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Author: claritoot26
Date: 2011-10-17 00:16
Hello all,
I am teaching a student who was born deaf. She wears a cochlear implant, and is able to perceive sound in some capacity. She can hear what I am saying, but I guess has trouble appreciating pitches. She tried the cello before, but switched to clarinet this year. Does anyone have any experience or advice for teaching a deaf beginning clarinet student? She is actually easier to teach than the group of 3 I see after her, because they all talk and play out of turn, and I have to resort to giving one a "time out" when it gets out of hand.
Thanks for any useful input!
-Lori
Lori
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2011-10-17 01:06
Wow. This is an interesting situation. I'm curious to see what comes out of it. Dynamics shouldn't be hard to teach.
I'm wondering if there's another forum or place where you can connect with other people hard of hearing or deaf (hopefully with cochlear implants) that may have been able to learn how to discern pitch and match it. Maybe a singer or vocal teacher has had experience with this....
Alexi
PS - Definitely bookmarking this thread and hoping something comes out of it.
US Army Japan Band
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2011-10-17 03:40
sfalexi wrote:
> I'm wondering if there's another forum or place where you can
> connect with other people hard of hearing or deaf (hopefully
> with cochlear implants) that may have been able to learn how to
> discern pitch and match it. Maybe a singer or vocal teacher
> has had experience with this....
>
> Alexi
I'm not sure about performing musicians, but I have heard of piano tuners who are deaf but able to properly tune pianos by feeling the vibrations of the soundboard.
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Author: Mom
Date: 2011-10-17 05:12
You might wish to contact someone in the Deaf Studies dept at California State University at Northridge. They also have a great Education dept and a great music dept there.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ852403.pdf
This article has some references, and does mention clarinet as one of the more teachable instruments, especially bass clarinet, where it says the lower pitches are easier to distinguish.
I learned about Evelyn Glennie, the deaf percussionist, when someone posted her video here a year or so ago. That is worth watching on Youtube for anyone who hasn't seen it.
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Author: kimber
Date: 2011-10-17 16:53
It might be helpful to add a visual referent for her...to help solidify her auditory perceptions. Try a visual display (maybe an app out there somewhere) that lights up the note played on a keyboard or on a larger display tuner so she can see the differences...and start pairing the note seen with the sound she hears (and the vibration of playing that note in her body.) She needs the multi-sensory experience.
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