From: Joe Mahan Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 21:42:52 -0400 Subject: Re: ....===Golden Ears and bone conduction=== > Such a distinction isn't that crucial you assumed. Everybody playing > a harp is both a player AND listener, more precisely: he's more a > listener than a player, otherwise, a deaf player wouldn't care much > for his handicap, if he would play at all.. > I believe that it may be crucial. And, there may be physical/physiological explanations. I don't claim to have those explanations, just some observations worthy of discussion.
> Excuse me, but if I get something that sounds, how should I get > > that more by "touch" than by "hearing". I assume that you don't > mean the human's capability to "hear inner voices"? :) :) >
If you are hearing "inner voices", it's probably Harpie talking to you. I can feel him talking now. He's saying, "Put earplugs in your ears and play the harmonica. Report your findings."
> I'm too not a physiologist, but my logical understanding tells me > that bone conduction can't outstrip my hearing or even replace it. > If that would work, a doctor needn't put his stethoscop into his ears > to "hear" the sounding of lungs or heart strokes. > > Do I hear some more information? > Try the earplugs. Report your findings. My guesstimate is that air contributes about 90%, maybe 95% I would consider 5% a significant contribution.
