EyeconX Ideas! - Blind People May Be Able To Locate Their 'Inner Bat' http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=blind-people-may-be-able-to-locate-their-inner-bat New research from the University of Southampton has shown 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, which is published in the journal Hearing Research, examined how hearing, and particularly the hearing of echoes, could help blind people with spatial awareness and na... Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:35:04 EDT en