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Friday, October 28, 2011
Austin mom's foundation helps parents with sick kids | kvue.com Austin
From Naples Daily News: A Day in the Life: Best friends create a buzz fighting blindness together
Ms. Kathy sent you this:
A Day in the Life: Best friends create a buzz fighting blindness together
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct/28/a-day-in-the-life-best-friends-create-a-buzz/
Naples Daily News
A Day in the Life: Best friends create a buzz fighting blindness together
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct/28/a-day-in-the-life-best-friends-create-a-buzz/
Naples Daily News
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New groups for Deafblind UK charity
Article on Deafblind
This article may be of interest to you.
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/community/community-news/new_groups_for_deafblind_uk_charity_1_3190539
This article may be of interest to you.
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/community/community-news/new_groups_for_deafblind_uk_charity_1_3190539
Stealth Blindness: glaucoma
Ms. Kathy
Visual Impairments Specialist
http://mskathyskids.blogspot.com
Visual Impairments Specialist
http://mskathyskids.blogspot.com
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Early but not late blindness leads to enhanced auditory perception
Early but not late blindness leads to enhanced auditory perception.
The notion that blindness leads to superior non-visual abilities has been
postulated for centuries. Compared to sighted individuals, blind individuals
show different patterns of brain activation when performing auditory tasks.
To date, no study has controlled for musical experience, which is known to
influence auditory skills. The present study tested 33 blind (11 congenital,
11 early-blind, 11 late-blind) participants and 33 matched sighted controls.
We showed that the performance of blind participants was better than that of
sighted participants on a range of auditory perception tasks, even when musical
experience was controlled for. This advantage was observed only for individuals
who became blind early in life, and was even more pronounced for individuals
who were blind from birth. Years of blindness did not predict task performance.
Here, we provide compelling evidence that superior auditory abilities in blind
individuals are not explained by musical experience alone. These results have
implications for the development of sensory substitution devices, particularly
for late-blind individuals.
By Wan CY, Wood AG, Reutens DC, Wilson SJ.
Source URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.016
Ms. Kathy
The notion that blindness leads to superior non-visual abilities has been
postulated for centuries. Compared to sighted individuals, blind individuals
show different patterns of brain activation when performing auditory tasks.
To date, no study has controlled for musical experience, which is known to
influence auditory skills. The present study tested 33 blind (11 congenital,
11 early-blind, 11 late-blind) participants and 33 matched sighted controls.
We showed that the performance of blind participants was better than that of
sighted participants on a range of auditory perception tasks, even when musical
experience was controlled for. This advantage was observed only for individuals
who became blind early in life, and was even more pronounced for individuals
who were blind from birth. Years of blindness did not predict task performance.
Here, we provide compelling evidence that superior auditory abilities in blind
individuals are not explained by musical experience alone. These results have
implications for the development of sensory substitution devices, particularly
for late-blind individuals.
By Wan CY, Wood AG, Reutens DC, Wilson SJ.
Source URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.016
Ms. Kathy
The Independent: Hitler's war boast exposed as a myth
Hitler's war boast exposed as a myth
Friday, 21 October 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/hitlers-war-boast-exposed-as-a-myth-2373590.html
A notorious propaganda story told by Adolf Hitler about himself can now be exposed as a lie. The Führer claimed that the First World War ended for him when he was blinded in a British mustard gas attack, but previously unpublished letters reveal that his blindness was in fact caused by a mental illness ? undermining the "war hero" image used to such political effect by the dictator.
Hmmm. Adolph had all sorts of issues. Eh? ~K
Friday, 21 October 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/hitlers-war-boast-exposed-as-a-myth-2373590.html
A notorious propaganda story told by Adolf Hitler about himself can now be exposed as a lie. The Führer claimed that the First World War ended for him when he was blinded in a British mustard gas attack, but previously unpublished letters reveal that his blindness was in fact caused by a mental illness ? undermining the "war hero" image used to such political effect by the dictator.
Hmmm. Adolph had all sorts of issues. Eh? ~K
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