Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMechanical Piano that “Speaks” Hearing Music Mechanical Piano that “Speaks” March 2, 2010 I haven’t gotten to watch this video with sound yet, but I can imagine what it sounds like. Â There are captions of a sort that explain what’s going on. Â It’s very similar to how our brain learns to hear cochlear implant stimulus as speech… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muCPjK4nGY4 Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toNPR interview about CIs Hearing Music NPR interview about CIs February 1, 2010 Sometimes I forget that the things I post to the CI mailing lists I’m on might be good to put here too: The transcript of this NPR show looks interesting. I haven’t gotten to listen to this yet (forgot to bring headphones to work, forgot to bring spare battery for CI #1 too! 3 weeks […] Number of comments: 1
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toDinner party About Me Activities Hearing Dinner party January 10, 2010 We were invited to dinner at a friend’s house last night. There were seven of us all together and I had met all but one of them at least once before. Last time we played a game called Loaded Questions. I remember having to make people repeat things again and again when it was my […] Number of comments: 4
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toThe phone, video phones, multi-tasking and “the future” Hearing Work The phone, video phones, multi-tasking and “the future” January 10, 2010 Ever since I started ‘chatting’ on the internet back in 1995 or 96 I’ve been a multi-tasker. My mom and I chatted, my friends at college and I chatted, I even IMed with my roommates when we were in the same room. The reason this works so well is that it allows us to have […] Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toSecond (lett) Activation – December 29, 2009 About Me Hearing Second (lett) Activation – December 29, 2009 December 30, 2009 Last night one of the local news weather people was asking on Twitter for favorite memories of 2009. I didn’t write in, but my favorite memory of 2009 was only a few hours old. My new CI was activated yesterday afternoon and after going through and setting the comfortable volume level on 11 electrodes three […] Number of comments: 1
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toSo far, so good About Me Hearing So far, so good December 23, 2009 Had my second CI surgery today and am now bilateral. I missed my pre-op appointment due to being snowed in from the storm Friday and Saturday with no plows in sight on my street. I was pretty worried but when I called to tell them they said just come for surgery, they could do everything […] Number of comments: 6
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toHearing a lot: videos, the phone, movies Hearing Hearing a lot: videos, the phone, movies November 17, 2009 Another short update just to say that I’m now able to hear the following things a whole lot better than I could without the implant: High-quality recorded voices. I’m not understanding movies at the theater, but I am understanding movies at ted.com (without the amazing subtitles that site has!) and many other videos that have […] Number of comments: 7
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link to6 Months Hearing 6 Months November 17, 2009 My six month appointment at the CI center was a good one. I drove down to Chapel Hill the day before and spent the evening with my cousin and his wife. I hadn’t seen them since before my CI surgery, so it was nice to catch up. The audiologists had moved to a satellite location […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toMainstreaming vs Deaf School… Hearing Mainstreaming vs Deaf School… November 13, 2009 I just read this post by Mark Drolsbaugh at Deaf Culture Online: http://www.deaf-culture-online.com/mainstreaming-vs-deaf.html. It’s about the different levels of social interaction that his son experiences at various summer camps. I liked the article because it really emphasizes how essential peer interaction is. It also shows that even if you aren’t 100% fluent in ASL, it […] Number of comments: 1
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toVideo Hearing Video October 16, 2009 This video made me smile. It’s good to see people in the Deaf community talking about their CI experience. Warning: I just learned 3 or 4 HINT test sentences from it… but now that I have a CI I can hear them anyway. Gallaudet Professors Josh and Sam Swiller received their cochlear implants… Number of comments: 0