Subject: Re: auditory training for the blind From: Thomas G Brennan <g_brennantg(at)TITAN.SFASU.EDU> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 03:34:17 -0500Peter, so far as I know nobody is doing any such research and certainly not any kind of intervention based upon any related therapy. Tom Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Peter Lennox wrote: > Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 09:47:20 +0200 (CEST) > From: Peter Lennox <peter(at)lennox01.freeserve.co.uk> > To: g_brennantg(at)TITAN.SFASU.EDU, > Peter Lennox <peter(at)LENNOX01.FREESERVE.CO.UK> > Cc: AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA > Subject: Re: Re: auditory training for the blind > > > > > That was my feeling - that there may well be qualitative differences and that these are emphasised in early-blind cases. This begs the question of whether it is possible to devise a training strategy that can supply crucial elements of mapping; I wonder if anyone is involved in this? > regards > ppl > > > ======================================== > Message date : Jun 02 2005, 11:08 PM > From : g_brennantg(at)TITAN.SFASU.EDU > To : "Peter Lennox" > Copy to : AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA > Subject : Re: auditory training for the blind > Peter, from teaching o&m a bit I can pretty definitely say that there is a > difference. I'm not sure how much the differences can be remediated because a > congenitally blind person cannot ever have a visual model of the world and even > when someone is blinded in later life they still tend toward some form of > visually based modeling as they perceive the world. > > Tom > > > Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html > > -- > > Whatever you Wanadoo: > http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ > > This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm >