Sensory compensation: A myth?
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Evaluates the idea that when one sense such as sight is lost, another sense such as hearing may improve.
Have you ever wondered if losing one sense can perhaps enhance another? Certain musical sensations like Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles make it easy to believe that this is true considering both artists have lost their vision. Could it be that their other senses are enhanced as a result of their blindness? Or is this idea a myth?
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