I work in Cochlear implants. For all those wondering; the tech has come a long way. It's gone from 4 bands to 8, to now over 20; each ones adds more clarity and perception and tone. I've got no doubt that one day, they'll be able to almost perfectly emulate normal sound.
THIS DR WAS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD WITH THE EXPLANATION OF HOW , WHAT AND WHEN THE SOUNDS WILL BE MORE CLEAR AND NOTICABLE. I HOPE ALL THE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BBEN AMSE AND YOU ARE HEARING THE BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS AROUND YOU .
Amazing. 6 years since the video was uploaded. Have the sounds improved? Can you recognise speech? Would be interesting to be able to see a follow up video! Hope it’s turned out well for you and I wish you all the best.
Thank you for putting this online. I'm hoping to work in this area, so it's great to see the patent's point of view. I wish you all the best with your hearing and for your future!
@@suzum.9713 I'm really happy for you! Were you able to watch this video without subtitles and make out the words? Can you hear vocal inflection? I'm really curious just how effective these implants are. I suppose what I'd like to know is, if someone has experienced hearing loss, can they have their hearing restored to imitate perfectly the hearing mechanism of the ear or is it always slightly different? To me that would indicate whether or not someone who's never heard can experience the world as someone that does naturally. I don't make any assumptions about your personal knowledge or experience neither do I mean to probe unnecessarily into your personal situation, I'm just thinking through text.
@Jack Savage I'm still 'new' at this, but I am satisfied with my results so far ( I am 1 month, 15 days from Switch-on). In this particular video, the patient's voice seemed pretty soft and further away from the microphone to catch all her words, but I could understand most of what the doctor and husband were saying without using subtitles. I have depended on subtitles, probably since they first came available to our tv's (20 years ago, maybe? ) At Thanksgiving, only a week after switch-on, I noticed that my nephews voice sounded different than other men in the family. BTW, I have about 42% hearing in my other ear, so that is helping my brain understand what the processor is sending me. Currently, it does not sound 'perfectly normal', not sure I can expect that out of a human-made device. It may take months and months, even years, to get close to that. But, I imagine that the way it would sound to you, a hearing person, is similar to someone talking into a microphone and you are hearing that voice through a speaker- kinda electronic-y, kinda plastic-y (like if you hear yourself talking into a red-solo cup, with a slight, or strong, 'shhh' sound surrounding the words). This can be adjusted as time passes. Last adjustment was a rough one, because my brain adjusted so quickly that the 'shhhh' soubdcwas extreme, and everything someone said 's', 'sh' or blew their nose, it was extremely loud, making me flinch. I went back to my audiologist earlier than planned, andvshevre-mapped it. At this point, the implant helps best by enunciating the words more clearly, now that it can pick up certain consonants that my ears have not been able to for a couple decades. Speaking one on one shows the best results so far. In a group, not so much. I use the Cochlear App using my phone, and the sounds are sent directly to my ear, so if I watch a video, I am receiving the sound without interference. I have been able to watch many videos without subtitles! Seeing the person speaking does help. I tried to listen to a podcast a couple of days ago, and I missed a lot. Couldn't concentrate on the voices alone for too long. I prefer to see the face- I think I'm catching all the words when I do that. I can pick up accents, like British, and Southern drawls (as in the U.S.), I can tell the difference between male and female, and I think children. Music is a crazy mess for the most part. That could take a year, and you really need to train hard for it. I can understand songs with a good beat (The Gambler), but slow songs are very messy. I just began working on music. From what I've read, the patient will enjoy their favorite songs sooner than any new songs. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. It's an interesting topic.
@@suzum.9713 thank you for such a meaningful response! You covered most of the things I was curious about with excellent detail. As someone that tries not to take simple things for granted it somewhat saddens me to know how difficult it is to process music through the cochlear implant. I would imagine the same sort of distortion that comes with using a different medium to process sounds in voices is amplified by not having a visual cue. It makes me wonder if there’s someone making music videos for those with cochlear implants to not only use the visual cue of the instruments to understand and process the sound but to enhance the ability of the brain to strengthen the association of those sounds through the implant, making the implant more effective. I’m still fairly ignorant about the process but now that I think about it that’s probably exactly how someone learns to process music through the implant. Thanks again for sharing your experience! Wishing you and yours a blessed new year!
@Jack Savage Two things. 1. The AngelSound site shows a cartoon picture of the instrument, while it plays a tune. So that helps me. I never was good at picking out the instruments from within a song. 2. Interesting note about music. I'm a Kenny Rogers fan and I get on youtube to listen to his music and see how I'm improving. I've clicked on one album and it sounded absolutely horrible! But then, I'll scroll down to a different one, and it will sound very good! What is up with THAT? SAME SONGS! Different qualities. I figure a 'sound' person could give me an answer, but it's lost to me!
