The purpose of this study is to develop the Korean version of Beck Anxiety Inventory-Sign
Language version(K-BAI-SL) for Deaf people impaired auditory and to examine reliability and
validity. For development to the K-BAI-SL, the author, hearing sign language interpreters
and deaf sign language interpreters revised original items of Korean-Beck Anxiety
Inventory(K-BAI) to be suitable for the expression of sign language and the grammar so that
the deaf person can understand. Based on revising text version for deaf people, the video
version of the K-BAI-SL was made. 244 adult deaf people completed the K-BAI-SL. Results
showed that total-item correlations and internal consistency were significant. Retest was
conducted after 3 weeks for 30 of them and test-retest reliability was significant. 55 bilingual
people who use Korean and sign language completed the K-BAI and the K-BAI-SL, concurrent
validity was significant. Result of correlation analysis between the K-BAI-SL and the
K-BDI-II-SL was significant(r = .68). Result of factor analysis showed 4 factors, this is similar
to previous studies for hearing people. Finally, this study discussed implications and limitations.