My daughter lost her hearing at age 3 due to meningitis. One of the things I remember sitting in that hospital room was being thankful that she had survived the meningitis, but sad about the hearing loss. At the time, I did not know anything about cochlear implants. In fact, I had never even heard about cochlear implant technology.
I remember worrying about the fact that my daughter’s favorite video at the time was Peter and the Wolf. How could a deaf child possibly appreciate Peter and the Wolf, I fretted. It’s funny the strange things that you get hung up on during a crisis. Well, everything turned out OK. My daughter can hear quite well, loves Radio Disney, and is doing great in school.
What made me recall all of this is the recent report from DigitalSpy that KT Tunstall is planning to write music for her brother who recently got a cochlear implant. She intends to understand what beats and tones will be “scientifically” most pleasing for her brother to hear, and optimize a song around that. Very cool. She is quoted as saying “I’ve always wanted to write some music for Daniel, and find out scientifically what would be really pleasing to him. He loves beats. He tells me about these brilliant deaf raves he has been to, where all hearing aids come out and the volume is turned up.”
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