Cochlear implant

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I have been really happy with the replies so far. I have listened to
soundfiles from websites, I have downloaded a program and played with it. I
learned just now that in the Netherlands a cochlear implant has 22
channels,  much more then I heard on the website. So all in all I was not
able to come to grips with what it sounds like. Given that the emotions in
the discussions around cochlear implants run high, I think it is really
important to get more objective information out. When you read that the
article on the cochlear implant on Wikipedia needs expert attention, that it
needs reference sources, I can only urge better information that will help
people appreciate this emotive issue.
Thanks,
     Gerard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant

2008/12/1 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>

> Hoi,
> I have been in a number of discussions about deafness, signing and
> SignWriting. Quite often, the Cochlear implant is mentioned as this
> brilliant thing that makes deafness go away. My understanding is that while
> it provides an amazing difference, in essence it is still a crutch. Now my
> discussions are between hearing people. What I would love to have is a few
> sound files that give an approximation of what a Cochlear implant does for a
> deaf person.. I would like to have three sound files, one of a person
> speaking English in a quiet background, the other of a person speaking
> English in a noisy background (no music, just people talking) and the last a
> sound file with 30 seconds of music followed by 30 seconds of the same
> fragment as it was recorded.
>
> I would be surprised if such sound files do not exist .. One extra
> requirement, these files need to be available under a free licene because I
> want to use them in the Wikipedia projects I am active in.
> Thanks,
>       Gerard
>
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