Re: auditory training for the blind

[Daniel Rowan <dr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Moore and King have a small section (5.5, p149) on blindness in their
recent chapter "Plasticity of Binaural Systems" in the book:

Plasticity of the Auditory System
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Vol. 23
Parks, T.N.; Rubel, E.W.; Fay, R.R.; Popper, A.N. (Eds.)
2004, XII, 324 p. 48 illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 0-387-20986-7

> There has been some work on echolocation.  The basic problem for
mobility
> trainers seems to be that there are huge individual differences in
the
> ability to echolocate. Some people do it amazingly well,
> (one case study examined the ability of a blind 11-year-old boy to
ride a
> bicycle while avoiding obstacles (McCarty & Worchel, 1954)) .Others
never
> really get it even with massive amount of training.  It's also been
quite
> difficult to find a predictor of echolocation performance.   The
> experimental work began in the 1940's with several very thoroguh
experiments
> by Dallenbach & colleagues.  Larry Rosenblum and Dan Ashmead have
done
some
> work recently in this area.
>
> For reviews see:
>
> Neuhoff, J. G. (2004). Auditory motion and localization. In J.G.
Neuhoff
> (Ed.) Ecological Psychoacoustics. New York: Academic Press.
>
> Stoffregen, T. A., & Pittenger, J. B. (1995). Human echolocation as
a
basic
> form of perception and action. Ecological Psychology, 7, 181-216.
>
>
> Here are a few other references as well:
>
> Arias, C., Curet, C. A., Moyano, H. F., Joekes, S., et al. (1993).
> Echolocation: A study of auditory functioning in blind and sighted
subjects.
> Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 87(3), 73-77.
>
> Ashmead, D. H., Wall, R. S., Eaton, S. B., Ebinger, K. A.,
Snook-Hill,
> M.-M., Guth, D. A., & Yang, X. (1998). Echolocation reconsidered:
Using
> spatial variations in the ambient sound field to guide locomotion.
Journal
> of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 92, 615-632.
>
> Dallenbach, K. M. (1941). Facial vision: The perception of obstacles
by
the
> blind. Psychological Bulletin, 38, 610-611.
>
> McCarty, B., & Worchel, P. (1954). Rate of motion and object
perception in
> the blind. New Outlook for the Blind, 48, 316-322.
>
> Rice, C. E., Feinstein, S. H., & Schusterman, R. J. (1965).
Echo-detection
> ability of the blind: Size and distance factors. Journal of
Experimental
> Psychology, 70, 246-251.
>
> Rosenblum, L. D., Gordon, M. S., & Jarquin, L. (2000). Echolocating
distance
> by moving and stationary listeners. Ecological Psychology, 12,
181-206.
>
> Taylor, J. G. (1966). Perception generated by training echolocation.
> Canadian Journal of Psychology, 20, 64-81.
>
>
> -John Neuhoff
>
>  ________________________________
> John G. Neuhoff
> Department of Psychology
> The College of Wooster
> Wooster, OH 44691
> Phone: 330-263-2475
>
> http://jneuhoff.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas G Brennan" <g_brennantg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: auditory training for the blind
>
>
> > Matt, as a blind audiologist this has always been a concern to me.
The
> > first
> > question that seems important in terms of auditory training for
the
blind
> > is
> > that of echo location.  There is very little material out there
and
> > orientation
> > and mobility trainers do not do auditory training and so far as I
know
> > very few
> > audiologist have programs specifically designed for bliend
clients.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> >
>
>
>
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