Seventeen interview transcripts supplemented by interviewer notes and memos provided the data set for analysis.
Data collection and analyses proceeded in an iterative manner with new data guiding and confirming the developing analysis and guiding future interviews. The data were analyzed by the interviewer using the software package Atlas-ti and
adopting techniques described by Strauss and Corbin (1998). Each line of the interview was carefully read and scrutinized
to identify key concepts that were compared across interview scripts. Initial coding was broad, and similarly coded
data were then grouped into categories. Memos were written throughout the coding process to summarize the reflections
and interpretations of the data as the analysis proceeded. Data collection was discontinued when incoming data did not appear
to generate new insights. A second reviewer with expertise
in pediatric hearing loss independently reviewed the
data to verify the categories/concepts identified. These categories
were collapsed into themes to synthesize parents’
views.