Re: TOTALLY BLIND MAN DRIVES
     CAR USING A NEW ELECTRONIC ARTIFICIAL EYE

In Bud's last post he mentioned how sighted people will say that a blind
or visually impaired person "what good hearing they have."
And this is because the hearing has been more exercised or developed.
I have a theory/observation that I have made over many years.
The setting is this I am at a public, "usually" event, lots of people,
slightly louder music, people are sitting around, standing around, even
dancing.
I am sitting with a group of say three to eight and the conversation can
be of anything, occassionally I miss a phrase or comment and I ask for a
repeat. All the other people seem to have heard what was said.
Usually sighted people maintain eye contact when conversing. I think
most of them can lip read without doing it consciously.
Just a thoutht

ps  I think my hearing is normal.


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