It's noting earth-shattering, but hey: I heard on the news today that the police over here is looking into recruiting blind civilians to help them out in phone tap cases. Tapping someone's phone is a pretty far-going measure as it is here, and currently only members of the police can be involved in such cases. But they're working to change that so they can get the help of blind ppl. Why? Because blind ppl have a much better feeling for nuances and subtleties in spoken conversations, or recognize background noise better. A blind person, for instance, could tell much better than we do who the dominant person (ie the boss) is in a converstation. And that's obviously just one aspect of it.
Holland has been working like this for a few years already, and it's a success there. They have about 40 blind ppl assisting the police staff on and off.
Anyhoo, don't have a link, I just happened to pick it up. I just thought it's awesome that their skills are put to use. If you only have sound to go on, why not use a blind person? We'd feel 'hampered' in our senses, but they'd consider it a natural thing. Now to find something for the deaf.
I know for a fact that watching porn with proper sound is a much better exoerience than watching it without any at all. So, would a blind person get excited at the sound?