The Impact of Early Visual Deprivation on Spatial Hearing: A Comparison between Totally and Partially Visually Deprived Children

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作者
Cappagli, Giulia [1 ]
Finocchietti, Sara [1 ]
Cocchi, Elena [2 ]
Gori, Monica [1 ]
机构
[1] Ist Italiano Tecnol, Unit Visually Impaired People, Genoa, Italy
[2] Ist David Chiossone Ciechi & Ipovedenti, Genoa, Italy
来源
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2017年 / 8卷
关键词
auditory perception; blindness; child development; spatial hearing; visual impairment; CROSS-MODAL PLASTICITY; YOUNG-CHILDREN; EARLY-BLIND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; PERFORMANCE; EXPERIENCE; CORTEX; REPRESENTATION; VISION; SPACE;
D O I
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00467
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The specific role of early visual deprivation on spatial hearing is still unclear, mainly due to the difficulty of comparing similar spatial skills at different ages and to the difficulty in recruiting young blind children from birth. In this study, the effects of early visual deprivation on the development of auditory spatial localization have been assessed in a group of seven 3-5 years old children with congenital blindness (n = 2; light perception or no perception of light) or low vision (n = 5; visual acuity range 1.1-1.7 LogMAR), with the main aim to understand if visual experience is fundamental to the development of specific spatial skills. Our study led to three main findings: firstly, totally blind children performed overall more poorly compared sighted and low vision children in all the spatial tasks performed; secondly, low vision children performed equally or better than sighted children in the same auditory spatial tasks; thirdly, higher residual levels of visual acuity are positively correlated with better spatial performance in the dynamic condition of the auditory localization task indicating that the more residual vision the better spatial performance. These results suggest that early visual experience has an important role in the development of spatial cognition, even when the visual input during the critical period of visual calibration is partially degraded like in the case of low vision children. Overall these results shed light on the importance of early assessment of spatial impairments in visually impaired children and early intervention to prevent the risk of isolation and social exclusion.
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