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...most of all, the album simply avoids the usual pitfalls of live albums—poor sound quality, tone-deaf guitar work, inane stage banter, etc. James Lynch and Marc Orrell’s guitars roar without overpowering the songs; indeed, two of the Murphys’ most rousing offerings (“For Boston” and a strangely moving “Amazing Grace”) feature enigmatic bagpiper Spicy McHaggis. Even the audience comes through in the clutch, shouting lyrics word-for-word when charismatic frontman Al Barr’s voice drops out. Of course, nothing...
...study you cite was a load of malarkey!”) and the liberal feels the conservative is dissembling about his true motivations (“come on, why are you really opposed to a living wage?”) . All too often, we are deaf to one another...
...existence that George and Ginny had begun to worry about how their daughter would react when she finally faced a loss. In the spring of 2001, they started gingerly preparing her for what they thought would be the first death in the family: their 17-year-old, half-deaf cat Clancy...
...this industry. He had to get a special waiver to study math at Moscow State University, where no accommodation was made for him. He learned to lip-read teachers and fellow students, and still relies on lipreading--in English and Russian--rather than the sign language used by most deaf people...
Kanevsky's latest device is a tablet-size computer, with microphone attached, that transcribes whatever it hears. The software is "speaker independent," meaning it can transcribe anyone's speech without having to learn the voice of each new speaker. An earlier version of the software was a hit with deaf visitors to Kanevsky's lab, who carried it around on much bulkier laptops. The visitors, who did not read lips, found that the software let them connect more easily with the outside world, making others' speech visible. The new version is small enough to carry in a free hand...