on music

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Hi go,

Music is going to sound different there being over 8,000 haircells

in the human ear. And whether they are replaced with 16 or 22 or even

120 channels, it's still way short of the 8,000 you were born with.

Music to me is much like I remember hearing it with typical hearing,

and similar to what I heard with my hearing aid. When I hear a new song

and can't get the lyrics, I go to a lyric search on the internet. REad

along and you've got it. There were many songs whose lyrics I didn't

understand when I had typical hearing. Mickey Mouse theme song, being

one. Heard that countless times when I was a child and had NO hearing

problem. Thought the words were " Who's the leader of the club? It's

faithful you and me. MIC KEY MOUSE "

Wasn't until I saw the movie Platoon, and they were singing the song, and

I saw the captioning that I realized the lyrics are " Who's the leader of

the club That's Made for you and me? "

One thing to remember with all the talk about better music

appreciation is this. Most of our hearing is NOT music. We don't live

in an opera. We speak to people. We listen to people speak. We might

have the radio on, or use an IPOD while we jog, etc, but the vast

majority of what we listen to is speech. I'd even wager that

professional musicians hear more speech than music. Just the way of the

world. So choose an implant for it's ability to deliver good

understandable speech, because once you've got that, the music is easy to

catch for the little bit you need to hear it.

The Original

Is there any thoughts from people that were musicians or had listen to

a lot of music in the past what you feel before and after CI

implantation? What current limitations does CI have regarding types of

music, for example?