Can animation compensate for temporal processing difficulties in deaf people?
Category
Journal Article
Authors
Laurent, S., Boucheix, J.M., Argon, S., Hidalgo-Muñoz, A.R., Paire-Ficout, L.
Year
2020
Title
Can animation compensate for temporal processing difficulties in deaf people?
Journal / book / conference
Applied Cognitive Psychology
Abstract
This article addresses the issue of animation as an aid for temporal processingdifficulties in deaf people learning the Highway Code. A decision-making taskinvolving static or animated road situations was performed by 21 deaf and24 hearing participants. They were confronted with four types of driving situa-tions (overtaking, negotiating roundabouts, highways, and intersections) and hadto decide whether or not to proceed. Participants were presented with two dif-ferent formats (static vs. animated) and two levels of difficulty (simplevs. complex). Results showed that deaf participants had poorer performances inthe static condition than hearing participants. Performance was better in the ani-mated condition than in the static condition, especially in deaf participants. Thebenefits of animation were greater in complex situations for all participants.Decisions made on dynamic road situations were facilitated by the presence ofspatiotemporal dimensions. These proved helpful to deaf candidates who havedifficulties in this particular area
Issue
34
Pages
308-317