Blind people also often use short and quick cane taps to echolocate. Studies show that echolocation in humans can be so precise that they can distinguish textures such as metal through sound.

New research shows that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object. The study ...

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How Does Human Echolocation Work? Blind since he was very young, Daniel Kish is the world’s foremost proponent of using vocal clicks to navigate. Nathan Hurst. October 2, 2017.

Echolocation has allowed Kish to pursue outdoor hobbies such as hiking, despite being totally blind. Kish also says echolocation allows him to engage aesthetically with the world.

The National Federation of the Blind is neutral on Kish’s work. “All blind people use echolocation to an extent,” said Chris Danielson, a spokesman for the federation.

The study, led by Durham University, is the first of its kind to use MRI scans to analyze the brain activity of sighted and blind people before and after they are trained in echolocation ...

Blind people have been using echolocation forever, but they’ve always been thought of as the exception to the rule. Echolocation is a natural human perception, but nobody knows about it, so it ...

But echolocation has also been used as a way for blind people to navigate, too. Despite the skill’s usefulness, few blind people have actually learned how to use echolocation.

Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age. These echolocators typically perceive their environment by ...

Daniel works with other blind people, like Nathan, to give them tools through which they can better perceive the world—and live freely within it. This, Daniel says, is a pillar of his teachings.