable in the population of deaf and hard-of-hearing children, and delays in expressive language skills present stress to parents due to consequent communication barriers between parent and child. The psychosocial difficulties of a child with hearing loss have a direct impact on negative parental attitudes and interaction with the child. Behavioral problems due to primary communication frustrations and difficulties are an additional source of stress for parents. Better language outcomes and overall language and socio-emotional achievement are associated with early recognition of hearing impairment, early involvement in habilitation procedures, and increased parental involvement in the intervention. Early involvement in habilitation procedures has a positive effect on alleviating parental feelings of stress and increasing satisfaction with one's own parental role.