Except for the young children. They some and laugh. ----------------------------------- Frank Wimberly
My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 11:55 AM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick, > > Have you read about cochlear implant surgery? When I worked at Eye and > Ear Hospital of Pittsburgh, the lab I worked in was doing early research in > the area. These are pieces of hardware that transform sound into > electrical signals meaningful to the brain. > > Have you seen the videos of people who have been deaf since birth who get > such a device. They inevitably sob when they hear sound for the first time. > > Frank > > ----------------------------------- > Frank Wimberly > > My memoir: > https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly > > My scientific publications: > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 > > Phone (505) 670-9918 > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 11:23 AM Nick Thompson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, Everybody, >> >> >> >> In the home congregation, we have had many interesting conversations >> about hearing in difficult environments, a conversation not only of intense >> interest to people interested in computer analysis and representation of >> sounds but also to a bunch of old guys shouting at each other in a crowded >> college dining area surrounded by hard surfaces. Recently, we have been >> trying to assemble our limited knowledge of the cochlea and to grasp the >> fact that it is not a bank of discrete resonators doing a Fourier >> Transform, but an innervated sliver of meat with liquid on both sides >> coiled up in a tiny snail shell. We are eager for any signs that a >> hearing aid company has started to reach beyond differential amplification >> by means of FFT to actually focusing on the cues that really matter for >> speech comprehension. >> >> >> >> Anyway, …. Anyway….. . I skimmed through the “white paper” below and >> thought that, even though it is “captive” research, it had some interesting >> features. Consequently, I thought I would pass it around to the list >> before I lost track of it. My friend Jon Zingale accuses me of crowd >> sourcing my reading and that is EXACTLY what I am doing. So, beware. >> >> >> >> >> https://wdh.azureedge.net/-/media/oticon-us/main/download-center/white-papers/15555-10253-closing-a-gap-to-normal-hearing---white-paper.pdf?la=en&rev=0FC7&hash=B7D7D58F75093770CA7E148F72520C1D6BE28CB1 >> >> If anybody on the list knows of somebody doing advanced research on how >> the cochlea passes sound on to the brain and how the brain analyses it, we >> would love to hear from that person. >> >> >> >> And has for you young folks who think this will never happen to you: >> have you noticed that your students and young associates and your >> daughter’s boyfriends MUMBLE. The moment you find yourself saying, “Curse >> these millennials, why don’t they speak up like normal people,” you should >> be taking an interest in hearing technology. >> >> >> >> Just sayin’ >> >> >> >> N >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> >
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