[stylist] Addressing echo location

[helene ryles]

hi bridget,

not all bind people an use echolocation or audiory clues.  as i am
profoundly deaf tehre are no audiory clues for me.

i thing echolocation can be taught but the brain has to be fairly
plastic so  teaching has to be done as young as possible. does anyone
know if an adult blind person can learn echolocation i mean one who
has b been blind later.

also  just out of curiousilt would a sighted child be able to learn
echo location or would there just not be enough space. i mean if they
learnt under blind fold to get about in dark places.   would that be
possible.

helene

On 14/06/2010, Justin Williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good,  I was just making sure we were talking about the same things.
> Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jewel S.
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> Audio cues are like listening to traffic to hear how far away cars are
> and whether they are perpendicular or parallel to you. Also, listening
> to where a sound is coming from, such as an audible signal, the beep
> of an elevator, or a phone, to find these.
>
> Echolocation is bouncing sound off objects to locat them. For example,
> a click is sent to bounce off a car to determine its distance from the
> curb.
>
> Echolocation is a very interesting sense, but not widely used as the
> only mobility tool. It is usually used in conjugation with the use of
> a cane, guide dog, or sighted guide, as well as using audio cues,
> tactile cues (like feeling the cracks in the sidewalk as you walk),
> and memorized routes.
>
> ~Jewel
>
> On 6/10/10, Justin Williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I use anything I can including audio cues, and echo location.  Can you
>> explain what you mean by audio cues.  I am assuming that you mean the man
>> made noises of the environment right?
>>
>>
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