Music For Deaf Individuals Who Use Cochlear Implants
Music For New Ears creates music for deaf individuals who use cochlear implants to hear.
Q1: Are you a cochlear implant user? We would love your input.
Idea Description
Cochlear implants are surgically implanted electronic devices that provide a sense of sound to people with profound deafness. However, many aspects of sound, including pitch and timbre, are almost entirely lost in the process, making it difficult for cochlear implant users to enjoy music.
Music For New Ears is a non-profit collaboration between composers, hearing scientists, and cochlear implant users. We identify sounds that C.I. users can hear with the most clarity and use these sounds to compose new music.
Our mission is to help cochlear implant users better enjoy music by creating music specifically for them and the unique way in which they hear.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
1) Pay our primary composer to create full-length music compositions for cochlear implant users.
2) Recruit C.I. users to provide us with valuable input during the composition process.
3) Arrange live performances for audiences of C.I. users in Boston, MA and surrounding areas.
4) Organize a national contest for composers unaffiliated with our organization to create their own pieces of music for C.I. users, with a grand prize of $1,000.
We have everything in place and we are eager to begin working. We simply need the funds to get started.
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yes everybody needs music in their lives
This is a wonderful idea. We know that these days many cochlear implant users are able to access music that they couldn't without them, but what we don't know is how we can enhance their enjoyment of music by focusing on how the technology is translated to the brain. I hope to have my son Drew listen to your music soon! Thank you for your interest in helping the cochlear implant community. Drew's Dad http://TurnOnMyEars.blogspot.com