I'm almost positive I read this in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction, probably about 15 years ago or somewhat more recently. It's
told from the point of view of the planet's citizens -- a race who do
not have the faculty of sight (and therefore can't even conceive of
such). They do have hearing, though (and possibly other senses) and
keep from colliding with each other by constantly emitting sounds so
others can sense where they are. A human lands in a city, innocently
causing much confusion. The residents are baffled at the way the alien
keeps evading capture (e.g., "But we were silent! How then could he
possibly know we were almost upon him??!")
It's well-written, very amusing. But it's also a metaphor for people
who don't know about, or who ignore or dismiss as worthless, abilities
they don't have themselves or don't understand in others.
This is especially meaningful to me because of spiritual and
metaphysical experiences I've had over the years that are shared by
(quite literally) millions of people around the world -- but are
rejected out-of-hand as rubbish by people who have not experienced
them and doubt the possibility.

How bout this?

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/etexts/y3800.htm
The Country of the Blind
       by
    H G Wells

Even if that's not it, read it, it's pretty good.

-AI

This is a possibility matching your description of the story. I hope it is right:

"The Country of the Blind" by H G Wells

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/etexts/y3800.htm

Otherwise, enojy anyway.

If it is the HG Wells story (Which is a most excellent story, and
possibly the only one I can think of at the present time) then from it
comes this most memorable quote:

In the world of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Well, yah, the quote is great, but 
what about the bittersweet sentiment
behind it?

I like the way Wells always puts
the "at odds" love affair in his
stories.

-AI

(Reply from evergreen) I really think the story I'm thinking of was
contemporary. I would have remembered a Wellsian style and by-line. I
remember hearing "In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is
king" as being a traditional proverb, not a Wells original.
Is The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction now defunct? They used
to publish an index of stories semi-annually in the back of the
magazine.

Perhaps you would be interested in this non-fiction story.  He talks
about some of the things we miss because these other cues (like
colors) seem to dominate.
"There he listened to patients describe their colorless world in terms
rich with pattern and tone, luminance and shadow."
Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375700730

I have not read the book, but heard the interview with him on "Science
Friday".  In particular, I liked his discussion on how do you know
when a banana is ripe.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1997/Nov/hour1_112897.html

Oliver Sacks was influenced by the Wells' story "The Country of the
Blind".

Oliver Sacks (Sachs?) is a wonderful writer -- a neurologist or
psychiatrist...? He writes very interesting and often amusing books
based on his personal experiences with patients, showing how they
think, how reality is for them, often skewed because of some
experiential or physiological condition -- for example, the book "The
Man Who Saw His Wife as a Hat". It's a real mind-opener.