[stylist] NEW THOUGHT PROVOKER #146- Blindness MakesYourotherSenses Stronger

[Angela fowler]

Barbara, you nailed it.
	I get such a kick out of people who say "Your hearing must be so
good!" When I tell them I wear hearing aids they don't know what to say. 
	Blind people just get better use out of our other senses because we
pay attention to the information they provide.   

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] NEW THOUGHT PROVOKER #146- Blindness
MakesYourotherSenses Stronger

I also tell people that it's a difference between hearing and listening. 
You know, there are sighted people who look and sighted people who see.  We
blind folks listen--now that doesn't mean we do it all the time.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:59 AM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] NEW THOUGHT PROVOKER #146- Blindness Makes
YourotherSenses Stronger

> Hello:
>
>     After reading Thought Provoker #146, I did a Google search with 
> the terms "remapping visual cortex" (omitting quotes). There have been 
> some studies showing that the visual cortexes of blind people are 
> remapped. The visual cortex is the part of the brain that processes 
> visual input from the eyes. I am not a psychologist but my thought is 
> that there are blind people with both  a heightened awareness of their 
> surroundings and enhanced sensitivity due to a remapped visual cortex. 
> This will vary depending on the onset of blindness.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
>
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