Table 3.

The five main topics and the different items discussed in the semi-structured interview.

Hearing loss	Education and profession	Rehabilitation	Self-reliance	Family
Onset	Years of formal education	Preoperative	Housing	Birth order
Etiology	Degree of studies	Postoperative	Mobility	Number of (grand) children
Device use	Profession		Eating and cooking	Number of siblings
Tinnitus			Personal hygiene
			House holding
			Sense of danger
			Communication
			Activities
			Participation in society
			Mental and fysical health