The brain is capable of rewiring itself in extraordinary ways. Individuals who are born deaf use the "hearing" part of their brain, the auditory cortex, to process both touch and visual stimuli.
"If scientists could measure how much the auditory cortex has been
hijacked for other sensory processing, they might be able to figure out
how to retrain the brain to devote more capacity to auditory processing
instead."
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