Blindness and the Overcompensation of Senses
Blindness and the Overcompensation of Senses When blindness occurs whether it from birth or from disease, the other senses seem to aid the brain in making do without vision. ... According to the research, there is no apparent specific compensation of the visual sense by the other senses because with the lack of the central sense of vision, the other senses are newly focused on. Even with this new awareness of the other senses, the results of tactual perception and the learning of motor skills are relatively equal to that of people with no visual impairment.