Human echolocation

Teaching Blind Children to ‘See’ With Their Ears

Echolocation is a skill used by several animals for hunting and navigating. Bats, whales, dolphins and some birds send out sounds and listen back to the echoes these noises make as they strike nearby objects. Daniel Kish is an expert in the use of human echolocation. Kish has been blind since he was 13 months […]

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