[NABS-L] Not Recognizing Voices

Thu Nov 11 03:26:15 UTC 2021

Evening, Ella,

It's okay! We can't do every dammed thing you know.
Car
And, I was bienucleated at 1/2 years of age so 
was raised  a blinky child. and yes,  I confuse 
people all the dammed time It never stops!
Car09:30 AM 11/10/2021, you wrote:
>Yeah for sure. I find that even as someone who 
>has been blind since birth, it's still easy for 
>me to mix people up, especially when their 
>voices are very similar to someone else's. On 
>Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 7:43 AM Luke Seibert via 
>NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > Hi, Amy > > 
>I lost my sight five years ago when I was 
>nineteen. For me, recognizing > voices is harder 
>than recognizing faces. I don't know the reason 
>why, but I > feel like I mistake more people by 
>voice than I did when I was seeing their > 
>faces. > > Luke Seibert > President, Alabama 
>Association Of Blind Students > (256) 443-0212 > 
>LukeSeibert.com > 
>https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-seibert-3a2a78173/  
> > > -----Original Message----- > From: NABS-L 
><nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Amy 
>Albin via NABS-L > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 
>2021 5:47 AM > To: sandragayer7 at gmail.com; 
>National Association of Blind Students > mailing 
>list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> > Cc: Amy Albin 
><amyralbin at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NABS-L] 
>Not Recognizing Voices > > Thanks for all the 
>great answers. Now for my other question: For 
>those who > became blind later in life, (and are 
>adjusted to blindness) is recognizing > voices 
>harder than recognizing faces? > > On 11/10/21, 
>Sandra Gayer via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote: > > Hello Amy, > > I was on a course last 
>year which lasted for almost 3 months. There > > 
>were 2 girls I got routinely mixed up. It became 
>a bit of a class > > joke, all good humoured. 
>You'll be fine. > > > > Very best wishes, > > 
>Sandra. > > > > On 11/5/21, josh lester via 
>NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > >> It is 
>quite normal. Happens to me a lot. You donâ€™t 
>have anything to > >> worry about. > >> > >> 
>Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Nov 4, 2021, 
>at 10:07 PM, Joshua Hendrickson via NABS-L > >>> 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> 
>ï»¿Amy.  I don't think you have anything to 
>worry about.  Some people > >>> just have very 
>similar voices.  When I was in school I knew a 
>set of > >>> identical twins who were girls.  I 
>had them in some of my classes > >>> and once I 
>was invited to their birthday party which was a 
>lot of fun. > >>> ?The only way I was able to 
>tell the twins apart was to listen very > >>> 
>closely.  One of the twins had a slightly lower 
>voice then the other > >>> one.  It was 
>something I had to intentionally listen for or I 
>could > >>> mix the two girls up.  Again, I 
>think you don't have anything to > >>> worry 
>about. > >>> > >>>> On 11/4/21, Kennedy Stomberg 
>via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > >>>> 
>Amy, > >>>> > >>>> There is a disorder of not 
>recognizing voices, but it's pretty rare > >>>> 
>and not easy to diagnose. What you're describing 
>doesn't sound like > >>>> that though, since you 
>don't have this difficulty with everyone. > >>>> 
>(I'm not an expert, and certainly not quallified 
>to say for sure, I > >>>> just have some 
>basic > >>>> knowledge!) > >>>> In any case, I 
>want to emphasize that there is nothing wrong 
>with > >>>> not always being able to recognize 
>voices. I know it can feel > >>>> frustrating, 
>but I hope you don't feel bad about it! If 
>anyone is > >>>> making you feel judged because 
>you can't universally recognize > >>>> voices, I 
>am so sorry that's been your 
>experience! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Kennedy 
>Stomberg, M.S. 
>she/her/hers > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Nov 4, 
>2021, at 9:01 PM, nspohn0--- via NABS-L > >>>>> 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org> > >>>>> 
>wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> ï»¿I think it's normal. 
>Sometimes you don't expect seeing someone 
>at > >>>>> a certain place or a certain time of 
>day, which can throw off the > >>>>> micro 
>moments of scanning your voice profiles for a 
>match. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> 
>-----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: NABS-L 
><nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Amy 
>Albin > >>>>> via NABS-L > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, 
>November 4, 2021 9:29 PM > >>>>> To: 
>nabs-l at nfbnet.org > >>>>> Cc: Amy Albin 
><amyralbin at gmail.com> > >>>>> Subject: [NABS-L] 
>Not Recognizing Voices > >>>>> > >>>>> Hey 
>All, > >>>>> > >>>>> I am totally blind and have 
>a question that I never got around to > >>>>> 
>asking. > >>>>> > >>>>> I have no hearing 
>disabilities. However, I sometimes don't > >>>>> 
>recognize people's voices that I have known for 
>awhile. For > >>>>> example, people in my 
>classes, some of them I can't tell apart > >>>>> 
>even though I have interacted with them 
>frequently. In high school > >>>>> I was in a 
>group where there were 2 girls I could not tell 
>apart > >>>>> by voice. I do not have this 
>problem for everyone. > >>>>> There are plenty 
>of people whose voices I recognize, but plenty 
>I > >>>>> don't. > >>>>> I > >>>>> know that 
>when sighted people can't recognize faces, it 
>is > >>>>> considered a disorder. Is not 
>recognizing voices normal for blind > people? 
>Thanks. > >>>>> > >>>>> 
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