Comparative Study of color interference (Stroop Test) in deaf and normal hearing school going subjects between the ages of 8 to 18 years

MANJUSHA KAWALE; SUNANDA KIRTIKAR; SUCHITA SHINDE

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Comparative Study of color interference (Stroop Test) in deaf and normal hearing school going subjects between the ages of 8 to 18 years

Manjusha Kawale, Sunanda Kirtikar, Suchita Shinde

Abstract :

Background : As it is very challenging to survive for normal human being in today‘s life for making his earning,we can imagine how difficult it would be for a physically challenged individuals.But if we study the literature we get to know that if one sense is deficient, the power of other sense is enriched. As in deaf,the visual area of ain is more developed and widened perceptual systems as compared to normal heå subjects. Objectives : To study the color interference function by comparison of Stroop Test (ST) – Number of correct attempts in 60 sec Materials and methods:The study population of 8 to 18 years of age and sex matched school going children.Group A were 20 deaf students,Group B were normal heå 20 students under the criteria of inclusion and exclusion.Informed written consent and assent were taken.The ability of color interference is assessed by noninvasive computer based standardized test named Stroop test by using software cognitivefun.in. Statistical analysis was done by using GraphPad Prism 7 online software by Unpaired Student–t test. Results : Comparison of accuracy was highly significant (p< 0.001 ) between the groups which was suggesting that deaf children showed more correct response in Stroop task as compared to normal heå children. Conclusions : In conclusion, the result of this study for the color interference test, support the perceptual compensation, or the experiential deficiency hypothesis. It also suggest the heå impaired people may differ from normal heå people in development of perceptual processing rather than analytical processing strategy.