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The extent of visual deficit and auditory spatial compensation: evidence from self-positioning from auditory cues

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Blindfolded sighted, myopic, amblyopic, adventitiously blind and congenitally blind humans performed a self-positioning task during which they were stimulated only by auditory cues. Results showed that visually deprived subjects used auditory cues to position themselves in their environment with a greater accuracy than normal-sighted subjects. In addition, the magnitude of auditory spatial compensation was found to be strongly related to the extent of the visual deficit.

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