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Hello beautiful people! Today I am hoping to talk about something very very important.
FM Units! FM Unit stands for Frequency Modulated Radio Transmissions or as I like to call them,
personal microphones. The FM Unit is a system that's used by people with cochlear implants,
hearing aids and other hearing devices that will amplify sound. As I have said before
hearing does not necessarily mean understanding. And making sound louder does not necessarily
mean understanding. So that's one big misconception that I just want to get out of the way. Just
because you increase the sound of something does not necessarily mean the listener will
be able to understand what is being said. Now, lets focus on what an FM Unit is. The
type of FM system that I use is right here. It consist of two parts: the transmitter and
the receiver. The transmitter is essentially the microphone. It will capture sound and
send it to the receiver. The receiver will then take that sound and transfer it over
to my processor. Now, the transmitter is made up of three parts, two or three parts. First
right here is the microphone. When you talk, sound goes into the microphone, the microphone
then sends the sound to this little processor, thing I would say, and then from there it is
transferred over to the antenna. The antenna will then send the sound to the receiver, the
receiver will transfer the sound to the processor to the magnet outside to the magnet inside.
Ok? So the first thing a person wants to do when you have the FM system is if you have
big hair or a big head like me you want to stretch this out. So, here, you will simply
hold this, and you will pull, right? Then you will put it on. However, you don't want it
to go down here. When you are holding a microphone you hold it up here you don't hold it down
here. So what you want to do now is you want to take this little piece and you want to
hold it and you want to pull. Now, remember, you want to be comfortable with the FM unit
because the more comfortable you are the better quality of sound I will probably receive.
So you don't want to do this (makes string too short causing self to choke) NO! NO! You
do not want to do this! You don't want to this either. No. You want to put the microphone
at a comfortable length between your voice and the microphone. So, here, would be perfect.
Another thing I've notice is that if you put up your collar, and you put your microphone
underneath your collar, you will be very comfortable because the cord will not rub against your
neck if you have a sensitive neck. So, comfortable length and I am able to receive the sound.
It is very important and I hope you are considerate enough to know that you may not want to have
a lot of umm key chains or IDs or necklaces because the microphone, which is here, will
be rubbing against all this stuff. So I will be hearing this (statistic) that's
not really helping me. So try to be a little bit considerate of that and remember the microphone
is here. So try to keep the area clear without items touching it constantly. Also, try to
be aware that you have the microphone on you so try not to touch it. Some people they get
nervous and they start touching it and playing around with it but remember, when you touch
it (statistic) I am hearing that and we don't want that to happen. So when you are talking
and you are using the FM unit its basically cutting the radius of sound. So right now
I'm only hearing about this much, in radius. If you were to talk across from me in this
direction I would not be able to hear that because the microphone is isolating that sound.
It's just centering on this. And I am able to that because the microphone has different
channels, which allows me to set the limit for the radius of sound that the microphone
will be able to capture. So, for sound to get to me, you will talk and sound will go
to the microphone down to the processor, through the antenna. And then I have something here
which I explained before in my 'how cochlear implant works' video and this here is called
the T*mic is the microphone for my processor for my hearing normal processor. I will take
it off and I will replace it with the receiver. So I am taking it off and now I have the receiver
and I am plugging it in. And we are on the air! So sound is doing this, it is going from
your voice to the microphone down to the processor to the antenna. The antenna is sending the
signal to the receiver right here from the receiver is going to the processor to the
magnet outside to the magnet inside to the cochlea to the hearing nerve to the brain
at the same speed that you are speaking. The only difference in the way that FM system
works and the normal way that I hear with my cochlear implant is the sound. Right now
I am hearing myself so much louder. So much louder. And that's why the FM system is helpful
because if I was in a lecture hall and you were speaking and you were pacing around the
classroom or the lecture hall or the presentation or what have you. I would be able to hear
you as if you were right in my ear talking to me, right here the whole time. Again I want
to stressm stress, that hearing louder does not mean necessary mean understanding speech.
It just means that I am hearing you louder. And other systems are also at play. I will
be lip-reading. So if you are giving a presentation even if I have the FM unit and you are turning
around and I am not reading your lips I will have a hard time following. So these are just
things to think about. Again please try to remember not to block the FM um transmitter
or to play around with it (statistic) because I will be hearing so many different sounds
and that will be very uncomfortable and distracting. So that's pretty much it that's how an FM
system works and that's why it's so helpful to have one. If you have any questions let
me know! Bye-bye!!