Blind Kid Uses Echolocation
Ben underwood had cancer in his eyes at age two and lost his sight.
Blind kid uses echolocation. A blind teenager from northern california who used echolocation to get around died monday morning of the same cancer that claimed his sight ben underwood 16 passed away at his home in elk grove. By clicking his tongue he is able to navigate around objects identify objects play games and more. A kid who had his eyes surgically removed when very young has learned to see using echolocation.
Daniel has taught echolocation to thousands of other blind people through his school world access for the blind in california and in july last year he flew to scotland to tutor ethan two. He plays just like other kids and he uses echo location to see. Blind man uses echolocation to see like bats and dolphins daniel kish uses sound to locate objects.
Blind humans have been known to use echolocation to see their environment but even sighted people can learn the skill a new study finds. Sheeraz raza nov 24 2011 5 30 pm. Dan had found that people sent out sounds at much slower rates and lower frequencies so for echolocation to work for humans objects would need to be much larger than for example the mosquitoes.
But he doesn t see himself as blind.