Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Thanks for all your information. I'm really going to do some talking with my audi the next time I see her. Nina Re: Watching TV | Nina, | | I also experience diziness and nausea whenever I heard high frequency sounds, so that was the main reason why the 6 electrodes were turned off. Research has proven that more electrodes don't necessarily mean better hearing. From what I understand, a person can have as little as 3 electrodes activated on their CI and still hear well. | | | Bilateral Cochlear CIs | December 2004 and February 2006 | Deafblind/Postlingual | | | | ------------------------------------ | | Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 , Another reason why they don't use multiple laugh tracks on sitcoms is because it costs more money to produce them. Why spend more money when you don't have to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 There is whats called descriptive video. This is someone who narrates the action during the non verbal parts of a movie or program and comes over the SAP channel. I do not know how widespread this is but believe there is a web site that will list movies with DVS and where they are playing. TV also has this but again, I dont know how kuch of it is done. I stumbled on this one time when I somehow had SAP on and caught a program using DVS. Like everything else, DVS is a threatened species. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* Drop some of them bricks you keep haulin' around, life just ain't that heavy! & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Nina, Good luck! Let us know how everything turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Unfortunately, DVS doesn't help someone who can't hear. There are also limitations on the number of programs that are audio described. Most of them are limited to public television. Another problem is the fact that the SAP channel is oftentimes used for Spanish translation instead. If you check out the DVS website, you can get a full listing of shows that are audio described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 , Thanks I will, however I probably won't see her until this Fall. Nina Re: Watching TV | Nina, | | Good luck! Let us know how everything turns out. | | | | | ------------------------------------ | | Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 That is true . I see DVS as the blind person's closed captioning. Its really sad we live in such an advanced society yet see many of its citizens as being second rate. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 , I agree. No offense to the Spanish speaking population, but it would be nice if people who are blind and visually impaired could be given some consideration as well when it comes to TV programming. I have to admit that I become very irate at the thought of a person who doesn't know English being accommodated before a blind or visually impaired person who does. <putting on her flame retardant suit> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 And of course, Jackie, when something gets too annoying, we do have the new found ability to not just tune it out. LOL *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* The best way to predict the future is to create it. " -- Drucker & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Right, . The European immigrants never had that sort of accomodation. Now I need to know, for your own good, is that flame retardant suit up to code or was it made in China? If it was made in China, please dont use it. It might be on a recall list. LOL *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* The best way to predict the future is to create it. " -- Drucker & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 , I never checked the label on my flame retardant suit, but I'd be willing to bet my life that it was made in China. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Nooooo do not bet your life on that! ROFL *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. -- Henny Youngman & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 - I am glad to hear about that for you. However, I don't use braille just yet. My vision's still pretty well but still sometimes reading captions is a pain! Ugh! And those braille technology is ridiculously expensive! EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me From: lkozlik@... Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:49:27 +0000 Subject: RE: Watching TV , The deafblind center in my area still has a Braille captioning device from the early 80s that works. If I remember correctly, it connects to a TeleBraille II. It has been a long time since I saw it last, but I was really impressed and wished that something like that existed today. I'm also upset that the TeleBraille is no longer being made. I still have mine from 1995 and it continues to work perfectly. However, I dread the day when it stops working because the Krown V-Touch doesn't compare. Bilateral Cochlear CIs December 2004 and February 2006 Deafblind/Postlingual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 " That is true . I see DVS as the blind person's closed captioning. Its really sad we live in such an advanced society yet see many of its citizens as being second rate. " I SECOND THAT! EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me From: rclark0276@... Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:15:15 -0700 Subject: Re: Watching TV That is true . I see DVS as the blind person's closed captioning. Its really sad we live in such an advanced society yet see many of its citizens as being second rate. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 , You're exactly right about how expensive Braille technology is. My TeleBraille III cost $5,000. My Braille Star 40 Braille display cost the same amount as did my BrailleNote. Fortunately, I received my TeleBraille through my state's telephone assistance program. As for my Braille Star and BrailleNote, both of them were paid for by VR. If it were not for this kind of funding, there is no way I'd be able to afford it on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Nina- I can understand what you are saying about the technology for the blind and CIs... How have your CI(s) improved your life 110%? I'm just curious. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me From: cipalm@... Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:47:08 -0700 Subject: Re: Watching TV , No problem at all. I wish they would come up with something, I think it would benefit both sighted and the blind. There are days that the environmental sounds just really get to me and then there are days I can actually hear through them. I don't know, maybe it has to do with my mood and if I'm willing to try harder some days than others, or maybe it's the type of noise. I was just involved in some research for the clinic that did my implant, where they are trying to improve the background noise situation. With that said, I'm very happy with my implant because my life has improve 110% with it. Nina Re: Watching TV > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nina, > > > > Back in the 80s, there used to be a device for the deafblind that used to > convert captions into Braille. The only caveat is that you had to record > the program on a VCR and play it back in order for the captions to appear. > > > > Unfortunately, they no longer make that device and there is nothing > currently on the market to create captions for the deafblind. > > > > As far as background noise in TV programs are concerned, I used to listen > to TV with my Comtek FM sysyem when I had enough residual hearing to do > so. This helped bring the sound directly into my ers thereby making it > clearer for me to understand. > > > > I used to do this when I had my old maps on both CIs, but now that I'm > hearing so much better after having 6 high frequency electrodes turned off > on each CI, this is no longer necessary. > > > > > > Bilateral Cochlear CIs > > December 2004 and February 2006 > > Deafblind/Postlingual > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 , Before I got my CI, I had to communicate with everyone by writing on paper. Well they wrote and I spoke. It was hard and frustrating. I couldn't talk on the phone unless it was with a CapTel phone, which is corded, I couldn't hear the doorbell or the phone. Now there's no writing, sometimes others will have to repeat, but nothing needs to really be written for me anymore, I can talk on the phone, both cordless and cell. I can most times hear the door bell and the phone. I feel like I can rely on myself to hear than having someone with me to help me. Life has gotten just about back to normal, so for me, I say it's improved my life 110%. Nina Re: Watching TV | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > Nina, | | > | | > | | > | | > Back in the 80s, there used to be a device for the deafblind that used to | | > convert captions into Braille. The only caveat is that you had to record | | > the program on a VCR and play it back in order for the captions to appear. | | > | | > | | > | | > Unfortunately, they no longer make that device and there is nothing | | > currently on the market to create captions for the deafblind. | | > | | > | | > | | > As far as background noise in TV programs are concerned, I used to listen | | > to TV with my Comtek FM sysyem when I had enough residual hearing to do | | > so. This helped bring the sound directly into my ers thereby making it | | > clearer for me to understand. | | > | | > | | > | | > I used to do this when I had my old maps on both CIs, but now that I'm | | > hearing so much better after having 6 high frequency electrodes turned off | | > on each CI, this is no longer necessary. | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > Bilateral Cochlear CIs | | > | | > December 2004 and February 2006 | | > | | > Deafblind/Postlingual | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Nina, Just wanted to let you know that I send you a private email in case you did not get it. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me From: cipalm@... Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:25:24 -0700 Subject: Re: Watching TV , Before I got my CI, I had to communicate with everyone by writing on paper. Well they wrote and I spoke. It was hard and frustrating. I couldn't talk on the phone unless it was with a CapTel phone, which is corded, I couldn't hear the doorbell or the phone. Now there's no writing, sometimes others will have to repeat, but nothing needs to really be written for me anymore, I can talk on the phone, both cordless and cell. I can most times hear the door bell and the phone. I feel like I can rely on myself to hear than having someone with me to help me. Life has gotten just about back to normal, so for me, I say it's improved my life 110%. Nina Re: Watching TV | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > Nina, | | > | | > | | > | | > Back in the 80s, there used to be a device for the deafblind that used to | | > convert captions into Braille. The only caveat is that you had to record | | > the program on a VCR and play it back in order for the captions to appear. | | > | | > | | > | | > Unfortunately, they no longer make that device and there is nothing | | > currently on the market to create captions for the deafblind. | | > | | > | | > | | > As far as background noise in TV programs are concerned, I used to listen | | > to TV with my Comtek FM sysyem when I had enough residual hearing to do | | > so. This helped bring the sound directly into my ers thereby making it | | > clearer for me to understand. | | > | | > | | > | | > I used to do this when I had my old maps on both CIs, but now that I'm | | > hearing so much better after having 6 high frequency electrodes turned off | | > on each CI, this is no longer necessary. | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > Bilateral Cochlear CIs | | > | | > December 2004 and February 2006 | | > | | > Deafblind/Postlingual | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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