Blind man’s brain learns to ‘see’ through his ears
Israeli neuroscientists train 50-year-old man, blind from birth, to recognize visual images via sensory substitution.
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.
Israeli neuroscientists train 50-year-old man, blind from birth, to recognize visual images via sensory substitution.
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