Today I saw two movies that made me remember you. So I found your video about the second movie. Then I looked to see if you have new videos and I found this one. Side. This video you made today surprised me and made me happy. I don't have the student perspective because of experiance. Keep vblogging.
Thank you for your comment! :) I'm flattered that I made enough of an impression that you'd remember me. I hope to vlog more in the future but I have been so busy I can't promise anything. ;)
can i ask when your hearing was tested last and how much has your hearing decreased or anything from the last time u were tested? your very pretty also by the way ;)
My first audiogram (May 2008) showed borderline loss (25dB) in my left ear at 2000-3000Hz. I went for Auditory Processing Disorder testing at this time due to my comprehension struggles. Everything was normal although I do have speech-in-noise difficulties. The most recent audiogram (September 2009) showed that my right ear has joined my left and I now have bilateral borderline-loss. My loss is hereditary and my father got his HAs at 40. At this point, I refuse HAs but use an ALD for my classes.
interesting, i guess some things are just genetic or passed down in some families. Last time i ever got my ears tested I was 9, so I forget how they even do the test or anything. how did they have u do the hearing test the first or second time u went?
Yes, there are many causes of hearing loss. Genetic hearing loss is typically characterized by a 'cookie bite' shape in the audiogram, with loss at around 2000-3000Hz or much less commonly the opposite (loss everywhere else).
I'm sure there's individual variation in how audiologists in different cities and states test, but the general idea for adults is sound is routed directly into the ear via in-ear headphones (kind of like the foam ear protectors) at different frequencies and different volumes. When you hear the sound, you're supposed to press the jeopardy-type clicker. The audiologist uses a symbol to mark the point at which you can detect each tone in each ear, and it's averaged to minimize error. :)
Detection vs discrimination: Maybe the word recognintion test is lots better than the pure tone test. There is so much more to hearing than just knowing that a noise happened.
Word discrimination and recognition tests are different from pure-tone tests and often include background noise (+5 dB or so). These tests are very important but usually the pure-tone tests are good indicators of performance on the word discrimination/recognition tests.
(Sorry for the triple reply! I guess I could have just emailed you. This would be a good topic to vlog about with voice... I think I'll do that!)
The test is different for children, and much less accurate. If they're responsive enough, the goal is to get them to throw a block in a bucket when they hear a sound. Unfortunately, children's attention spans are so short that you may get an incomplete or slightly-errored audiogram from it. I'll talk about this more in my next vlog. :)
Today I saw two movies that made me remember you. So I found your video about the second movie. Then I looked to see if you have new videos and I found this one. Side. This video you made today surprised me and made me happy. I don't have the student perspective because of experiance. Keep vblogging.
billmaghan 2 years ago
Thank you for your comment! :) I'm flattered that I made enough of an impression that you'd remember me. I hope to vlog more in the future but I have been so busy I can't promise anything. ;)
mergfkt 2 years ago
can i ask when your hearing was tested last and how much has your hearing decreased or anything from the last time u were tested? your very pretty also by the way ;)
bunzy11 2 years ago
My first audiogram (May 2008) showed borderline loss (25dB) in my left ear at 2000-3000Hz. I went for Auditory Processing Disorder testing at this time due to my comprehension struggles. Everything was normal although I do have speech-in-noise difficulties. The most recent audiogram (September 2009) showed that my right ear has joined my left and I now have bilateral borderline-loss. My loss is hereditary and my father got his HAs at 40. At this point, I refuse HAs but use an ALD for my classes.
mergfkt 2 years ago
interesting, i guess some things are just genetic or passed down in some families. Last time i ever got my ears tested I was 9, so I forget how they even do the test or anything. how did they have u do the hearing test the first or second time u went?
bunzy11 2 years ago
Yes, there are many causes of hearing loss. Genetic hearing loss is typically characterized by a 'cookie bite' shape in the audiogram, with loss at around 2000-3000Hz or much less commonly the opposite (loss everywhere else).
mergfkt 2 years ago
I'm sure there's individual variation in how audiologists in different cities and states test, but the general idea for adults is sound is routed directly into the ear via in-ear headphones (kind of like the foam ear protectors) at different frequencies and different volumes. When you hear the sound, you're supposed to press the jeopardy-type clicker. The audiologist uses a symbol to mark the point at which you can detect each tone in each ear, and it's averaged to minimize error. :)
mergfkt 2 years ago
Detection vs discrimination: Maybe the word recognintion test is lots better than the pure tone test. There is so much more to hearing than just knowing that a noise happened.
billmaghan 2 years ago
Word discrimination and recognition tests are different from pure-tone tests and often include background noise (+5 dB or so). These tests are very important but usually the pure-tone tests are good indicators of performance on the word discrimination/recognition tests.
mergfkt 2 years ago
(Sorry for the triple reply! I guess I could have just emailed you. This would be a good topic to vlog about with voice... I think I'll do that!)
The test is different for children, and much less accurate. If they're responsive enough, the goal is to get them to throw a block in a bucket when they hear a sound. Unfortunately, children's attention spans are so short that you may get an incomplete or slightly-errored audiogram from it. I'll talk about this more in my next vlog. :)
mergfkt 2 years ago
how about i add you to msn or yahoo or facebook and we talk on there :)
bunzy11 2 years ago
i swear i dont understand u
but i liked ur effort
and i liked this video
u deserve 5 starts
3izah 2 years ago
It's been a loooooooong time since my last ASL class, so I'm very rusty. That's why I added the translation, it's not just for hearies!
mergfkt 2 years ago