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  • Title: The extent of visual deficit and auditory spatial compensation: evidence from self-positioning from auditory cues.
    Author: Després O, Candas V, Dufour A.
    Journal: Brain Res Cogn Brain Res; 2005 May; 23(2-3):444-7. PubMed ID: 15820651.
    Abstract:
    Blindfolded sighted, myopic, amblyopic, adventitiously blind and congenitally blind humans performed a self-positioning task during which they were stimulated only by auditory cues. Results showed that visually deprived subjects used auditory cues to position themselves in their environment with a greater accuracy than normal-sighted subjects. In addition, the magnitude of auditory spatial compensation was found to be strongly related to the extent of the visual deficit.
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