facial vision

facial vision
facial vision n an awareness of obstacles independent of vision that is often considerably developed in blind persons and prob. dependent on tactile perception of reflected sound waves

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the ability, formerly thought to be possessed by some blind people, to judge distance, direction, etc., of objects in one's environment by sensation felt in the skin of the face.

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