Echolocation: A Study of Auditory Functioning in Blind and Sighted Subjects
| Autor: | C. Arias, C.A. Curet, H.F. Moyano, S. Joekes, N. Blanch |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Auditory perception
030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Blindness Spatial ability 05 social sciences Rehabilitation 050401 social sciences methods Human echolocation Cognition Audiology medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences Ophthalmology 0504 sociology Auditory stimuli medicine 0305 other medical science Psychology Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. 87:73-77 |
| ISSN: | 1559-1476 0145-482X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0145482x9308700305 |
| Popis: | This article describes an assessment of the peripheral and central auditory functioning of eight blind subjects who were good obstacle detectors and eight sighted subjects. An echolocation paradigm in short latency-evoked response was included. The study found that the blind subjects were better (faster) than the sighted subjects in auditory processing and that the echolocation signals may be processed in the superior olivary complex of the midbrain. |
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