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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 10:43 AM
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Dolphin boy! Meet the incredible 4-year-old who has learnt to navigate using 'sonar' clicks
Edited on Thu Apr-29-10 10:43 AM by The Straight Story
Dolphin boy! Meet the incredible 4-year-old who has learnt to navigate using 'sonar' clicks


A blind boy has learnt how 'to see' again - after being taught a language used by DOLPHINS.

Young Jamie Aspland utters tiny high-pitch clicks to rebound the sound off surfaces - and guide him round obstacles.

The four-year-old - who was born without his sight - was taught the 'echo location' technique as part of an exciting technique pioneered in the U.S to help the blind.

His mother Deborah hailed the treatment after her son was able to walk unaided to the park for the first time and even steered himself around a fence.

She said: 'It's changed our lives. The therapy has been a revelation.

'Since learning the skill we can walk to the park and Jamie no longer has to hold my hand.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1269717/Dolphin-boy-Meet-incredible-4-year-old-learnt-navigate-using-sonar-clicks.html#ixzz0mVKdiYTs
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 10:48 AM
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1. How cool is that?
What an excellent idea!
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gblady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:06 AM
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2. what an amazing story....
thanks for sharing....
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:12 AM
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3. Wow. That is all I have to say.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:31 AM
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4. Now all he needs is a red suit and some ninja training and he's all set
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 08:08 PM
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5. There is another boy who does that......
He was on Oprah a few years ago.

This boy had taught himself to navigate using echo location.
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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 08:16 PM
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7. Was it an African American teen? I remember seeing someone else too..
Edited on Thu Apr-29-10 08:18 PM by Lisa0825
but I don't recall if it was on Oprah or another show.... but it was a slim African American teen, and his demonstration was pretty amazing!

edited to add: Oh, so sad.... here is the boy I was thinking of, and he has passed at such a young age...
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/health/stories/2009/01/22/echolocation_blind_teen.html
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 08:42 PM
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8. Yes, that;s him....
So sorry to hear he died! :(
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 08:15 PM
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6. There's a boy (now a teenager) in our neighborhood who's been blind
since birth who walks home nearly every day from the bus stop w/out using a guide stick or any help. Not sure how he does it but he manages quite well fooling the new people around here, LOL.
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