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One thing you don't need to be blind to do is to learn how to walk down a hallway with your eyes closed. First, walk past an open door, in each direction, with
by squokko 4y ago
One thing you don't need to be blind to do is to learn how to walk down a hallway with your eyes closed. First, walk past an open door, in each direction, with your eyes closed, and you'll learn how to recognize the sound of an open door. Then do it with a closed doorway, as long as the doorways are recessed a little like they are in a hotel. You'll then be able to identify the sound of an closed doorway. Finally you can practice walking down the hallway with your eyes closed... you can definitely hear yourself getting too close to one side or the other and you will be able to walk an entire hallway with your eyes closed.
- 867-5309 4y agoI'd imagine, like echolocation, this depends entirely on the acoustics of the environment
- pessimizer 4y agoDetecting whether doors are closed or open through the sound when you pass them is echolocation.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoMight be a mix of sound and touch sensation, too. As you move through the hallway, you push the air in front of you, creating patterns of airflow around you. As you walk past them, closed doors will impact the airflow roughly the same way as hallway wall. Open doors, however, will have a significantly different reaction - perhaps strong enough to feel it on your skin.