-> Yes, that's interesting, although I think Cindy carries that to a 
-> greater degree, being able (IIRC) to "hear" external things she 
-> witnesses.  I remember what things sound like, but if I am unable to 
-> hear them at all now, then I don't "remember" the sound when I 
-> witness a noisy event.  OTOH, as what's left of my hearing changes 
-> because of a cold, shampoo water in my ears, etc., my voice sounds 
-> different to me because I can actually hear it.ï+

Barbara,

The human mind is amazing!

First off... no one knows just how much of it we are actually tapping...
I know from practicing martial arts that you can become so attuned to
your body that with the power of mind over body you can literally wiggle
your pinkie toe without moving any other part of your foot.  That is a
level of control that few can achieve.

Secondly... there are people who can feel vibrations ... in other parts
of their body.  I know a deaf dancer who can dance ballet ... never miss
a beat... however she needs two monitor speakers placed on the floor so
that she can feel the vibrations of the music.  In some ways this is
adaptive hearing.

Thirdly... how can you explain blind people who learn how to echo locate
with sound?

The mind is a very weird and powerful force.  I know from years of
martial arts that I can isolate a body part and move it without moving
other muscles... this is something not everyone can do.  But it's
accomplished through meditation and focus.

Perhaps if you meditate and focus you can use your mind's ear to hear
birds when you see them... maybe not the actual birds that are present
but memories of the birds you have heard in the past.

This makes me wonder if someone who lost their hearing back in the day
when all phones had real metal bells in them hear bells when the phones
ring instead of the electronic cacophony that you hear nowadays.

Allen




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