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flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2472
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:17 pm:   Edit Post

this is a little long, feel free to jog...
this woman was deaf from birth. She had a cochlear implant done.
This is the from where the assistant starts tuning the implant.
It's kinda cool.. imagine... not being able to hear...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpi1xKD20dw
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5380
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:56 pm:   Edit Post

Very cool! I wonder how music sounds for the first time?

Bill, tgo
mario_farufyno
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Username: mario_farufyno

Post Number: 895
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 6:28 am:   Edit Post

Wonderfull science.

Bill, they say everything sounds odd and metalic, since the frequency band is narrow and you must teach your brain to decode new ear's data. Sounds get more and more organized and understandable once you get used to this new information, though. Seems similar to what happens when we hear mp3 ou telephone (both limit transmitted band), our brain completes missing data since we know what should be heard (don't you remember how we really could hear deep bass in our old LPs? Well, they are very limited on bass, but we could decode all missing frequencies). Someone deaf doesn't know how should feel any sound, so they have to train their brain to understand it first.
811952
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Username: 811952

Post Number: 2293
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 8:11 am:   Edit Post

Very cool.

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