I want to do the title. I need to know what I can try. Anything's possible and I believe I can train myself to alleviate this disadvantage if I work hard enough. I'm not trolling, I genuinely want to get good at hearing what I want and blocking out everything else.
Here, and in other places, we have seen a lot of requests for lipreading classes. We are starting one Feb 17th 6:00-7:00 PM mountain time, Lipreading Concepts. It's online so you can attend from anywhere. Learning about the concepts first (it's more than lip shapes) will make it easier to move onto the lip shapes class later. You can read about our lip reading experience, teaching experience and why we chose concepts as our beginner class here. You can also come to our February 1st Talk About It Tuesday (free with captions) to talk to get to know us and ask questions. You can register for that here. Registration for the class opens January 28th.
Chelle
TLDR: What's the loudest ever over ear cabled headphones?
My over ear head phones are no longer loud enough. I can't 'feel' them anymore! I already use Samsung adapt sound to attempt to balance out sound. Don't get me wrong, I can still hear them but I can't feel the vibration anymore which means the sound has changed. My loss has progressed. Never realised how much a relied on the vibration until I can't feel it anymore.
I have progressive genetic hearing loss. Sucks but I've been aware for decades. I've learned to lip read. I've learned sign language. I've been as prepared as I can be.
I'm not dumb and limit loud music to a 3-4hr session, twice a week. As discussed with my ear Dr. "This will not in anyway speed up the loss! You'd need to stand in front of gig speakers 5 nights a week to make THIS worse!" while belly chuckling!
What I would like:
It'd be nice
+Over ear headphones that are 1" smaller over the head than the average. I have a child size head!
Kinda must have deal breakers
+Fabric braided cable. Cat proof! Seriously, she's severed 5prs of in ear ipod+samsung headphones into multiple pieces. They were shit sound (for me) but still....
+Stupidly loud headphones that I'll sign a waver to have! I want to feel to vibrations powerfully, it's not about the volume as such, its about the vibrations.
+Cabled, BT isn't as loud.
I have long accepted and prepared for what's coming but I want to make the most while I can!
So, what's the loudest over ear cabled headphones? X
Edit:format
When a deaf person lipreads, can they tell that the person speaking has an accent just by the way they form their words? Like if I said a sentence in my regional British accent and somebody with for instance a strong Italian accent said the same sentence, would the deaf person be able to tell any difference?
Just like the title says: there should be a Riverdale bad lipreading.
I watch this show with an old roommate and we always talk over what's actually being said or try to guess the next line. A bad lipreading would be the finishing touch imo
Hello fellow humans,
So, I have APD. I haven't really told anyone one about it so when I don't understand something I usually . 1) Ask again 2) Go along with it 3) copy what the other person is doing 4) Change the subject or just start talking.
I know a lot of people with APD usually rely on lip reading to understand anything.
I am TERRIBLE at lip reading, I was just wondering how reliant you are on lip reading, if at all. And your methods to understanding speech.
Bye.
As previously discussed, NeurIPS 2020 includes an ethics section (called the broader impact statement) and recently posted a helpful guide for authors to discuss about what they think are the broader implications of their research.
Also, some previous discussion regarding this on r/MachineLearning: https://redd.it/f6j4dd
However, not everyone is pleased. Here are what some of the brightest (research) minds in ML have to say about it:
Nando de Freitas (DeepMind): “When speculation is allowed biases are introduced. Associating lipreading and CCTV creates a negative bias, just like associating GANs and missile guidance. Paper topics could become a political issue. This figure is unethical.”
(There's a bit of historical context on his LipNet paper getting rejected a few years back, and a bit of drama: “Prof. de Freitas went too far in attacking reviewers like that. Not to mention belittling reviewers on Facebook (and calling previous work "shitty"..). Very bad of a professor in the field, should not be condoned/defended just because he is famous..”)
Roger Grosse (Vector Institute): “I don't think this is a positive step. Societal impacts of AI is a tough field, and there are researchers and organizations that study it professionally. Most authors do not have expertise in the area and won't do good enough scholarship to say something meaningful.”
Yann Lecun (Facebook AI Research): “I think it is extremely presumptuous for scientists to think they can make ethical choices for society. Technology can always be used for good or bad. It is the role of society at large to decide how to use technology. It is not the role of scientists to decide unilaterally.”
What kind of message are they setting for the research community?
Personally, I think that there is room for r
... keep reading on reddit ➡
> The lipshape P (PUH) is the most visible lipshape, your lips touch then release. It is the same lipshape for B (BUH) and M (MUH). Hence the words PAT, BAT, MAT all look the same. Not #stupidwoman 2/6
> WUH has a completely different lipshape, your lips come together almost looks like an O. Try it. This lipshape also looks like the QU (quh) sound. So words such as queen and wean lipread the same. Not #stupidwoman 3/6
> Now if you look at Corbyn's mouth, in no way does it produce the classic W lipshape, rather his lips touch indicating PUH/BUH/MUH lipshape. If you honestly think he said woman instead of people, then you need to go to a lipreading class. Not #stupidwoman 4/6
> I did not even start the difference in the vowel shapes between the two. One is a whistling shape, one is what is called a dropped jaw. There is no whistling shaped vowel there. Not #stupidwoman 5/6
> This is more bullshit by parliament, politics and the media to deflect. Right now there's bigger fish to fry. Take this from a professional. Not #stupidwoman 6/6
> In this fiasco, I hope people reflect. The country gets its knickers in a twist over one word. Deaf people have to try and figure out what you said every time you open your mouth for every word of every sentence. Did someone say this or that, that makes lipreading exhausting.
> I hope this makes people more aware of the unreasonable expectations that are often placed on deaf people. To take some responsibility towards good communication.
https://twitter.com/Deaf/status/1075396470352867328
Does everyone realise now; how much you unconsciously lip read?
The only thing I could make out was Desmond telling Bron to "play basketball".
Good win tonight
This idea came to me about 6 years ago while my mom was hospitalized and intubated. Several things went wrong with communication being that both my dad and I are deaf. Dad doesn’t read lips well, but I do, and I sign...except my parents don’t sign.
When mom was extubated, she couldn’t talk, and became so frustrated and upset with the nurses not being able to understand her. I could though, even without her trying to whisper...she just had to mouth her words and I knew what she needed.
I’m 44, have owned my own business before but creating something of a service like this (be it voluntary or as an independent contractor similar to an interpreter) seems daunting and I’m not sure if it seems like something hospitals or families might want. I have cochlear implants now, but am still and always will be exceptionally good at reading lips.
I’m in a place in life where I’m not happy with my current job. I love it, but it’s not going to give me the type of satisfaction I crave in a professional career. Nursing school is in the back of my mind, as I think we need more nurses that can sign. I might be limited to where I could work though based on having cochlear implants. We have a huge population of elderly that are hard of hearing/profoundly deaf who are unaware they have legal access to communication assistance via the ADA. Hospital administration often doesn’t know how to access these tools such as interpreters, cart real time captions, or even apps available on smartphones that could help in an emergent situation. Our hard of hearing and deaf patients are often left in the dark when it comes to their care or the care of their family members, especially those who are late deafened and do not know sign language.
I also saw a huge lack of education for services provided for families with hearing loss that may not sign. It wasn’t until we had hearing family members come visit that my father learned just how serious my moms condition was. He was limited to notes of just her vitals and no questions or explanations from the doctors treating her.
Obviously there are legalities to consider, possible security clearances or knowledge of medicine and procedures needed.
As for Lipreading those who can’t speak due to being intubated/recently extubated, I feel it could provide some comfort to families in times of distress.
I’d love to know thoughts of anyone in a medical profession, hospital, doctors office, etc.
So I'm working on a bit about how I accidentally learned to lipread because as a kid, I always had to watch porn on mute. Which is nice, but I tend to lipread wrong sometimes because vocabulary.
Been trying to think of a good example that doesn't take too much thinking for the audience to click. Not an American so wordplays usually get tricky to translate (my main standup language is Filipino)
Like "Sally says we should go watch Spiderman at the enema". or "That technician is saying there's a problem with my hard dick"
Any suggestions?
If you happen to converse with a Deaf person, asking if they would prefer speech to text or a notepad would be greatly appreciated as a kind gesture, as Deaf people are always responsible for accommodating hearing people in conversation.
