Visually Impaired People Recognise Faces Through Sound, Study Finds Brain Area Which Makes This Possible

As part of a new study, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have identified that region of the brain using a specialised device that translates images into sound. 

Visually impaired people recognise faces through sounds, and there is a certain region in the brain that allows them to process faces. This region of the brain is known as the fusiform face area.

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Visually impaired people recognise faces through sounds, and there is a certain region in the brain that allows them to process faces. This region of the brain is known as the fusiform face area. As part of a new study, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have identified that region of the brain using a specialised device that translates images into sound.  The device is called a sensory substitution device. The study describing the findings was published November 22,