Bats do it. Dolphins do it. Listen to this man ‘see’ the world with sound

     Austin Seraphin explains how echolocation helps him to navigate his world. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

    Austin Seraphin explains how echolocation helps him to navigate his world. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

    Austin Seraphin, 36, is a Philadelphia-based accessibility consultant, a volunteer museum docent and a computer programmer. He has been blind since birth — but now he can “see” with a technique known as echolocation.

    “By making a simple tongue click, I can actually see visual forms around me,” Seraphin says. “Seeing through sound, instead of seeing through light.”

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    Echolocation is not yet widely used in the blind community. There’s only one group, World Access for the Blind, that teaches the technique.

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