The lived experience of mothers of hearing-impaired students: a phenomenological study

The purpose of this research was to explain and identify of lived experiences of mothers of hearing-impaired students. The research method was qualitative and phenomenological. The statistical population consisted of all mothers with hearing-impaired children whose children were enrolled in exceptional primary schools in Sari and Miandorud cities. Purposive sampling method was used until data saturation. The data collection tool was interview. The total reliability is equal to 0.90 by the method of two coders. In order to analyze the data, the seven-step method of Colaizi (1978) was used. Findings from the interviews were classified in 10 main themes including "eliminating the feeling of loneliness in a deaf child"; "Fixing the feeling of despair in a deaf child"; "a lot of interaction with a deaf child"; "Eliminating the feeling of helplessness in a deaf child"; "Fixing the feeling of fatigue in a deaf child", "Emotion control"; "Searching for communication solutions", "Using the experiences of mothers with deaf children"; "Accepting the child's deaf problem"; "Getting a child" and 30 subthemes.