Abstract
During early stages of development, the loss of a sensory system can lead to profound neural reorganization, specically leading to an enhancement of the remaining modalities, a phenomenon termed as cross-modal plasticity. Thus in the absence of hearing, the vision is put under great demand, resulting in use-dependent plasticity pertaining to visual functions. The objective of the current study is to assess visual memory among congenitally deaf children and compare the results with those obtained from normal hearing individuals. The study included 60 congenitally deaf children and 50 normally hearing subjects. 30 subjects from each group with intelligence scores between 25-75 percentile were tested for visual memory. The results of the present study disclosed that deaf individuals were superior to normally hearing subjects with respect to immediate recall and delayed recall. Since deaf individuals demonstrate increased sensitivity to visual stimuli, their visual strengths can be utilized for better communication and academic achievement.
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