, HOPE Notes Developer, Musician, and CI User

[Guest guest]

Audiology Online - July 26, 2010

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Interview with , HOPE Notes Developer, Musician, and Cochlear

Implant User

Topic: HOPE Notes: A Cochlear Implant Music Appreciation Program

SMAKA: This is Carolyn Smaka from AudiologyOnline and today I'm speaking

with who has developed a software program to help cochlear

implant (CI) recipients enjoy music.

, how did the idea to develop this program come about?

REED: I should begin by mentioning that I'm a cochlear implant recipient. At

conferences and online, other CI users always ask about music. My project

began as a way to address some of those questions. For a lot of CI users,

once they do relatively well with speech comprehension, improved music is

next on their wish list.

At its most basic, my CI music project pulls together some of the kinds of

practice materials I wish I'd had early on in my own CI process.

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For the complete interview: http://tinyurl.com/2a9cfv3