Pinilla, Severin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0797-2043
Walther, Sebastian
Hofmeister, Arnd
Huwendiek, Soeren
Article History
Received: 29 January 2019
Accepted: 30 April 2019
First Online: 15 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Liverpool on 8/24/2014 and an ethic committee with members from the local deaf community on 8/1/2014. General information on the research project was provided to all interested individuals upon request and again individually to every interviewee in German Sign Language before conducting each interview. Informed consent was obtained from all participants, who all were literate and preferred to sign the consent form in written German. Additionally, the consent forms were translated before each interview to German Sign Language and before starting recording the conversation. Pseudonyms were used to maintain confidentiality and anonymity. All electronic data were stored in a password- protected computer and additional hard data in a secure place for five years after finishing the research project.
: Consent for publication was obtained for all images presented in the manuscript.
: SP worked as an unpaid volunteer for the German Deaf Association (DGB) from January 2013 until June 2013. Both his parents are deaf. All research activities, including the planning, conducting of interviews and initial interpretation of data was part of the public health master thesis of SP at University of Liverpool. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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