If you can see, then you are a bad listener
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When I created the tutorial for Blindfold Racer, I was really confused why
blind teens had no problem understanding the tutorial, and sighted adults would
get confused.
I added more pauses ("tap the screen to continue") between each tutorial
instruction, or more tried rephrasing the sentence, but they just didn't
understand. Then an auditory therapist explained to me how adults lose their
ability to listen and comprehend without seeing something to reinforce what
they are learning. Blind people can't rely on their sight, so their auditory
attention skills are far superior.
Blind people develop their auditory cortex in lieu of using their visual cortex.
I learned the true extent of this when I collaborated with a blind gamer to
build a Blindfold Sudoku game. If you are unfamiliar with Sudoku, the basic
idea is that you must fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column and each
row contains all of the digits from 1 to 9 with no duplicates.
When I play Sudoku, I need to see the entire puzzle to solve it. Blindfold
Sudoku tells you what number is in each cell, or row, or column and from that,
you must create the image in your head. Blind gamers are able to do this; very
few sighted people can.
My blog follows the development of the game, and other apps that we’re building
that don’t require using your eyes. It’s a different way of perceiving the
world, and it’s amazing what you can learn.
Check out our blog, where you can download any of the games for free:
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