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Objective: To find bullying victimization as a predictor of psychological distress among school going children with hearing impairment. Methods: The method of study was co-relational Cross-sectional. The study was conducted in six months and samples were collected from different public/private sector schools and special education centers. The sample size of the study was 270. The written informed consent was taken from all the heads of institutions and teachers. Two standardized instruments were administered to assess the relationship between bullying and psychological distress. Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale. [MPVS24] was used for measuring bullying behavior, while the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory. [WAI-SF12] was used to assess psychological distress problems. Author permission was taken before using the Scale. The collected data was then analyzed by using SPSS. Results: A significant positive relationship was found between the 6 components of bullying victimization and psychological distress. Gender Difference on six subscales of bullying victimization and Weinberger Adjustment inventory suggest that girls experienced more social manipulation, property attack, cyber/electronic attack, and social rebuff than boys but there was no significant difference between girls and boys in physical victimization. On the other hand, boys experienced more verbal victimization. Girls experienced lower self-esteem than boys as a result of bullying victimization whereas depression, anxiety and low wellbeing indicators are much higher in boys than girls. Social manipulation and property attack didn’t show any significant correlation. Verbal attack also showed positive correlation to all parameters. Cyber/electronic and social rebuff bullying showed positive correlation with anxiety and depression. Conclusion: Children with hearing impairment experienced bullying just like those without such an impairment. Bullying needs to be considered a significant psychological distress issue and should be dealt with effectively.