The purpose of this study was review and analyze the trends of research in music intervention for individuals with hearing impairment through the analysis of between 1979 and 2019. The dissertations were retrieved from electronic databases of RISS, KISS, and Assembly Library of Korea. The theses used in this study include theses of master’s and doctoral’s degree, total of 37 and were divided by major, background of the researchers, subjects of the theses, methods and contents of the researches.
The results were as follows. First, as a result of reviewed studies have been conducted since the first publication in 1979 and gradually growth in relevant research has been found since the year of 2000s. Second, after analyzing the age of subjects were conducted to the children with hearing impairment(80.0%). Third, most studies were conducted to the experimental group made up of below 5 persons(52.9%). Fourth, The researchers’s majors, it was found that most of them had majored in music therapy(41.0%) and then speech and language pathology, special education. Fifth, the hearing assertive device in this subjects were cochlear implant(62.8%). Sixth, the study methods, it was found that while many of them were experimental study(62.2%) and then case study(29.7%). Seventh, musical intervention in music therapy were songs(42.1%). These findings indicate that there has been growing evidence on music intervention for rehabilitation of individuals with hearing impairment.