Hi Steve

This was reported on one of our national stations yesterday.

Having studied anatomy and physiology to quite a high level, and practiced
as a Chartered Physiotherapist for a few decades, I don't see this as being
any different to other forms of training.
They talk about the enhancement of the synapse.  This happens in athletes,
musicians, dancers etc.
What it doesn't do is improve the information gathering aspect, the ear.

Consider it as being like a HI-FI system.
If you have a rubbish CD player, tape or record deck, however much you
improve the pre-amp, power amp, speakers and cables, you will still have
rubbish sound!

73

David W Wood 

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Subject: OT: Blind-folding May Improve Hearing

BlankI was going to send this to Tom KB5vij? our audiologist on this list, 
but couldn't find his email address.

I remember denying the impressions of sighted people who claimed that 
because we were blind, we must have a heightened sense of hearing.  I always

felt that our hearing was equivalent, but that we were more attentive to 
what we did hear.

But, research seems to indicate that their impressions may be more spot on. 
I just ran across an article in the February 7 edition of USA Today that 
says they've done experiments in mice that either blindfolding or confining 
them to a dark room for a lengthy period improved their hearing.

Steve, K8SP