WEBVTT - How Your Host Hears Music with a Cochlear Implant

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<v Speaker 1>Here is Von in Columbiana, Ohio. Great to have you

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<v Speaker 1>on open Line Friday. Hi, good afternoon, Rush. How are you, sir?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing well. Thank you much well. Good mega diddles

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<v Speaker 1>from a long time listener since the early nineties. Hey yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I'm standing here looking at the snow and contemplating

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<v Speaker 1>the season, a question comes up that I could only

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<v Speaker 1>ask you, probably on open Line Friday. So here it

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<v Speaker 1>goes back in the earlier mid nineties. You introduce your

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<v Speaker 1>audience to Mannheim steam Roller, and i've've masked a collection

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<v Speaker 1>of their Christmas music and just absolutely loved it. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm about a year older than you, Russian, and I

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<v Speaker 1>like you. I've I have come to acquire a fair

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<v Speaker 1>amount of hearing loss, certainly nothing like you have, um,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was able to mitigate it somewhat with with

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<v Speaker 1>conventional hearing aids, and I'm able to that I'm able

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<v Speaker 1>to control with a Bluetooth connection and that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's been evident over the years listening to your

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<v Speaker 1>bumper music and what you what you brought us Mannheim

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<v Speaker 1>steam Roller and all that, that you're a fan of

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<v Speaker 1>good music. And I'm wondering, what's your cochlear implants. Are

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<v Speaker 1>you able to enjoy music at all like you used

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to? Well, I can if it's music

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<v Speaker 1>that I knew before I lost my hearing, so in

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<v Speaker 1>the case of in the case of Mannheim steam Roller, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>But the way it works is I'm actually not hearing it.

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<v Speaker 1>My memory is supplying memories based on the audio stimulation

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<v Speaker 1>that I am getting, and so that that's why I

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<v Speaker 1>can only listen to music and recognize music that I

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<v Speaker 1>knew before I lost my hearing. Music that I've never

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<v Speaker 1>heard before. All sounds the same note. I cannot distinguish

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<v Speaker 1>a low piano note from a high piano note. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>violins strings sound like fingernails of a chalkboard. To me,

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<v Speaker 1>I need close capturing even to follow audio in a

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<v Speaker 1>movie or TV show, because the music and the soundtrack

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<v Speaker 1>will be so loud and distracting that without without close catching,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll never even hear uh of what's being said on

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<v Speaker 1>any TV show. But as to music, as long as

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<v Speaker 1>you have your natural hearing, and as long as it's

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<v Speaker 1>being amplified with hearing age, you're not You're You're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to suffer anywhere near the type of loss of

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<v Speaker 1>ability to enjoy music that somebody who has totally lost

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<v Speaker 1>their hearing will. You'll still be able to hear it

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<v Speaker 1>exactly as it was. You just may need to turn

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<v Speaker 1>it up. Uh. And depending on the nature you're hearing loss,

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<v Speaker 1>you might lose the ability to hear certain frequencies high

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<v Speaker 1>or low. But but again, your memory will take over

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<v Speaker 1>if it's If it's music you're familiar with, like Manheim

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<v Speaker 1>steam Roller, I predict that you'll be able to get

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<v Speaker 1>enough of it to thoroughly enjoy it like you always have. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>after hearing describing the amount of hearing the Q lost,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll you won't hear me complain about mine. That's a.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a that's a profound amount of hearing loss. I

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<v Speaker 1>just have to tell you one quick instance and I'll

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<v Speaker 1>let you go. I vividly remember the first time you

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<v Speaker 1>signed off I think it was either Christmas Eve or

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<v Speaker 1>the day or some fourth when you signed off your

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<v Speaker 1>third hour and played Silent Night. That moved me to

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<v Speaker 1>the point I had to pull off the road. And

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<v Speaker 1>I want to thank you for that. So Merry Christmas Rush,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for taking my call. Well, your bet, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks von Mannheim, the steam Roller version of Silent Nights instrumental, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what makes it all the more powerful is

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<v Speaker 1>the way Chip Davis and his gang have been able

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<v Speaker 1>to take an instrumental piece of music and as it plays,

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<v Speaker 1>increase the power in the perception of the listener. And

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<v Speaker 1>the crescendo of that too, UH is what is what

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<v Speaker 1>jerks the tears. So we always try to backtime. So

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<v Speaker 1>that ended specifically and precisely right at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>a break. Um it was, it was, it still is.

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<v Speaker 1>It is h a piece of music that has a

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<v Speaker 1>profound impact on the people who have heard it, or

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<v Speaker 1>even if you're hearing it from the first Silent nine

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<v Speaker 1>Manheim Steam Rober It's one of the first or second

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas album CDs. But again Von thank you much appreciate it.