Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMy thoughts on “Sound and WAY Beyond” Hearing My thoughts on “Sound and WAY Beyond” June 29, 2009 I’ve been curious about the Sound and WAY Beyond auditory training from Cochlear (one of the 3 cochlear implant brands). Problem is, it’s $99 (maybe more since I’m not a Cochlear customer) and it doesn’t run on a Mac (believe it or not I’m not set up to run Windows on my Mac. I have […] Number of comments: 8
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toAdding captions to online video content Hearing Adding captions to online video content June 26, 2009 A friend of mine on Twitter today was talking about a new venture of video on the internet. I piped up with a note about making video content accessible to those of us who can’t hear dialog. He said good point but where do we start? So this is a compilation of resources to answer […] Number of comments: 7
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toHow to get song lyrics into your iPod Music How to get song lyrics into your iPod June 26, 2009 I’ve had a couple of people ask me how I’m having lyrics displayed on my iPhone/iPod. This is something that’s eluded me for a while now, so I thought I’d write it up. First off, you probably need to use iTunes for your music. Since iTunes is the easiest way to get music onto an […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMusic lately Hearing Music Music lately June 25, 2009 I can’t get myself to start typing this because I’m listening to music on my iPhone (built in iPod) and I’ve managed to load lyrics to almost all of my 1500 some songs. If I type then I can’t read along and the lyrics get lost. Music is sounding pretty good, even with just my […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toNew videos from MedEl Hearing New videos from MedEl June 12, 2009 The MedEl website has new testimonial videos posted… http://www.medel.com/US/img/videos/ Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link to1 Month Audiogram and 6 week update Hearing 1 Month Audiogram and 6 week update June 10, 2009 I’m a little bit hesitant to post this news because my test results definitely don’t seem to match with what I’m experiencing in the “real world” and people already have expectations that are too high. My co-worker told me that my boss thinks I’ll be able to hear him yell across a field to me. […] Number of comments: 9
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toThoughts on improving education in the US Uncategorized Thoughts on improving education in the US June 10, 2009 First note, this topic isn’t aimed at education of kids with a hearing loss, it’s just about education in the US in general. Last week I saw someone post an article on Twitter about all the funding towards increasing technology for schools. Computers, networks, infrastructure, educational software programs, etc, etc. Billions of dollars each year. […] Number of comments: 6
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toThe Med-El Opus2 Hearing The Med-El Opus2 June 7, 2009 I finally got around to taking some photos of my cochlear implant and accessories. It came with a lovely briefcase in the color I had chosen (reddish). The Opus2 consists of, from top to bottom, the ear hook, the processor which attaches to the wire going to the magnet coil head piece, and to the […] Number of comments: 5
