Category: Music

Play an Instrument: It will Help Your Hearing

09/22/2011

Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti ...

What's your favorite kind of music? Personally, I am really into alternative/indie-rock, though I do have some guilty pleasures that are completely cliché. (A.K.A. Lady Gaga!) But when I pump up the music really, really loud, my mom tends to come into my room and order me to turn it down, otherwise ... I guess she doesn't want me losing any more hearing. Well, she doesn't have to worry anymore because according to a study published in the journal Psychology and Aging, musically-inclined people tend to have better hearing sensitivity.

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R.I.P Amy Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011)

08/29/2011

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Hearing Means Belonging to Something

Amy Winehouse died July 23, 2011. Besides being a famous singer-songwriter, she was an ambassador for Hear the World, a global campaign that seeks to raise awareness of the topic of hearing and hearing loss and to promote good hearing all over the world

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5 Things To Know This AM

06/20/2011

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Bono (AKA Paul Hewson) got his stage name from Bonavox, an Irish hearing aid store, which loosely means "good voice" in Latin. (Wiki)

NYPD officers are NOT allowed to wear hearing aids on the job. (NYT)

Tomorrow is the FIRST day of Summer! Yay! Prepare your dehumidifiers for the upcoming hot/humid days! (Apples4TheTeacher)

National Association for the Deaf Files Lawsuit Against Netflix (PRWeb)

The radio may soon be captioned! (NVRC)

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Gaga Learns ASL!

06/07/2011

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Gaga wants to googoo...

"I don't speak your Languagono!!!" (Americano)

Yup, she is learning how to speak—sign language, that is. This is not Lady Gaga's first foray into the world of foreign languages; she sings in Spanish (Americano) and German (Sheiße) on her newest album Born This Way. She, supposedly, decided to study ASL (American Sign Language) with a tutor after watching YouTube clips of her devoted deaf monsters signing along to her songs.

An avid supporter of minorities, Lady Gaga (A.K.A. Stefani Germonatta) has reached out to the deaf/hoh community before:

She dedicated her song Speechless to her deaf/hoh fans at a concert in Washington last year. She proclaimed, "I wish I spoke your language." (Guess she's making that wish become true!)
She has previously sang at concerts with a sign language interpreter by her side.

So, what do you think? Do you think that she will master ASL? Do you sign?

COMMENT!!!!

Love,
bf4life-hearing

P.S. Today was my SAT. So glad that it's OVER!!!!!

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Experiment: Testing Out the Neckloop in Unchartered Waters

05/30/2011

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Deep at work ... listening!

Hey!

Every Thursday, I take the bus from school to my speech therapist on the West Side. Last Thursday, I decided to listen to my music en route. I usually don't listen to my music in public, but as I left the house I grabbed my iPod and my neckloop. While sitting on the bus, listening to my music, at least 3 people asked what song I was listening to. After hopping off the bus to get on the subway, a few more people asked. I thought this was really strange, so I decided to do an experiment to see why people were asking me. Below is the experiment:

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Meet Joe Mac: Interview with Joey McIntyre

04/16/2011

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Meet Joe Mac:

Or at least his creator, Joey McIntyre: American singer, song-writer, and actor. Formerly a member of the '80s band "New Kids on the Block," he is now a professional dancer (A.K.A. Dancing with the Stars), Hallmark Channel Star, and father. With his wife--Barrett Williams--, he has three children, one of whom is on the way. His middle child Rhys Edward was born in 2009 with a severe hearing loss.

The McIntyres went public with the news about Rhys's hearing loss shortly after his birth. As a family, they are trying to educate the world of the importance of early diagnosis. Now, nearly two years later, the songster belts out a few more words. Not on stage, but to People Magazine about the need for early testing.

In the interview (copied below), McIntyre discusses his son's hearing loss, his Hear the World PSA and the upcoming birth of his third child:

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Rock and Roll into the New Year: 11 Songs to Listen to About Hearing

01/03/2011

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Here are 11 (one for every year of this millennium) great [MAINSTREAM] songs to listen to about sound and hearing!

Enjoy!

Love,
bf4life-hearing

P.S. Click READ MORE to see links to pages where you can hear the different songs!!!

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Have a great "Silent Night"!

12/24/2010

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Christmas Tree with hearing aid ornaments

'Silent night, holy night/All is calm, all is bright'

Hey!

So, I sincerely hope that you guys are having an amazing Christmas! Hopefully, your dining room table is piled high with food and the floor beneath your tree is stuffed with presents! (Though, if you're like me -- not celebrating Christmas -- don't feel bad, 'cause there is always Adam Sandler's awesome song!)

In lieu of the Christmas spirit, bf4life-hearing is "decking the hall" with an awesome post about the famous song, "Silent Night." Now, most of us remember singing the song as part of a holiday concert when we were just little tadpoles. The traditional Austrian Christmas carol, which was written in 1816 by Father Joseph Mohr and has been translated into over 44 languages, commemorates Christmas [... or rather the birth of Jesus Christ].

Since bf4life-hearing a blog without any religious affiliation, I wanted to emphasize the fact that every night for t(w)eens who are deaf/hoh is a "Silent Night," since every night we go to sleep without our hearing aids in silence. Similar to the song, every night is "calm." In that sense, Christmas [the holiday which the song is about] happens every night for t(w)eens who are deaf/hoh! How amazing does that sound; doesn't it sound like we should get presents every night!?!?!

Well, going along with that, I rewrote the lyrics of the first stanza to "Silent Night" in order to commemorate the story of going to sleep without hearing aids: [NOTE: This is not meant to offend anyone's religious beliefs!]

Silent night, quiet night
All is calm, all is light
Round yon hearing aids and batteries
Put them in your dehumidifier
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
[While everyone else listens to the traffic!]

What are you doing for the holiday season? How do you hear over the loud noisy holiday meals? Any tips on dealing with the holidays with a hearing loss? What is your favorite Christmas carol?

COMMENT!

Love,

bf4life-hearing

P.S. Note the hearing aid ornaments on bf4life-hearing's tree!

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Holiday Gift Ideas!!!!!!!

12/10/2010

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Are you searching for a last minute present for Mom or struggling to find something unique? Here are five hearing-loss related gifts that are sure to make people smile!

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