7 - Music and Cochlear Implants: My Experience
*Note that Cochlear Implant users have various positive and negative experiences with music. Some experience it primarily positively, others experience it negatively, and a few in between*. My Childhood Experience with Music Throughout my childhood, I only listened to Hindi music since my family and I were only exposed to Hindi music. I do not speak in it nor understand the meaning behind the songs at the time. The children's shows I used to watch while growing up had music. However, as I mentioned in my previous blogs, there was no closed captioning during my childhood, so I needed help knowing and understanding the lyrics. When my family and friends would follow along with the lyrics, I would often vibe with them without knowing them. Because of these factors, I never connected with music as much when I was growing up. Still, I enjoyed observing and listening to others singing and playing instruments, which never bothered me. When I was nine years old, I was exposed to En...