My Bionic Quest for Boléro
Michael Chorost was born with partial hearing. When he was a teen, Chorost discovered to his pleasant surprise that Ravel's Bolero was audible to him. From that moment on, he developed an emotional attachment to the song. Sadly, in 2001, Chorost suddenly lost all of what remained of his hearing.
The article describes this experience, with much greater eloquence and detail, as well as the subsequent, and successful reengineering of the firmware on his cochlear implant. This effort has allowed him to once again hear Ravel's Bolero. Having myself experienced significant hearing loss, I found the article inspiring and hopeful. Its also an interesting read, regardless of your state of hearing.
Link (Hat tip goes to Boing Boing)
The article describes this experience, with much greater eloquence and detail, as well as the subsequent, and successful reengineering of the firmware on his cochlear implant. This effort has allowed him to once again hear Ravel's Bolero. Having myself experienced significant hearing loss, I found the article inspiring and hopeful. Its also an interesting read, regardless of your state of hearing.
Link (Hat tip goes to Boing Boing)
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