Subject: Re: localization/hearing From: Peter Lennox <peter(at)LENNOX01.FREESERVE.CO.UK> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:25:16 -0000I would be interested in this as well; it sounds very like the equivalent to "blindsight", a well-documented phenomenon. Given that there is increasing evidence for independent "what" and "where" processing pathways in hearing now, rather as in the case of vision, I would be surprised if this kind of "deafhearing" were not in evidence. I would be most pleased to come across any references, as I've looked for this before. regards ppl ----- Original Message ----- From: "herzfeld" <herzfeld(at)ALUM.MIT.EDU> To: <AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA> Sent: 24 February 2003 12:30 Subject: localization/hearing > Hello Martin and Eckard, > > The part of the e-mail: > > "If I recall correctly, Bob Fendrich told me that there are people who > lost hearing but paradoxically they are able to indicate the location of > a sound source." > > caught my attention. > > In the book: "Foundations of Modern Auditory Theory" Jerry V. Tobias > (ed) Academic Press 1972 vol 2. Chapter Eleven, page 467, Tobias himself > wrote: > > "If the interaural-time-disparity thresholds are mediated in a > cochleo-cochlear pathway that is independent of the pathways that > transmit the nmore common sorts of auditory information on loudness and > pitch, then somewhere there may be a person with a very special kind of > nerve deafness: Although he cannot hear sounds, he can tell where they > are coming from. If someone like that exists, it is not hard to imagine > reasons why his case is unreported." > > I have never heard of nor read about such a person, but would like to > follow up the trail. Could someone put me in touch with Bob Fendrich ? > > Fred > > > Eckard Blumschein wrote: > > > > Martin, > > > >.............. > > > > If I recall correctly, Bob Fendrich told me that there are people who lost > > hearing but paradoxically they are able to indicate the location of a sound > > source. > > ................... > > Eckard > > http://home.arcor.de/eckard.blumschein > > > -- > Fred Herzfeld, MIT'54 > 78 Glynn Marsh Drive #59 > Brunswick, Ga. 31525-0504 > > Tel: (912) 262-1276 > >