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Documents and VideoFLASH SONAR PROGRAM: helping blind people learn to seeThe conventional term echolocation has unfortunately come to represent and describe the more conventional use of echolocation, which is typically rudimentary and far from its actual capacity and scope. In this paper, executive director Daniel Kish describes our Flash Sonar training program, designed to introduce the more advanced degree, scope, and complexity that echolocation can provide. FLASH SONAR PROGRAM: helping blind people learn to see - Text Version FLASH SONAR PROGRAM: helping blind people learn to see - PDF Version "Seeing Without Sight"This powerful, 25 minute video highlights some of the activities, goals, and accomplishments of World Access for the Blind in its first two years in operation. It features explanations and demonstrations of sonic and ultrasonic echolocation. It is targeted to helping blind and sighted people see our world in a new light. "Seeing Without Sight" - Windows Media Video (Lowest Quality) "Seeing Without Sight" - Windows Media Video (Fair quality) "Seeing Without Sight" - Windows Media Video (Higher quality)
"Seeing Without Sight" - Real Video (Lowest quality) "Seeing Without Sight" - Real Video (Fair quality) "Seeing Without Sight" - Real Video (Higher quality)
Financial Statements and Annual Reports2004 - Financial Statement (PDF, 46 KB) 2003: New Light - The Annual Report of World Access for the Blind - (PDF, 4.1 MB) 2003 - Financial Statement (PDF, 45 KB) 2002 - Financial Statement (PDF, 42 KB) 2001 - Financial Statement (PDF, 39 KB) "When Darkness Lights the Way" How the blind may function as specialists in movement and navigation Written by Dan Kish, a totally blind Orientation and Mobility Specialist, (click here for biography) this monograph is a description of how the blind may function as specialists in movement and navigation. It serves as a very detailed expose on his experiences both in training, and in the profession. An exhaustive array of issues are covered in depth. Careful attention is given to the maintenance of the highest professional and ethical standards."When Darkness Lights the Way" - Plain Text Version
"When Darkness Lights the Way" - PDF Version
"SONIC ECHOLOCATION: A Modern Review of the Literature" - RTF Text Version Preliminary Training Guide to Teaching Human Echolocation
This is a quick start, practical training guide to help teach echolocation.
Preliminary Training Guide to
Teaching Human Echolocation
Preliminary Training Guide to
Teaching Human Echolocation
Preliminary Training Guide to Teaching Human
Echolocation "Acoustic Navigation in Premature, Blind Children"Steve Charles, MD
Dr. Charles, world renowned vitreoretinal surgeon and engineer, documents his observations of young infants spontaneously producing oral signals for the apparent purpose of gaining navigational information. "Acoustic Navigation in Premature, Blind Children" - MS Word Version "Facilitating Movement and Navigation in Blind Pre-Schoolers:
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