If You Could See What I Hear is a 1982 Canadian biographical drama film about blind musician Tom Sullivan, starring Marc Singer and Shari Belafonte, directed by Eric Till.

The movie is most famous for the scene where, while Tom is on the phone with Will, Patti's little sister Blythe falls in the family swimming pool and nearly drowns.

In reality, this extraordinary incident occurred several years after Tom's marriage to Patti; and the little girl he saved from drowning was, in fact, his own daughter, Blythe.

Roger Ebert pointed out that the film was intended to be "inspirational and uplifting" and stated that Sullivan "comes across in this movie like a refugee from Animal House.

[6] In a review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin was negative in her assessment criticizing the overly "cute" portrayal of Sullivan and writing "Eric Till, the director, makes this a movie in which nothing truly perilous can possibly happen to anyone.