Maximize Your Hearing: Begin by sitting quietly

Sit quietly in your home and listen for any sound clues that you may not have paid attention to when you had vision. Where are specific sounds coming from? What are those sounds? For example:

• A chiming or ticking clock in the kitchen
• A radio in the dining room
• The furnace motor going on or off near the bathroom
• The refrigerator motor going on or off in the kitchen
• A dripping faucet in the bathroom
• Traffic sounds outside the family room window
• Birds chirping
• Different sounds at different times of day

Move to other rooms and repeat the exercise

Do different rooms have different sounds? Sit quietly in different rooms. Are there sounds that are unique to each room? Might these sounds help you move around that room, and locate certain items?

Related Topics:

• Maximize Your Sense of Touch
• Maximize Your Sense of Smell