Guest guest Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 In a message dated 11/10/2004 11:00:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, tinabir@... writes: is that because singing just isn't something you are good at or because you cannot hear well enough have you ever had normal or at least hearing well enough to perceive music correctly. being pre-lingual deaf, I would say, " just can't hear ourselves " , most deaf tend to be mono-toned. Some of us were lucky to learn how to read music and play a bit of piano or such. My mother was a soloist, tried teaching me to sing,, FORGET IT ... so I learned to read note ... started with piano and did took wind instrumental class when I was in 7th grade. Of course, the following year, the school decided to ban music program from us (deaf students), their excuse, most of us did it badly........ oh well...... Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 >>you cannot hear well enough have you ever had normal or at least hearing well enough to perceive music correctly<< Tina, This is a good point! Music (vocal and instrumental) didn't really become a problem for me until I was diagnosed with severe to profound hearing loss. Up until then, I could hear well enough with my HAs to understand the lyrics of a song -- as well as the rhythm, intonation and pitch. As my hearing became worse, I could no longer hear rhythm, high or middle frequencies well enough to project my voice correctly. I even tried using an FM system but that created problems of its own since I couldn't hear my own voice while singing. I remember back in 1995 when I performed Bette Midler's " The Rose " and h Carey's " Hero " in front of an auditorium full of people. I was able to sing " The Rose " without any problem but I really butchered " Hero " because I couldn't hear the high and mid frequencies in the song. Not only was I off-key -- I was singing parts of the song where there should have been a piano solo. How embarrassing!! Friends of mine in the audience tried to make me feel better about what happened, but I couldn't stop thinking about the fact that this would be the last time I would sing on stage. Not having music in my life has been a real downer for me. Although my primary goal with a CI is to achieve speech understanding, I also hope that I will gain some music appreciation no matter how limited it may be. We'll see what happens in the months to come... CI surgery approved!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Yeah that would be awful! Wow! so when you were severe or moderately severe you could still do music? i mean could you perform at every other level accept the profound level? that would be such a tough thing to lose! hopefully you can join the people on aamhl who are back into it with their cis. but like you said, it'll be nice to just hear again. > Re: Singing - kinda OT >>>you cannot hear well enough have you ever had normal or at least hearing >well enough to perceive music correctly<< >Tina, >This is a good point! Music (vocal and instrumental) didn't really become a >problem for me until I was diagnosed with severe to profound hearing loss. >Up until then, I could hear well enough with my HAs to understand the lyrics >of a song -- as well as the rhythm, intonation and pitch. As my hearing >became worse, I could no longer hear rhythm, high or middle frequencies well >enough to project my voice correctly. I even tried using an FM system but >that created problems of its own since I couldn't hear my own voice while >singing. I remember back in 1995 when I performed Bette Midler's " The Rose " >and h Carey's " Hero " in front of an auditorium full of people. I was >able to sing " The Rose " without any problem but I really butchered " Hero " >because I couldn't hear the high and mid frequencies in the song. Not only >was I off-key -- I was singing parts of the song where there should have >been a piano solo. How embarrassing!! Friends of mine in the audience tried >to make me feel better about what happened, but I couldn't stop thinking >about the fact that this would be the last time I would sing on stage. Not >having music in my life has been a real downer for me. Although my primary >goal with a CI is to achieve speech understanding, I also hope that I will >gain some music appreciation no matter how limited it may be. We'll see what >happens in the months to come... > >CI surgery approved!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 I see. didn't realize your relingual i wonder if it makes a difference if you could hear first pretty well i would think so. > Re: Singing - kinda OT >In a message dated 11/10/2004 11:00:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, >tinabir@... writes: >is that because singing just isn't something you are good at or because you >cannot hear well enough have you ever had normal or at least hearing well >enough to perceive music correctly. >being pre-lingual deaf, I would say, " just can't hear ourselves " , most deaf >tend to be mono-toned. Some of us were lucky to learn how to read music and >play a bit of piano or such. My mother was a soloist, tried teaching me to >sing,, FORGET IT ... so I learned to read note ... started with piano and did >took wind instrumental class when I was in 7th grade. Of course, the >following year, the school decided to ban music program from us (deaf students), >their excuse, most of us did it badly........ oh well...... >Lee > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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