Hi, my name is Joseph Zins.
I'm in 10th grade.
I like pretty much anything related to technology from programming, to editing and graphic design,
to working with hardware, to gaming and more.
I love playing Baseball and Tennis.
Now let's talk about why I use hearing equipment.
To start off, I wear Hearing aids and I have severe to profound hearing loss across pretty
much all frequencies, especially in the left ear.
Now I've been wearing Hearing aids pretty much my whole life, which, of course, get
taken out during the night.
Now I actually started sign language at the very beginning of life but I wanted to learn
to talk so I've had Hearing aids since then.
The Hearing aids that I have are the Phonak Naida Q70-SP which I've had since 2013.
Now the DM/FM system that I'm using is the Phonak Roger Pen which connects to the modular
receivers which I usually have attached to my Hearing aids while using the system.
The main thing you need to know when using this system is that this top button on the
right side of the Pen is the power button; No, these buttons on the left side are not
the two power buttons, I'll get into those later.
To toggle the system between on and off, press and hold the power button for about a second;
The indicator light will fade red when turning off or green when turning on.
To mute the system, press the power button once and the indicator light will be a purple
kind of a red/blue color.
When it's off, nothing will happen when muting.
To wear the system, grab the black Lanyard, gently pull it apart, and you'll see that
it's held together by magnets.
Put it around your neck and reattach.
To take it off, repeat the previous steps and set it down or give it.
Now you might want to know where the microphone is to ensure it's facing the correct way.
The microphone is actually located in the little gap near the top of the system, so
face it with that gap upwards.
Now when should it be on vs when should it be muted?
Great question!
That definitely depends on the situation.
You should usually have it on when teaching the class or when helping/talking to me individually
or when having other students talk to me.
Those are pretty much the only times you might want them to have it on.
You should probably have it muted in pretty much any other situation, like if you're are
talking to students privately, or are talking to anyone else really or aren't in the classroom.
Now some of the accommodations I usually need with this whole hearing thing is that I might
usually want to be seated a bit further away from noise sources if possible like away from
a fan, a door, or pencil sharpener, which I think you should keep in mind that some
teachers will probably pause teaching as sharpening pencils in the middle of class is technically
disrupting class anyways...
(Teaching Class)
Hibernating on the other hand copies all the data from the RAM to the hard drive.
(Student Sharpening Pencil During Class)
(Waiting...)
Sup...
Anyways, when doing activities that involve other students talking, we should probably
be passing around the mic; Otherwise, the omni-directional mode should work okay too,
which I'm about to explain.
Now this microphone has 3 different modes, which are each useful in different situations.
You can switch the mode by pressing the bottom-most button on the right side with the mic icon.
Don't worry about the middle button, that's to pair or re-pair the mic with the Hearing-aid
receiver.
(Microphone Pairing Sound)
Anyways, if you press the mic button once, the LED indicator will blink purple once,
if you press it again, it will blink twice, again, it will blink 3 times, again, it will
stop blinking, what's going on?
Well, that's how you switch between the 3 different modes!
Now by default, it's on automatic mode which has a blinking green LED light, and automatically
switches the mode depending on the orientation of the mic which I'll get into in a little
bit.
It's okay to leave it on default automatic mode by the way because it will automatically
switch accordingly, so if you don't know what the modes are, it's probably fine to leave
it on automatic and have it switch based on orientation which I'll get into in a bit.
The first mode is Interview mode, which is used if you're talking to someone.
You/someone hold the mic towards the other person that's speaking, practically any close
distance towards them should do.
The background noise gets reduced which should make it easier to hear the person talking!
(Interview Mode Demonstration...)
I also thought your code was very messy and REALLY think it should be cleaned up!
I know, I plan on optimizing the code before the first release.
Thanks for your opinion!
*Nods
The second mode is Conference mode which is omni-directional, which can pick up sounds
pretty much from all around like if it's in the middle of a big table.
This would also be a great alternative if you couldn't or don't want to pass around
the mic for whatever reason.
(Conference Mode Demonstration...)
Alright, so make sure these components work with our new custom computer.
Sure!
(Watching Myself Walk Away)
Now for some people, this could cause feedback if the mic is really close to the Hearing-aid
*Feedback
which might not be the case for everyone.
The third mode is Lanyard mode which works best if people are wearing the microphone,
which is probably the case most of the time.
(Lanyard Mode Demonstration...)
Does it work? Yes, but can't we have two Titan XP's running in SLI?
Oh yeah, I guess we could!
*Agrees
If that sounds like a lot, you can use automatic mode which automatically switches between
them based on the orientation of the mic.
To use Interview mode on automatic mode, hold the mic kind of slanted upwards towards the
person's mouth and that should automatically work.
The LED indicator will still blink green but it still switches the mode, just check with
me if I can hear it okay if you want to.
To use conference or omni-directional, lay the mic flat on the table and enjoy.
To use Lanyard mode, just put the mic around your neck and you're good.
So automatic mode is really easy to use, so why can't you use it all the time?
Well, you probably COULD get away with using it all the time!
The only time I manually switch modes, is if I want to use omni-directional if I'm holding
it and don't want to set it down, or if it's on the projector and it's too loud.
*Blooper
It's on the projector and it's too loud,
I'll have it hanging on the opposite side of the speaker on the projector located on
the back usually and just use the manual mode that sounds quietest.
Usually I think I end up using Lanyard mode, or the 3rd manual mode.
Now some of the other accommodations besides being further away from noise sources, passing
around the mic or alternatively omni-directional mode, are closed captions when watching videos.
Now not all videos have closed captions, if it doesn't that's definitely fine it's just
helpful.
This video has them just as an example.
This video has them just as an example. *Yay!
I also need extra time on tests usually, not always.
I just have to process what I've learned, often times I have to figure out what I'm
doing because I have to really focus on listening and everything I hear is only through my Hearing
aids, and focusing on what I'm listening to doesn't come naturally to me at all and because
of this, it can take awhile to recall what I learned because I was focused on focusing
on listening; Or else I just end up figuring it out myself which usually works but can
take time.
The last one I could think of would be working in the arc room sometimes, I only did it like
once last year, so I probably won't need it that often if at all.
And those are pretty much the main things.
Yes before I forget, the two buttons on the side are very optional, they are used for
Bluetooth.
So if I wanted to make a call on my phone using this thing, I would have to make sure
I'm in Bluetooth mode by holding the green button for a couple seconds until the Blue
LED fades on, then make sure the devices are paired, call whoever I wanted to call, and
as long as Bluetooth is connected, I should be able to talk into my Pen and talk to the
person through the mic, and hear them because the receivers will receive the incoming signal
from the phone to the mic to the receiver; If someone is calling your phone, then press
the green button to accept or the red to decline, I could literally hide my phone and still
be able to use the pen using the two buttons as long as the phone and the Pen are within
Bluetooth range…
(Tom Nougat Calling)
(Accepting the call)
Tom: Hello, this is Thomas Nougat.
Me: What do you want?
Tom: I now own a lot of stuff from the Black Market, and was wondering if you would like to buy anything from me.
Me: What do you have?
Tom: We, I mean I have Twinkies, Lighters, Fire Crackers, Unlimited Credit Card Bill Paym...
*Hangs up
Once done, press the red button to turn off Bluetooth mode, this is pretty important because
Bluetooth mode stays on even when the mic is off, which explains why my battery died
so early overnight when I was sure it would have enough power.
If that sounds like a lot, let's real quickly overview everything you would definitely need
to know!
Press and hold the top most power button on the right side for 1 second to toggle on or
off; Press once to mute the mic; Pull apart the Lanyard magnet to put it on; Have the
mic oriented this way towards the person's mouth; Put it on mute if class currently isn't
being taught or you're not talking to me, otherwise have it on; Closed captions on videos
we watch if available, like this one; Extra time on some tests, pass around mic when necessary
or the 2nd conference mode as an alternative; And I think those cover the most important
things you would need to know.
If there's anything else like questions, thoughts, concerns, feel free to ask me!
Otherwise that's pretty much it!
Oh!
This mic is for the video; Without it, it's a lot harder to understand; Anyways, thanks
for watching, I will see you next time, have a good one!
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