Re: OT: ID a photo; Settle an Argument
I remember this as an implant. First it took an implant or connection to nerves inside his ear, to which they attached the hearing aid device. As I remember it. . . No idea who the photog was, nor the issue of Life, if that's where it was. Only the incident. keith whaley frank theriault wrote: Someone here must know this: In the early 60's (maybe '61?) Life Magazine published a famous photo of a boy hearing for the first time. The look of joy and astonishment on his face is unbelievable. My roomate and I are at loggerheads. She says he's hearing for the first time due to a new hearing aid. I say that yes, he was wearing a hearing aid, but the ability to hear is due to a cochlear implant. Can anyone recall the photographer? The issue of Life? (Most importantly) Whether I'm right? I've tried googling this, to no avail. tanx, frank
Re: OT: ID a photo; Settle an Argument
Hi, I know the photo you mean. I had it in mind when I took this one: http://www.web-options.com/p6.jpg In this case it's the photographer who has the hearing problems, not the subject. I'm sure the photo is reproduced in Ken Kobre's book Photojournalism - the Professionals' Approach. If it's the same photo then he credits it to Greg Schneider of the San Bernadino (CA) Sun Telegram. The caption just says the child is listening to music, but I do know the Life story is about a deaf child. In the Kobre reproduction the headphones look like the same sort you use in an audiology department. I'll have another dig around later today. -- Cheers, Bob Thursday, January 15, 2004, 4:26:17 AM, you wrote: Someone here must know this: In the early 60's (maybe '61?) Life Magazine published a famous photo of a boy hearing for the first time. The look of joy and astonishment on his face is unbelievable. My roomate and I are at loggerheads. She says he's hearing for the first time due to a new hearing aid. I say that yes, he was wearing a hearing aid, but the ability to hear is due to a cochlear implant. Can anyone recall the photographer? The issue of Life? (Most importantly) Whether I'm right? I've tried googling this, to no avail. tanx, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photospgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
Re: OT: ID a photo; Settle an Argument
Hi, I knew I had it here somewhere! It is reprinted in the book Life - Classic Photographs edited by John Loengard. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0821217143/qid=1074190378/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_8_1/026-2181576-5270835 The picture is not the same as the one in Kobre's book. The 'Life' picture is by James M. Kubus and was in the May, 1993 edition of the magazine. It is of 4-year-old Brian Siclare hearing his first sound at a Pittsburgh clinic after a surgical transplant stimulated his inner ear. They don't say whether or not it was a cochlear implant. -- Cheers, Bob Thursday, January 15, 2004, 9:02:37 AM, you wrote: Hi, I know the photo you mean. I had it in mind when I took this one: http://www.web-options.com/p6.jpg In this case it's the photographer who has the hearing problems, not the subject. I'm sure the photo is reproduced in Ken Kobre's book Photojournalism - the Professionals' Approach. If it's the same photo then he credits it to Greg Schneider of the San Bernadino (CA) Sun Telegram. The caption just says the child is listening to music, but I do know the Life story is about a deaf child. In the Kobre reproduction the headphones look like the same sort you use in an audiology department. I'll have another dig around later today.
Re: OT: ID a photo; Settle an Argument
Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I knew I had it here somewhere! It is reprinted in the book Life - Classic Photographs edited by John Loengard. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0821217143/qid=1074190378/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_8_1/026-2181576-5270835 The picture is not the same as the one in Kobre's book. The 'Life' picture is by James M. Kubus and was in the May, 1993 edition of the magazine. It is of 4-year-old Brian Siclare hearing his first sound at a Pittsburgh clinic after a surgical transplant stimulated his inner ear. They don't say whether or not it was a cochlear implant. Cool! This kind of thing happening in Pittsburgh probably means University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital, where my S.O. works! Do they say who the doctors involved were? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: OT: ID a photo; Settle an Argument
Hi, Cool! This kind of thing happening in Pittsburgh probably means University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital, where my S.O. works! Do they say who the doctors involved were? No. I expect the original article in Life would have that information. Shouldn't be too difficult to get the back issue. May, 93. -- Cheers, Bob
Re: ID a photo; Settle an Argument
I think I may have found the photo. Or at least, Eleanor found it and sent it to me (thanks, Eleanor). Looks like it wasn't Life, or the 60's. It was the 90's. But, I've got to figure out if it's what I was thinking of (there may be another similar photo out there, but I could be wrong). She's given me something to work with, though. thanks, Bill, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ID a photo; Settle an Argument Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:50:05 -0500 This would be close for a cochlear implant. My mother had one in the early 70's and they were pretty rare even then. _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/viruspgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
OT: ID a photo; Settle an Argument
Someone here must know this: In the early 60's (maybe '61?) Life Magazine published a famous photo of a boy hearing for the first time. The look of joy and astonishment on his face is unbelievable. My roomate and I are at loggerheads. She says he's hearing for the first time due to a new hearing aid. I say that yes, he was wearing a hearing aid, but the ability to hear is due to a cochlear implant. Can anyone recall the photographer? The issue of Life? (Most importantly) Whether I'm right? I've tried googling this, to no avail. tanx, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photospgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
Re: ID a photo; Settle an Argument
This would be close for a cochlear implant. My mother had one in the early 70's and they were pretty rare even then. Bill - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:26 PM Subject: OT: ID a photo; Settle an Argument Someone here must know this: In the early 60's (maybe '61?) Life Magazine published a famous photo of a boy hearing for the first time. The look of joy and astonishment on his face is unbelievable. My roomate and I are at loggerheads. She says he's hearing for the first time due to a new hearing aid. I say that yes, he was wearing a hearing aid, but the ability to hear is due to a cochlear implant. Can anyone recall the photographer? The issue of Life? (Most importantly) Whether I'm right? I've tried googling this, to no avail. tanx, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photospgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
