SAMPLE QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Interview Protocol: Perspectives on Deafness

1.

Can you describe how you first became aware of your deafness
 

2.

How do you see yourself today, in terms of your deafness?
 

3.

What does your deafness mean to you?
 

4.

Can you describe any particularly difficult or traumatic experiences in your life related to your deafness?
 

5.

Can you describe how you fit into deaf culture?
 

6.

To what extent do you consider yourself active in both the deaf world and the hearing world?
 

7.

What, if anything, would you change about yourself if you could?
 

8.

How does your family view your deafness?

From Janesick, V. (1998). "Stretching" exercises for qualitative researchers. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, p. 75.

 

 

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