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- Title
Echolocation reconsidered: Using spatial variations in the ambient sound field to guide locomotion.
- Authors
Ashmead, Daniel H.; Wall, Robert S.; Eaton, Susan B.; Ebinger, Kiara A.; Snook-Hill, Mary-Maureen; Guth, David A.; Xuefeng Yang
- Abstract
Presents an acoustical model and evidence from four experiments that children with visual impairments use the build-up of low-frequency sound along walls to guide locomotion. Role of binaural hearing; Use of other auditory information; Implications of orientation and mobility practice.
- Subjects
MENTAL orientation; VISION disorders
- Publication
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1998, Vol 92, Issue 9, p615
- ISSN
0145-482X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0145482x9809200905