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Human echolocation can be taught (www.nature.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That is so cool! Did a bit of searching, this looks like like a good place to start. I'm not visually impaired, but am still very interested in learning to echolocate!

National Library of Medicine

EchoRead Programme: Learning echolocation skills through self-paced professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9623408/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Awesome, that seems like a great find!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

A neat short video of Daniel Kish talking about and demonstrating his echolocation technique.

Also, maybe there's a way to see through taste.