Students with hearing impairment should ideally have an understanding and mastery of the language in following the lectures. The facts are found that there are some difficulties faced by students with hearing impairment and also the lecturers. Moreover, not all students with hearing impairment have sufficient language skills to support the lecturing activity. This study aims to identify students receptive language skills with hearing impairment in following the lectures. The method of this research is descriptive method of analysis. Data collection techniques were conducted through interviews, observation, documentation studies and literature review. The results showed that students receptive language skills with hearing impairment are still not sufficient enough as a provision to obtain lectures at universities. Most students with hearing impairment have less ability to identify people, subjects, objects and place names that surround the campus environment. Keywords: Receptive language, students with hearing impairment