How blind people use batlike sonar
Science News - November 11, 2014By Emily Underwood
"Blind from infancy due to retinal cancer, Daniel Kish learned as a young boy to judge his height while climbing trees by making rapid clicking noises and listening for their echoes off the ground. No one taught him the technique, which is now recognized as a human form of echolocation. “He just used it, without knowing that he behaved like a bat,” says Lutz Wiegrebe, a neurobiologist at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany."
Brain on Sonar; Blind people find their way
Brain Games - October 9, 2011National Geographic TV
Daniel Provides demonstration and exposé on how blind humans learn to use FlashSonar to get around any environment. Studies are conducted in Prof. Cynthia Mosses Laboratory. Here are more National Geographic pieces show-casing our work.
Ben Underwood and Daniel Kish
Amazing Medical Stories, The Nine Network - November, 2007Provides scientific basis for Ben and Daniel's echolocation abilities. Good glimpse into Ben's daily life, and his inspiring effect on his peers and teachers. More articles about Ben can be found on our General News and Students and Partners Report pages. Here's more about our work with Ben, and a tribute to his memory.
World of Illusions
BBC: Horizon - October, 2010This short video segment features Daniel Kish's demonstration of bicycling with FlashSonar, and his work with scientists to study the brain's FlashSonar imaging system. Includes an interview with Prof. Dr. Lutz Wiegrebe from Neural studies at the University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München). Also includes videos of MRI brain scans.
Echolocation allows blind to 'see' using sound
CTV NewsBy Elizabeth St. Philip
Like a Bat, Blind Man Uses Sound to 'See'
ABC NewsEcholocation: Daniel Kish
CBC Radio, The CurrentA half hour in studio interview with Daniel Kish, includes his responses to various audio clips played to him of other interviews about the study and echolocation.
Blind 'batman' teaches others to see
Toronto Sun - June, 2011A good personal and professional exposé of Daniel Kish and our work.
Seeing by Ear: Canadian study maps brains of blind echolocators
EUROTIMES - December, 2011by Pipba Wysong
This article covers the science behind the Canadian brain study, through interviews with Daniel Kish, Prof. Mel Goodell, and Professor Emeritus Gordon Dutton.
Seeing through sound: How a tongue click gave one man independence
Western News - May, 2011ECHOLOCATION: The man who sees with no eyes envisions new freedoms for the blind
The Globe and Mail, Science ReportHow I was blindfolded – then tried to 'see' like a bat
Science, News - The IndependentBlind people echolocate with visual part of brain
Technology & Science - CBC News'I can hear a building over there:' Blind echolocation experts use 'visual' part of their brain to process the clicks and echoes
Science Daily - May, 2011The brain on sonar – how blind people find their way around with echoes
Discover Magazine - May, 2011Blind People May Be Able to Use Echoes to Identify Objects: Echolocation uses 'visual' part of brain to process sound, navigate surroundings, study finds
U.S. News and World Report - May, 2011Echolocation in Humans
The Wall Street Journal - May, 2011Medical marvel
The Barrie Examiner - June, 2011Compilation of Links to More Articles
NewsPlurk: United States News & Search Aggregator - May, 2011Echolocation Helps Blind People Navigate Everyday Life
Healthymagination - August, 2011Daniel Kish and activating neural hardware
epilepsy straight from the head - August 7, 2013by neuropickings
Comments about the relationship between the work in activating neural plasticity of World Access for the Blind and addressing epilepsy, with video links.
Brain Scan Studies and Perspectives in Neural Science
Includes articles about how the brain processes advanced echolocation. General findings illustrate the primary role of the visual cortex in echo perception and construction of mental images. Includes several papers co-authored by Daniel Kish.
Week in Ideas: The Senses, Just a Click Away
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) - May 28, 2011By Christopher Shea
"Researchers have confirmed that some blind people are able to "echolocate"—that is, to track objects near them by making clicks and interpreting the echoes, much as dolphins and bats do. They also identified the part of the brain that facilitates this."