what happened to the am band lol

[semoochie]

That is what an Irishman named Benny Lewis thought when he was a young adult. That was until he discovered a way to learn enough of a language to be able to converse with people on a basic level within three months. Today, he speaks several languages.

I agree with Benny that it is not too late to learn a language or to become conversant in a language that you learned previously. It takes desire and dedication to do this. Benny claims that one can become fluent in a new language in three months; however, my experience shows that it can take a lot longer to do so, depending on several factors. The important thing is that one practices the language on a regular basis.

One way you can increase your exposure to other languages is by subscribing to Disney+. Most of the programs and movies on Disney+ have been dubbed into several of the major Western European languages, including Latin American Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese. Thanks to Disney+, I have an enormous selection of programs that I can watch in Brazilian Portuguese and Italian. This availability of dubbing into several languages is one of the things that makes Disney+ unique among the streaming services in the US.

...and then there's YouTube.

 

[Marcos_C]

...and then there's YouTube.

For short videos, yes. For movies, probably. For TV series, not so much, at least not in Brazilian Portuguese.

 

[Marcos_C]

Jewish religious signals? Really? All the religion I hear on my radio here in Connecticut is various shades of Christianity.

Once upon a time, there was Jewish religious programming on the New York radio dial.

WEVD, the now-defunct multilingual station that was owned by The Forward (a Jewish newspaper), had Jewish religious programming on Sundays through at least the 1980s.

Before its sale to New York Public Radio in 2009, classical music station WQXR aired Temple Emanu-El's Friday Evening Shabbat Service live. Unfortunately, because New York Public Radio is a secular organization, WQXR had to cancel that long-running broadcast. The Reform synagogue has since adapted to that change and now broadcasts the service through its website.

 

[ContinuousWave]

Thank you. So far, it's just my left ear and aside from the ringing, the ear is basically useless. Can't discern speech on that side at all and what music I can hear sounds ridiculous. The condition alters and eventually takes away certain frequencies, then other frequencies, then yet more frequencies. When I began suffering with it, I started hearing female background singers that I'd never noticed before in songs that I had listened to my entire life! From there, things got progressively worse (leading to having to go through brain surgery in 2017) and now, on top of the tinnitus, I am also dizzy 24/7. But in some ways I'm lucky: Some folks with the syndrome eventually get it in both ears and end up pretty much completely deaf.

My tinnitus started in one ear, now in both..rings at different freqs and amplitude...not sure if it's due to my early years as a Top40 DJ or what. Damn annoying but I can still hear a wide range and even bird chirps in a distance. Just keep me awake at night sometimes

 

[ContinuousWave]

Thank you. We also heard from several other sites about that character and his incessant abuse of message boards. So we wrote the new heading on the site and proceeded to ban daddyoo. Unfortunately, we are told this spammer and bigot is known elsewhere for his attempts to use multiple names, so we'll be watching for him.

Attention mr. daddyoo: don't waste your time.

Sounds like the MO of another well known user here...possibly the same?? 🤣🤣

 

[Miguelito]

My tinnitus started in one ear, now in both..rings at different freqs and amplitude...not sure if it's due to my early years as a Top40 DJ or what. Damn annoying but I can still hear a wide range and even bird chirps in a distance. Just keep me awake at night sometimes

Happy to hear that you still have most of your hearing!

 

[frankberry]

I've had tinnitus for years. Sometime back in the early '80s, while wearing headphones and working on a console, the headphone connector came in contact with the +15 volt buss. The resulting "POP" was enough to cause auditory concussion in both ears.
I couldn't hear anything above a few hundred Hz for a couple of days. Eventually, my hearing returned but as I've gotten older, tinnitus has set in.

 

[Miguelito]

I've had tinnitus for years. Sometime back in the early '80s, while wearing headphones and working on a console, the headphone connector came in contact with the +15 volt buss. The resulting "POP" was enough to cause auditory concussion in both ears.
I couldn't hear anything above a few hundred Hz for a couple of days. Eventually, my hearing returned but as I've gotten older, tinnitus has set in.

I'm really lucky that it somehow doesn't keep me from sleeping but I know some people suffer much more with it than I do. It seems in most cases that tinnitus is permanent but hopefully it doesn't get gradually worse. Best of luck!