Re: [Harp-L] hearing aids

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 26, 2009, at 10:28 PM, Mike wrote:

>       Has anyone on the list had any experience with harp playing  
> and hearing aids? I just got fitted for a(sorely needed) pair today  
> and while my guitar sounds great, if a little tinny, my harps sound  
> as if each single note is doubling.

That's because your mouth (& nose) connect to your sinus', which, in  
turn, connect to your ear canals. You are getting stereo. It doesn't  
happen with the guitar because your fingers aren't connected to your  
ears.

Imagine walking around in the woods dark & deep, and you have  
promises to keep, and miles to go before you sleep....oops wrong  
channel. Ok, you're in the woods and wearing night vision goggles.  
You're getting input you never got before.

smo-joe of Hamlin

> I go back Tuesday for some final tweaking and i will certainly  
> mention this phenomenon to the audiologist, but i thought i'd run  
> it by the group first. By the way, these things are supposed to be  
> state of the art. Probably just not state of the harp. Thanks,
>                                Mike
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