Comments on: Music lately http://www.sarasera.com/2009/06/music-lately/ The Era of Sara... Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charles Owens http://www.sarasera.com/2009/06/music-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Charles Owens Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:47:52 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=344#comment-1168 nice! <abbr><em>Charles Owens’s last blog post: <a href="http://superbalanced.blogspot.com/2009/07/four-chords-36-songs.html" rel="nofollow">Four Chords, 36 Songs</a></abbr></em> nice!

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]]> By: Jen on the Edge http://www.sarasera.com/2009/06/music-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Jen on the Edge Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:11:29 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=344#comment-1147 It's interesting reading this. My older daughter has conductive hearing loss in her right ear. She's not wearing an aid at this point because, well, she's a 10 year old girl and she doesn't want one. (That's a whole different issue... ) We like to listen to music in the car, but the only way it works really well is for us is to balance the speakers so that they're focused on her side of the car. Otherwise, the music would be so loud that it would be painful for the rest of us. I think when she does get a hearing aid (or we go the surgical route), it's going to be an interesting adjustment for her, as she's never had "stereo hearing" her entire life. <abbr><em>Jen on the Edge’s last blog post: <a href="http://jenontheedge.com/2009/06/29/even-im-not-that-unfashionable/" rel="nofollow">Even I’m not that unfashionable</a></abbr></em> It’s interesting reading this. My older daughter has conductive hearing loss in her right ear. She’s not wearing an aid at this point because, well, she’s a 10 year old girl and she doesn’t want one. (That’s a whole different issue… )

We like to listen to music in the car, but the only way it works really well is for us is to balance the speakers so that they’re focused on her side of the car. Otherwise, the music would be so loud that it would be painful for the rest of us.

I think when she does get a hearing aid (or we go the surgical route), it’s going to be an interesting adjustment for her, as she’s never had “stereo hearing” her entire life.

Jen on the Edge’s last blog post: Even I’m not that unfashionable

]]> By: Liz Hupp http://www.sarasera.com/2009/06/music-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Liz Hupp Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:32:39 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=344#comment-1146 Hi Sara, You are reminding me of the joys I had with bi-modal hearing, with my first CI and my remaining HA. It wasn't perfect, but it was musical! I could hear the bass line with my HA, and the lyrics with my CI, so I could interpolate the sounds in between, especially where there was auditory memory. If it was a single voice, I could sing along and be *in tune* which I thought I had truly lost with my hearing going down. With continued hearing loss, I've had to give up that remaining HA, and it's been really hard with music since getting the second cochlear implant. I can discern what instrument is playing (oboe vs clarinet vs bassoon; violin vs viola vs cello vs bass) but I cannot tell the melody any more. How's that for odd? I can tell some ups and downs, but not really a string of them. The rhythm give me hints for songs I know; then I can kind of tell the melody is vaguely familiar. So I still love my solo cello with piano album, as the rich timbre of the instruments flow through my heart. I could not name the melody to save my life, but I can still enjoy it playing. And that is a gift to me as a (newly) totally deaf person. Enjoy your music! It is a blessing to be treasured. I am so happy for you. <abbr><em>Liz Hupp’s last blog post: <a href="http://liz.hupp.com/2009/06/poison-or-not.html" rel="nofollow">Poison, or Not</a></abbr></em> Hi Sara,
You are reminding me of the joys I had with bi-modal hearing, with my first CI and my remaining HA. It wasn’t perfect, but it was musical! I could hear the bass line with my HA, and the lyrics with my CI, so I could interpolate the sounds in between, especially where there was auditory memory. If it was a single voice, I could sing along and be *in tune* which I thought I had truly lost with my hearing going down.

With continued hearing loss, I’ve had to give up that remaining HA, and it’s been really hard with music since getting the second cochlear implant. I can discern what instrument is playing (oboe vs clarinet vs bassoon; violin vs viola vs cello vs bass) but I cannot tell the melody any more. How’s that for odd? I can tell some ups and downs, but not really a string of them. The rhythm give me hints for songs I know; then I can kind of tell the melody is vaguely familiar.

So I still love my solo cello with piano album, as the rich timbre of the instruments flow through my heart. I could not name the melody to save my life, but I can still enjoy it playing. And that is a gift to me as a (newly) totally deaf person.

Enjoy your music! It is a blessing to be treasured. I am so happy for you.

Liz Hupp’s last blog post: Poison, or Not

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