So you think you have golden ears... HAH!

[edstrelow]

I use to work in blindness research, have several blind friends and also an ex-girlfriend who is blind. I know of no studies which show that blind people have super hearing, such as lower sensory thresholds. However they do become quite discriminating about what they pick up from their remaining senses, especially echoes and the like. I remember the girlfriend being quite interested in the acoustics of rooms and what you could hear of them in recordings.

Some things you can learn yourself. One guy I knew could tell the sex of who was walking down the street just by their footsteps. He showed me this many times and I finally asked him how he did it. He said that women generally had a lighter and crisper sound, for example think of the sound from stilleto heels versus full size heels for men. So I started trying this myself and found it was generally good way to tell men and women apart without seeing them.

I could imagine situations where this would not work but then I would be considered sexist.

 

[onvn]

A very interesting topic.

Wonder if this ability to have such discerning ears is able to be developed in a short time or years of being dependant on the hearing sense? Anyone up to be blindfolded and be 'blind' for a couple of weeks?

 

[Chrispy]

YouTube - Extraordinary People - The boy who sees without eyes [1/5]

Ben Underwood is a kid who had the same form of cancer. He can use echolocation with such accuracy that he can shoot a basketball into a hoop, ride a bike, and use rollerblades, although there is one seen in the video (there are 5 linked through this) where he miss hears a still car and hits it.

 

[-=Germania=-]

Wow... I couldn't imagine being able to hear that well.



Although, since I grew up with having very bad hearing I know how to read lips and read what people are thinking. My eyesight is also better than "perfect".

Funny thing is that I am predominantly an auditory learner (as was demonstarted by tests and whatnot).

I really understand how that can freak her out. I really don't like to wear IEM's outside unless it's crazy noisy because they isolate you perhaps a bit too much.

*Read what people are thinking - means reading people's expressions to get a general idea of what they are thinking about. *

 

[shigzeo]

that is sweet indeed. somehow, having never met you nor her, i like you and her intimately already. cute and well, great perspective. headphones block her off from the world, me too i suppose. thank you

 

[tylernol]

The equivalent to people who can see is probably like taking copious amounts of acid.

Those who can see, tend to believe what they see. If all of a sudden you see a different reality, it'd be shocking, for sure. It'd be like a fish that was caught and brough out of the water

"What is this sh**?" hehehe

Tyler

 

[khbaur330162]

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Originally Posted by Chrispy /img/forum/go_quote.gif YouTube - Extraordinary People - The boy who sees without eyes [1/5] Ben Underwood is a kid who had the same form of cancer. He can use echolocation with such accuracy that he can shoot a basketball into a hoop, ride a bike, and use rollerblades, although there is one seen in the video (there are 5 linked through this) where he miss hears a still car and hits it.

Lmao. He can shoot hoops, but didn't have it in him to dodge that stationary car? He must have zoned out for a second or two.




And I'm sorry, but it seemed as though two people in this thread claimed they could basically read minds. Am I the only one who's gonna say What?!

 

[snoop_005]

Wow, thats amazing

 

[Uncle Erik]

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Originally Posted by 003 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hmm maybe I should blind myself.

I've tried that a few times and it didn't work. Though I did end up having to shave my palms.

 

[pageman99]

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Originally Posted by khbaur330162 /img/forum/go_quote.gif ...And I'm sorry, but it seemed as though two people in this thread claimed they could basically read minds. Am I the only one who's gonna say What?!

Nah, I think what they're saying is they have developed an ability to read body language to an extent that average folks never have to.

If one reads a bit about how perception works, you'd find that the brain spends a fair amount of its power 'filling in the holes' between what we do actually perceive.

So a lot of what we see and hear are merely assumptions based on limited, yet sufficient, data.

Some folks just focus on different data, hence different perceptions. Much as I said before, what Nicklaus sees and thinks before he strikes a golf ball is a whole bunch different than what the average golfer sees and thinks. WAY different.

 

[EYEdROP]

Very good story indeed. Ive personally never met anyone who can hear more details, or reproduce the same details by memory as good as me. But damn, your girlfriend is a totally different story.

I wonder if there is a way to train your ear to get better, besides memorizing notes and music theory? Im a guitarist so I already know all that stuff.

 

[Claus-DK]

She sounds like a sweet girl......Hold onto her.

 

[ZarakiSan]

For the risk of sounding stupid...

If I knew I'd get amazing hearing, I'd really think of getting blinded. I guess all my life is through my ears, however stupid it might sound.

Though, I'd have to give up on my other hobbies - computers and writing the way I write, in order to do so.

 

[ph0rk]

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Originally Posted by ZarakiSan /img/forum/go_quote.gif For the risk of sounding stupid... If I knew I'd get amazing hearing, I'd really think of getting blinded. I guess all my life is through my ears, however stupid it might sound. Though, I'd have to give up on my other hobbies - computers and writing the way I write, in order to do so.

You risked it all and lost!

 

[kool bubba ice]

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Originally Posted by khbaur330162 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Lmao. He can shoot hoops, but didn't have it in him to dodge that stationary car? He must have zoned out for a second or two. And I'm sorry, but it seemed as though two people in this thread claimed they could basically read minds. Am I the only one who's gonna say What?!

If you are reffering to me, no I can't read minds. I'm not psychic, nor do I charge 4.00 a minute..

It's just that people with disabillities compensate for what is lost.. I focus on body language greatly cause a lot of people are uncomfortable talking to me.. So after yrs of this I picked up on the body ques & what to look for.. & when I was in school I'd scan the class to see which students were more likely to be 'cool' with it, or more likely to make fun or laugh at it.. After awhile I got very good at it.. Nothing supernatural about it.. You just imper vise & adapt to the situation..