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The Benefits of Using Echolocation to Safely Navigate Through the Environment Cover

The Benefits of Using Echolocation to Safely Navigate Through the Environment

By: Jodi Brazier  
Open Access
|Jan 2008

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Language: English
Page range: 46 - 51
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2008 Jodi Brazier, published by Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.