I'm speaking a bit ignorantly here, but I've heard of instances where people who are born without vision, or lose vision at some point develop exceptionally acute hearing.
I don't think this gives them extended frequency range, but there are recorded cases of blind people who develop dramatically above-average hearing, up to and including the ability to "echolocate" very effectively.
I started thinking that I'd rather get a review of speakers or headphones from folks like that, than your average "golden-eared" cable-swapper.
Does anyone know of reviewers or testers that make use of hyper-developed hearing abilities due to blindness? Is this a thing, or am I just saying something a bit stupid here?
I don't think this gives them extended frequency range, but there are recorded cases of blind people who develop dramatically above-average hearing, up to and including the ability to "echolocate" very effectively.
I started thinking that I'd rather get a review of speakers or headphones from folks like that, than your average "golden-eared" cable-swapper.
Does anyone know of reviewers or testers that make use of hyper-developed hearing abilities due to blindness? Is this a thing, or am I just saying something a bit stupid here?