How I Use Sonar to Navigate the World

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Echolocation is a skill we usually associate with animals such as bats and whales, but some blind humans also use the echoes of their own sounds to detect obstacles and their outlines.

Find out more about how echolocation is learned and how the brain adapts to vision loss.

Discussion Questions:

  1. Talk about Daniel Kish’s upbringing compared to more conventional parenting styles for blind/disabled children.
  2. If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose and why?
  3. Rank your senses in order of importance. Elaborate.
  4. What do you think are the advantages of being blind?
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