A blind boy was taught a technique which is used by dolphins to navigate their way through the ocean. This technique has helped him learn how to see despite of his condition. Jamie Aspland makes high-pitch clicks and uses the rebounding sound from surfaces in his path to plot his course around objects. The four-year-old was born without sight. An expert in the U.S. has taught him how to use the revolutionary technique. Jamie is able to imitate the behavior of flicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth. California Daniel Kish is also blind and he taught many children around the world how to imitate dolphins, Jamie is just one of them. Kish calls the eco-location technique “flash-sonar”. Using this technique will allow Jamie to eventually detect building from a distance of 100 meters. According to Deborah, Jamie’s mother, her son can now walk to the park unaided for the first time and was able to successfully steered himself around the fence. Jamie no longer holds his mother’s hand while strolling around the park and this made their life more convenient. Daniel Kish is the president of World Access for the Blind. He developed bio-acoustics based on animal sonar to help humans from “mental maps” of their environment. He copied the technique used by dolphins to navigate their way through the ocean; by using high-pitch clicks to penetrate objects and reflect off the internal structure. Blind Boy Sees Like Dolphins Do is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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Blind Boy Sees Like Dolphins Do
