Early-blind human subjects localize sound sources better than sighted subjects

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6699, 1998, Pages 278-280

  Lessard, N ^a   Pare M ^a   Lepore, F ^a   Lassonde, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE OF ONSET; BLINDNESS; HUMANS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032541578     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/26228     Document Type: Article

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