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Originally Posted by Tony G
...Telling someone who has sung all her life to get "vocal lessons".. is it really that simple?
And anyone who thinks that "she's always had problems with her ear" - having "problems" and being completly deaf are two very seperate things.
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You're right, it's not that simple. Even for an amazing singer with perfect hearing, if, say, she were having trouble with her range because of incorrectly using her muscles, she would have developed a bad habit that affected her. So even though she may be perfect in every other aspect, it will still take some work to fix her bad habit.
As I'm sure you all know, habits aren't usually easy to break. It's the same with singing wrong and needed to learn to sing a different way. And for Ayumi, it will be even harder than my example there. She is completely deaf in one ear. This will forever affect her, and never again will she be able to sing the exact way she used to before she was completely deaf (just like I'm sure she had to get used to losing more and more of her hearing). Even if she starts to sound like she did five years ago, somehow, she won't actually be singing the same, because she's lost her hearing since then. She needs to learn to focus the hearing in her "good" ear, yet still keep her sense of balance. And along the way, she'll need to fine tune pitch naturally because she can't fully hear...etc., etc.
But with hard work and dedication, it is possible. We just need to give her plenty of time. Because not only does she need to break a few habits and learn to sing correctly with only half of her hearing, but she also needs to heal her voice...
And I'm glad you pointed out that starting to lose your hearing and actually being DEAF are, in fact, two very different things. If it's hard to understand that, just think of losing part of anything else, compared to losing it all (like, for example, being able to use four of your fingers on one hand, and then, for whatever reason, not be able to use any of that hand....very different, lol :\).