DonGroff

N7 & iPhone Streaming

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After months of complaining about not being able to control the N7 microphone level when streaming to it directly from the iPhone, I realized how to do just that.In my configuration of  the Cochlear iPhone app, the Audio Source panel offers Mini Mic,  TV (Streamer), Telecoil, and Off,.  If  you have nay of the first … Read more

More About the N7

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I’ve had my N7 for about a month now. I’m getting used to some of its quirks, but generally I’m quite happy with the new processor. I’m happy to confirm that the T-coil orientation seems to be vertical, giving good results with a conventional room loop in which the magnetic field is vertical. To get … Read more

Cochlear N7 – First Impressions

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Twelve years after getting my Freedom, and six years after moving to the N6, I upgraded to the N7 last week. Michelle Montez set it up for me on May 7. In a word, I love it! I immediately seemed to hear better with it. That could be due to the fresh mike covers, as … Read more

A Thrush

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Heard today in the woods south of Dogwood, a wood thrush  Hylocichla mustelina, an elusive bird with an enchanting song.  Per Thoreau, ” a man hears it, and he is young again.” An attempt to record it on a smartphone didn’t yield a usable result.