Visual Compensation in Chinese Deaf Readers’ Sentence Reading: Evidence from Parafoveal-on-Foveal Effect

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.02.004

Abstract

Abstract: Visual compensation in deaf readers means that, as a result of hearing loss, deaf people’s visual functions experience compensatory adaptations, manifesting as greater processing efficiency for parafoveal text information in reading. The present study adopted the boundary paradigm to assess the parafoveal-on-foveal (PoF) repetition effect, in order to investigate whether or not deaf readers’ parafoveal visual compensation improves their foveal word recognition. It was found that the PoF repetition effect of deaf people emerged in the early reading stage, whereas reading-level matched hearing readers’ PoF appeared in the late reading stage. Consequently, the PoF repetition effect occurs earlier in deaf individuals than in hearing readers with equivalent reading skills, indicating that parafoveal visual compensation of deaf individuals can enhance their foveal processing.

Key words: deaf reader, reading, visual compensation, parafoveal-on-foveal effect, eye movement

摘要： 聋人阅读过程中的视觉功能补偿现象是由于听觉信息的缺失，聋人的视觉功能会发生补偿性改变，表现为对副中央凹视野内文本信息的加工效率更高。本研究采用边界范式，测量聋人的副中央凹-中央凹重复效应，以探究聋人的副中央凹视觉功能补偿现象能否促进其中央凹的词汇识别过程。结果发现，聋人的副中央凹-中央凹重复效应出现在早期阅读指标凝视时间，而阅读能力匹配组只出现在晚期阅读指标总注视时间。因此，相比阅读能力匹配的健听读者，聋人的副中央凹-中央凹重复效应出现得更早，表现出副中央凹视觉功能补偿现象。

关键词: 聋人, 阅读, 视觉功能补偿, 副中央凹-中央凹效应, 眼动

CLC Number:

B842

QIN Zhao, WANG Yingchao, YE Jiaying, YUAN Xiaoyuan, YAN Guoli. Visual Compensation in Chinese Deaf Readers’ Sentence Reading: Evidence from Parafoveal-on-Foveal Effect[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022, 20(2): 167-173.

秦钊, 王影超, 叶佳滢, 袁小源, 闫国利. 聋人句子阅读中的视觉功能补偿现象：副中央凹−中央凹效应的证据[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2022, 20(2): 167-173.

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