Recent content by hohviolist

Thank you for responding on my behalf! :-)

Correct. I have Advanced Bionics' cochlear implants. The most recent processor is called the Naida. Wendy

Ever been told that you could not play in a high school band or orchestra, or sing in a choir because of your hearing loss? Ever wanted to be among other musicians who could not ignore their deep yearning to play music in spite of having significant hearing loss? Well, we have a conference...

Dear OP: My name is Wendy, and I have bilateral cochlear implants. I just upgraded from the Advanced Bionics Harmony CIs to the Naidas. I'm an amateur viola student (was formerly studying violin)and also direct a small handbell choir. Pitch perception varies from person to person when it...

Founder of AAMHL, amateur viola student, and loves to ring handbells.

learning guitar with a CI Hi Emmy: It's great that you want to help her learn guitar!!! Here are some questions for the two of you to think about: I guess you need to find out how much she can hear on the guitar, and start from there. Does she hear all the strings? Are the lower...

playing decently? Well, that depends on who is listening to me play my viola. I never worry when I'm playing for deaf audiences, only when I have to play for a hearing audience, then I find myself paying a *lot* more attention to pitch.... Wendy

Having studied both violin and viola, I'm going to be picky as well. The girl playing the violin didn't have a good bow hold and the bow wasn't always between the bridge and the fingerboard! But the cinematography is very good. I guess video makes like to take artistic license..... Wendy

Play about Evelyn Yes, I saw the play - went to the open captioned version. It was very well done, although I got confused at time because some of the actors had two roles. The play was well done - - - I never knew how Evelyn got into the Royal Academy of Music which is about the top...

Music and you Note - I hope no one minds that I bring audiological issues in here! I think that would help in answering Xero's question. Xero, I've thought about this a lot. "Hard-of-hearing" implies you hear to some degree, with or without amplification. And there are many factors...

Hello everyone, My name is Wendy Cheng and I happened to wander onto this board while doing a google search! A few words about myself - I grew up hard of hearing and lost the remainder of my hearing about 13 years ago, in 1996 suddenly, just as I was about to attend a string quartet...