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Man with Restored Sight Provides New Insight into How Vision Develops
California man Mike May made international headlines in 2000 when his sight was restored by a pioneering stem cell procedure after 40 years of blindness. A study published three years after the operation found that
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This Box is Heavier; I Can Just Hear it! Illusions of Sight and Sound in the Blind and Deaf
Scientific American: The last time someone told you to look at an optical illusion, they probably described it as playing a cool trick on your eyes. But these quirks of perception – as well as
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Illusions Fool Even the Blind
The New York Times: That bats use echolocation to navigate and to find food is well known. But some blind people use the technique, too, clicking their tongues and snapping fingers to help identify objects.
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How Blind People Use Echolocation to Get Around
New York Magazine: Echolocation — sending out a sound wave, hearing how it bounces back at you, and using that information to navigate your environment — is a technique generally associated with animals like bats and dolphins
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Ces aveugles qui voient avec leurs oreilles (The blind who see with their ears)
Le Monde: La vidéo paraît presque banale. De jeunes hommes parcourent des chemins de campagne à vélo. Un autre descend la rue en skateboard. Un garçonnet lance un ballon dans un panier de basket. Douces images
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Blind People Can Echolocate
Smithsonian Magazine: Like bats, some blind people utilize echolocation—bouncing sound waves off objects to locate where they are—as a means of assessing and interacting with their surroundings. To do this, some snap their fingers, while
