Some blind people use returning echoes from their own mouth clicks to perceive external surroundings, or echolocation. New experimental EEG study found 4 blind individuals comfortable with using echolocation could identify object location better than 21 people with vision intact in a dark room.
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How blind people map their surroundings using sound
Researchers linked neural activity to how blind individuals determine the location of objects by integrating echoes from mouth clicks into a representation of their surroundings.