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Originally posted by Aelia Jusa:
Hearing doesn't actually improve per se, it's just that sight is completely dominant over all other sensory modalities.
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Not true Aelia. Yes sight can be a dominant sense - one can see cause
and effect - but hearing is a skill that definitely gets better with focus, practice and time. Hearing is after all the brains ability to transfer soundwaves into meanful, patterned "sounds". There are people whose related organs get damaged or worn, yet their ability to hear, to listen, to differentiate sounds increases.
Perfect pitch is a skill not a gift. Violinists are more likely to have perfect pitch than say a drummer who is less reliant on the slightest differentiation. Similarly a violinist will not always hear the subtle shift in beats a drummer does. Alternately a sound engineer will be able to isolate and identify bothersome frequencies (as opposed to notes) that others miss.
Of course, different people are gifted with a predisposition toward the hearing skill.
I'm talking about my own experience in the increase in my own hearing (despite tinnitus), and that of countless students and other musicians I've worked with who, after time, end up hearing things unheard before.
That said, there are many times when I will shut my eyes to remove visual distraction to aid in hearing particular nuances.
The beauty of the ear over the eye is that one can hear something often well before it is seen. Through barriers and is not reliant on light.
You are correct that many have sight as a dominant sense. Rectifying this unequal weighting is the
first step in learning to sing. Learning to rely on ones hearing and feeling.
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