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Hitting it by ear: How beep baseball brings the diamond to visually impaired athletes

NPR | By Emily Chen-Newton
Published July 11, 2026 at 6:43 AM CDT

The sport of beep baseball uses sound to guide visually impaired players to hit the ball and run the bases.

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