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Let me know how it goes. I used P3 under vmware, but it tends to have some freezing issues.

Hearing sound doesn't mean understanding speech. If you boil down the paper to what it's really intended for, it's pretty straightforward. All it says is that with increased volume, presuming that the cochlear can still react at the frequencies, eventually sound could be "heard". However...

Good luck, Ron!

I like how Jean Boggess said in the research document: 1) It is much more difficult to measure perceived speech than pure tones 2) Speech perception was not measured. 3) Further research is needed to determine the impact of volume on speech perception.

Interesting points. My simplistic view is that parents do the best they can with the knowledge that they have, at that time, to provide the best for their child(ren). If you go retrospective, then it becomes a series of "what if", and "grass is greener" as Souggy has mentioned. No matter what...

I agree with Souggy's points. A lot of companies do have this policy in place. Very few jobs are worth risking one's life combating an armed individual. The exceptions being law enforcement, military, etc.

Yeah, it varies. For me, I have crappy hearing, but I could use the phone if I really concentrated enough. Of course, depending on the accents involved, I either cannot understand at all, or my brain turns into mush by the end of the day from concentrating so much. Ever since switching to use...

I remember going to MSD as a kid. The semi-circle approach was used way back then as well. Worked well, from what I remember. Ah, memories. Thank you for sharing the news, it was an interesting read.

If you could make the videos less blurry, that'd be aces. Your new camera that you used for the last video feed works sooo much better. It'd definitely be fun to learn new things.

When I use headphones (I'm including the phone headset), I put it on top of my hearing aids. I usually go all day (more than 8 hours) with that. I don't wear headphones without hearing aids. There's no benefits to as I can't hear squat from the headphones at a safe volume without hearing aids.

Sorry, I can't agree to that position just yet. If you had said "may" instead of "will", then I'd be more inclined to agree with that position. It would be great if it does, but until we understand more and have more clinical trial results and write ups on stem cell restoring hearing, we can't...

Yes, that's true. Hearing sounds is way different from understanding sounds. Amplification isn't everything. Sometimes too much amplification becomes just noise, and turning down the volume helps. If life was easy enough to just amplify things to 10dB loss up from 70-80 dB loss (we'll assume a...

To bring this thread back on track, the above section that sr171soars stated is right on the mark of what ToDoOrDoNot (Shane) should understand and determine for himself. What he's been asking was whether or not a CI is right for him, or his speech perception skills could be trained to be...

It was back in the early 80s, prior to school. My hearing has always been awful.

Shane, it sounds like you've already done your initial research and made your decision on it. Which that you hear a lot with your HA's (though, speech perception is iffy), you're comfortable with them, and that you enjoy what you hear. And that you did not want to risk anything. I suppose the...

I believe you need at least 50 postings on AllDeaf before you are able to send or receive PM's. It is part of an anti-spam measure. At this time, it appears you only have 19 postings.

Sad... but sorta true. In Colorado, I was fine with my Honda Civic coupe. Then, I moved to Texas where it seems like everyone has a giant car. I began getting cut off, nearly sideswiped by a truck merging in (who couldn't see me very well, according to them). My Honda Civic car horn got...

I'm still wearing beige :ugh:

Yep, there's stem cell hype as The Next Best Thing Since Sliced Bread(TM). Realistically, it's a ways off. It'll get here when it gets here. And when it gets here, then we'll really understand where it'll be of value. Til then, enjoy life. :)

With the upcoming November FCC deadline ( Deadline for VRS and IP Relay Users to Obtain Ten-Digit Numbers Delayed Until November 12, 2009 ), does anyone know about any VRS software that would run on Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu, etc)? Or are Linux users out of luck and would need to boot up into...