Sentences with phrase «echolocation training»

But for individuals who became impaired later in life, echolocation training can help them to move through the world with greater independence and safety.

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Research into echolocation can inform Orientation and Mobility training, which helps people who are blind or visually impaired to navigate their environment.

With training and practice, people can learn to use the pitch, loudness and timbre of echoes from the cane or other sounds to navigate safely through the environment using echolocation.

The research, performed by Lore Thaler of Durham University, U.K., Galen Reich and Michael Antoniou of Birmingham University, U.K., and colleagues, focuses on three blind adults who have been expertly trained in echolocation.

In fact, the U.S. Navy has an entire program dedicated to training dolphins to detect ship - disabling sea mines using their echolocation abilities — still, even they are wary of arming them.