[Blindtlk] Loud Places

[Judy Jones]

The tip of your cane could touch the heel of their shoe and they might not 
even notice.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: robin.beautifullyblind--- via blindtlk
Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 12:12 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Loud Places

Hi Carly,
     The problem I have with loud places, is not being able to tell if 
someone is in front of me without hitting them with my cane. I will try the 
pencil technique, and not trail the wall like I usually do.

          Robin

> On Apr 4, 2015, at 11:53 AM, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Good morning, my blinded ever so completely and beautifully
> Robin,
> ,
>        I don't know if it's been your experience, for echolocation's being 
> perceived sort of internally, that is, you need not an unobstructed sound 
> field to glean information about your environment from feedback generated 
> by echolocation. For me, this  remains absolutely the  case, and is a 
> large part of perceptual understanding of particularly loud environments. 
> :18 AM 4/3/2015, robin.eautifullyblind--- via blindtlk wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>    I am in need of any suggestions about traveling in places where there 
>> is a lot of noise, and sound can't be relied on for clues. I was in 
>> Starbucks last week, and there was a lot of people. I trailed the wall 
>> from the cash register to the place where I needed to pick up my coffee. 
>> There was a little girl in my path, and I didn't realize it. Her mother 
>> got mad, and told her daughter to move. I want to avoid this from 
>> happening again. So, I am in need of some tips. Thank you in advance!
>>
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