Visual Memory in the Deaf

While the literature frequently reports deficits among the deaf in memory tasks, there is some evidence that memory for figural content is comparable to hearing subjects. Additionally, deaf may experience more difficulty with successive perception than with simultaneous perception. Both of these suppositions were tested using a series of 10 motion picture tests mostly involving abstract geometric figures. The findings suggest that deaf and hearing children are comparable on visual memory tasks and that there is no special deficit among the deaf for tasks involving temporal order.