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To: Stoat

Check out this pianist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwjDLHX92w

Blind since birth, and can’t tell his right from his left, and has trouble counting to ten.

I think they said he “sees” musical notes like we see colors.


9 posted on 04/02/2008 1:02:29 PM PDT by hoppity
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To: hoppity
Check out this pianist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwjDLHX92w

Blind since birth, and can’t tell his right from his left, and has trouble counting to ten.

I think they said he “sees” musical notes like we see colors.

A fascinating and informative video, thanks very much for posting.

It's particularly interesting, in my view, to note that Derek's blindness as well as his brain damage were due to the hospital not having the proper equipment at the time of his premature birth and during his formative weeks ....another real-world example of Socialized medicine, something that a Hillary! or a Hussein-Obama Presidency would usher in.

 

17 posted on 04/02/2008 2:07:23 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: hoppity

There are several forms of autism that can result in individuals seeing colors when they hear certain sounds. Aspenger’s Syndrome, which I have, is one of these forms, although I do not have this particular manifestation.


29 posted on 05/30/2008 11:57:15 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton)
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