{"id":20492,"date":"2021-11-02T06:57:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T05:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=20492"},"modified":"2021-11-12T07:59:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T06:59:31","slug":"how-i-use-sonar-to-navigate-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/11\/how-i-use-sonar-to-navigate-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Use Sonar to Navigate the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 \u2013 Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about how echolocation is learned and how the brain adapts to vision loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-block-embed-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Daniel Kish: How I use sonar to navigate the world\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_kish_how_i_use_sonar_to_navigate_the_world\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Talk about Daniel Kish&#8217;s upbringing compared to more conventional parenting styles for blind\/disabled children.<\/li><li>If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose and why?<\/li><li>Rank your senses in order of importance. 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