Visual field plasticity in hearing users of sign language.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_C6072CD0F7FA
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Visual field plasticity in hearing users of sign language.
Journal
Vision research
ISSN
1878-5646 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0042-6989
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
153
Pages
105-110
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Studies have observed that deaf signers have a larger Visual Field (VF) than hearing non-signers with a particular large extension in the lower part of the VF. This increment could stem from early deafness or from the extensive use of sign language, since the lower VF is critical to perceive and understand linguistics gestures in sign language communication. The aim of the present study was to explore the potential impact of sign language experience without deafness on the VF sensitivity within its lower part. Using standard Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer, we compared luminance sensitivity in the fovea and between 3 and 27 degrees of visual eccentricity for the upper and lower VF, between hearing users of French Sign Language and age-matched hearing non-signers. The sensitivity in the fovea and in the upper VF were similar in both groups. Hearing signers had, however, higher luminance sensitivity than non-signers in the lower VF but only between 3 and 15°, the visual location for sign language perception. Sign language experience, no associated with deafness, may then be a modulating factor of VF sensitivity but restricted to the very specific location where signs are perceived.
Keywords
Adaptation, Physiological/physiology, Adult, Female, Hearing/physiology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sign Language, Visual Fields/physiology, Young Adult, Functional plasticity, Sign language, Visual field
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Web of science
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