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Patients with NF2 who are deaf or have significant hearing loss face numerous and unique challenges which lead to poor quality of life, and thus may benefit from resiliency programs.

We performed secondary data analyses on a single blind, randomized controlled trial of an 8 week mind–body resiliency program (the Relaxation Response and Resiliency program for Deaf NF2; d3RP-NF2) versus a health education control (Health Enhancement Program for Deaf NF2;dHEP-NF2) which showed improvement in quality of life (Funes in JAMA 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-019-03182-3). Here we report on improvements in resiliency factors (i.e. optimism, gratitude, perceived social support, mindfulness, and perceived coping abilities) assessed at baseline, post-test and 6-month follow-up. Both programs were delivered via Skype using Communication Access Real-Time Translation …