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https://youtu.be/EC4uJDLRleM ----------------------------------- 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, 12:08 PM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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