<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type><TITLE>references; Disability Studies Conference</TITLE><!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<STYLE type=text/css><!--
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { margin-top: 0 ; margin-bottom: 0 }
--></STYLE>
<META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">
<DIV>Dear Rain,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>>I have often heard (although from whom/where, I don't remember)
that deaf >people have better, improved vision or are more attentive to
detail in the visual >world compared to hearing people. </DIV>
<DIV>>I would appreciate published statements referring to this claim
based on >personal belief or on anecdotal evidence. Anyone
have references to >newspapers, articles, movies, websites, etc. that say
this, I'd appreciate them.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I too have often heard, and have experienced
myself, about Deaf people having better, improved vision. Especially a wider
vison, as they use the full space of their vision, and a better eye for
details. A colleague of mine once told me that there has been done research
about these issues, especially in USA. Unfortunately I do not have
references, but I think it should be easy to find in scientific libraries.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Kind regards, Corrie
Tijsseling</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>