Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toTED Talk on Cochlear Implants and Music About Me Hearing Music TED Talk on Cochlear Implants and Music December 1, 2011 I have a lot of work to do this time of year, but wanted to post my first thoughts on this TED video. First – no captions yet! gah! I can understand the main speaker, but the video clips aren’t clear enough to hear. Second – I’m entirely happy with my two CIs. It’s been […] Number of comments: 6
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toTagxedo Word Clouds About Me Music Tagxedo Word Clouds September 6, 2010 I’ve been having fun playing with a site called Tagxedo (that’s like Tuxedo but with Tag). It’s similar to Wordle but has more features, like you can choose the shape you want your word cloud to appear in. This one is a list of all the songs that the saxophone ensemble I play with has […] Number of comments: 3
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 toSaxophone Ensemble Video Activities Music Saxophone Ensemble Video November 3, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/saxcase Number of comments: 0
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link to5 Months with a Cochlear Implant, Music and Lectures Activities Hearing Music 5 Months with a Cochlear Implant, Music and Lectures October 2, 2009 First things first. Music with my cochlear implant is way way beyond my expectations. But I had pretty low expectations. Seriously, music sounds great now (5 months from activation). The CI adds a whole new layer of sounds that I couldn’t hear before. It helps bring out the lyrics. It adds the higher frequency percussion, […] Number of comments: 6
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toFour months, research, music Hearing Music Work Four months, research, music September 11, 2009 Let’s see how I do with my last post’s list. I’m going to take CI/hearing topics today. 1. 4 months with CI That’s right. I was activated way back on May 4th. I’ve been in for just 3 mappings since then at 2 weeks, 1 month and 3 months (though all were a bit late). […] Number of comments: 3
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toBlog topics brain dump! About Me Activities Hearing ... Blog topics brain dump! September 2, 2009 I want to write! But there are so many things that I want to write about that I draw a blank when I open this window to start. Maybe a list will help… 4 months with CI CI #2? 2 CIs versus 1 CI and 1 HA versus bilateral EAS Music lately (wish I’d remembered […] Number of comments: 2
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toPiccolos? Yes, I hear them. Hearing Music Piccolos? Yes, I hear them. July 17, 2009 I used to joke that I did great in band, my hearing loss didn’t prevent me from playing, I could hear everyone… except the piccoolos. And people would laugh and say that I wasn’t missing anything, or even that I was lucky to not hear them. When did I first realize I was hearing them […] Number of comments: 6
Placeholder image - camera icon. Link toThe band I play in Music The band I play in July 1, 2009 I play saxophone in the Charlottesville Municipal Band, specifically tenor saxophone. I found the band after moving to Charlottesville in 2006. I waited until January of 2007 to join though as I didn’t get settled in at my job until late October and it’s always easier to join a group right after a concert. So […] Number of comments: 4
