You may have heard that people with vision impairments have exceptional hearing to compensate for their vision loss. That's a myth — not a fact.

In the past your sense of vision played a key role in helping you understand your environment; it will take time and practice to trust and rely on your reduced vision and other senses. But as you do, you will find that your hearing provides you with invaluable 'clues' as to what is going on around you. When you had more vision you were possibly unaware of these 'auditory clues' but now they will become more and more useful. In time you will learn to identify and distinguish sounds with confidence — and maybe give the impression that your hearing has 'improved.'