I think sometime those with a little better hearing, those with a severe loss sometime take it for granted that it was a little easier for them to develop good speech. As opposed to those with a profound whereas cause they had to work harder to get where they're at, they appreciate it a little more.
I think sometime it's also a question of severe hearing loss vs profound's. It does and can make a difference at times. There were times I could see the difference between those having just a severe loss as opposed to those having a profound's.
Yes, I've noticed that as well. That sometime what was printed on the captions is slightly different than what the speaker actually said. Doesn't happen too often, but does occasionally.
Sometime I find when watching a captioned program that the captions are actually printed out before the speaker says them. So what I do is first read the caption then watch the speaker to make the connection.
That although I don't think I tried this method, putting the wine cork between the teeth, I think it may have something to do with trying to make the voice come out of the throat more.
FYI, they also used that "covering their mouths" method in AVT with adults as well. I've had the therapist try that with me. I don't mind cause I do want to try to improve my listening skills.
Rampratt,
In the future, you may want to break down posts like the above into several paragraphs to make it more readable to others. A new paragraph enables the reader to pause before moving on to the next. Just some constructive advice. That's all.
It's also a question of that you may want the upgrade for other reasons anyway. For one, it's smaller. And it also has a remote. Just to mention a couple.
It might be helpful to see a speech pathologist on this. The speech pathologist could give you some exercises you could do at home to improve your oral and chest resonance and to decrease nasality.
In the meantime, the following sites might be of some help:
Association of Adult Musicians...
Some of it could just be that your ear isn't used to receiving some sounds after not getting some auditory input in it for some time. It could go away as your ear get more used to receiving the sounds.
Good, glad to hear that. Yeah that happens sometime. There were times that I went "uh-oh" thinking I need to change the battery or something only to see that the volume was somehow set too low, sometime unintentionally.