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Neuroscientist Sue Barry, aka "Stereo Sue", chats with Trey Elling about COMING TO OUR SENSES: A BOY WHO LEARNED TO SEE, A GIRL WHO LEARNED TO HEAR,  AND HOW WE ALL DISCOVER THE WORLD. Questions include:

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• Who is Liam, and how did modern medicine allow him to see after years of being legally blind? (01:46)
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• How does \'museum fatigue\' help explain some of Liam\'s difficulties when initially gaining better eyesight? (09:31)
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• Why do the newly sighted see lines, edges, and contours instead of whole objects? (12:50)
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• How did Liam handle reflections? (15:05)
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• Why did Liam struggle with facial expressions, other than \'happy\' and \'sad\'? (18:40)
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• How did she connect with Zohra, and what was she like back then? (24:07)
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• What is sound, and how do we hear it? (29:16)
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• How much did Zohra\'s cochlear implant affect her vision? (31:34)
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• How was Zohra\'s love for the rain when she couldn\'t hear anything enhanced by her cochlear implant? (37:10)
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• Why did Zohra struggle to understand speech more than general sounds? (40:22)
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