Comments on: Hearing a lot: videos, the phone, movies

By: CALVIN

CALVIN — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:15:37 +0000

Does anyone have experience with a hearing aid geared specifically to improved listening at movie theaters?

By: MOG

MOG — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:02:42 +0000

Hi Sara
Good to hear of your progress. Re the movies. Steve I watched Easy Virtue and found it easier to follow than most which I thought was because all but one actor was English and that’s the accent I am used to hearing in. So maybe thats why you found it harder?

We havent got round to going to the movie theatre yet apart from when we went to hear/see the Met Opera in HD. I was able to understand every word of the between act interviews.

TV I find varies considerably, and most annoyingly on our cable the sound is currently out of sync with the lips. So I just can’t do it.

I have been able to chat to a friend on Skype, but I don’t hear all of that especially when the picture goes fuzzy or pixellated and I miss the lip shapes. So I’m obviously still lipreading a little

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By: Lissa

Lissa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:43 +0000

Hello Sara!! I have been following your blog, it is very interesting!! I am too considering a 2nd CI as an option to hopefully help me hear.
There is a lot of things I do struggle with that I think would be resolved with the new CI if I am able to get it! Good luck and keep us updated
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By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:45:43 +0000

Hmmm… I wanted to see Julia & Julia… might try it if it’s still playing here. I wonder if we can tell which theaters have better sound than others. We were talking about going to see the new Christmas Carol but found the french film playing with subtitles. It turned out to be great.

TV is just so simple. Simple sentences, simple acting… I find it pretty boring actually.

By: Steve P

Steve P — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:57:51 +0000

“I’m not understanding movies at the theater”. This is interesting. I wonder why it’s so difficult?

Personally, I’ve only been to movies a couple of times since activation. One movie (Julie & Julia) was easy to understand. The other (Easy Virtue) was hard to understand but then the plot was complicated and, well, there was a lot of talking!

Yet TV is no problem unless there’s a annoying music track on top of the voices which always bugs me.

You would think that with all the $$ the movie theatres spend on sound systems that they would at least deliver the spoken word!

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:53:09 +0000

Not the same list every time… but I seem to remember a sentence or two from each list… especially now that I’m understanding them perfectly.

By: Nabeel

Nabeel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:20:41 +0000

Yeah, nothing like repetition to improve comprehension, eh? Good post, glad you’re making a lot of progress. My next test will be in December, so we’ll see how it goes. I hope I do better than 11% LOL

Do they give you the same HINT sentence set every time?
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