I'm caring for a relative with tinnitus (ringing of the ears) which I understand William Shatner, THE original Captain Kirk (1965) for those new Star Trek movie fans, suffers from... The new movie is awesome and has the original Spock Leonard Nimoy in it with Chris Pine as the young Captain Kirk.
Tinnitus partially explains Shatner's Zany behavior on the show Boston Legal. Tinnitus can be caused by hearing loss and usually fixed by hearing aids, but sometimes not, and the doctors don't always know what causes it.
Anyway, I digress.....my Mom suffers from it and we sufferered thru some bad doctors to get to this point, so for those of you that have this, please note: Miracle Ear has been a Godsend for us.....they are located at various Sears branches and keep up with the latest technology on hearing aids and rehabiliation.
Lately, Mom, even though she is wearing some very stylish custom fitted computer chipped hearing aids that have at least stopped the ringing in her ears, still hears at only a 30% level and needed some physical rehabiliaion called LACE TRAINING. Very simply, an online computer course designed to teach her how to hear again.
As tedious as I thought this was going to be for us, we have had some fun. Here some of the things said during the course, and this is what she heard:
Lace Statement:"Paul Revere helped organize and helped lead the American Revolution by riding his horse and ringing the bell."
What Mom heard:"In all my years, something, something, Revolution with house on the zell."
Lace statement:"The state of Georgia was originally populated by ex-convicts and rebels."
What Mom heard:"Georgia popped something on the bells"
Lace statement: "Canada would have become the 14th colony if the French had seceded."
What Mom heard:"Canada something something 14th fried seeds"
Even I had a hard time with the rapid speech and background noise. Mom wants to skip it this week and I sense that she can hear me laughing.
Tinnitus partially explains Shatner's Zany behavior on the show Boston Legal. Tinnitus can be caused by hearing loss and usually fixed by hearing aids, but sometimes not, and the doctors don't always know what causes it.
Anyway, I digress.....my Mom suffers from it and we sufferered thru some bad doctors to get to this point, so for those of you that have this, please note: Miracle Ear has been a Godsend for us.....they are located at various Sears branches and keep up with the latest technology on hearing aids and rehabiliation.
Lately, Mom, even though she is wearing some very stylish custom fitted computer chipped hearing aids that have at least stopped the ringing in her ears, still hears at only a 30% level and needed some physical rehabiliaion called LACE TRAINING. Very simply, an online computer course designed to teach her how to hear again.
As tedious as I thought this was going to be for us, we have had some fun. Here some of the things said during the course, and this is what she heard:
Lace Statement:"Paul Revere helped organize and helped lead the American Revolution by riding his horse and ringing the bell."
What Mom heard:"In all my years, something, something, Revolution with house on the zell."
Lace statement:"The state of Georgia was originally populated by ex-convicts and rebels."
What Mom heard:"Georgia popped something on the bells"
Lace statement: "Canada would have become the 14th colony if the French had seceded."
What Mom heard:"Canada something something 14th fried seeds"
Even I had a hard time with the rapid speech and background noise. Mom wants to skip it this week and I sense that she can hear me laughing.
Vote for best-looking Captain James T. Kirk:
ReplyDelete(Does anyone know what the T. stands for?)
____ Chris Pine
____ Young William Shatner