خلاصة:
Objectives: The current study aimed at investigating the impact of SHOFER computer game
on visual-motor coordination in children with hearing impairments.
Methods: The current pre-test, post-test experimental study was conducted in Ahvaz, Iran in
2018. Sixteen preschool children with hearing impairment were randomly assigned into two
groups of experimental (n=8) and control (n=8). The experimental group subjects played the
SHOFER computer game (driving/racing genre) two 45-minute sessions per week for a five
consecutive weeks, but the control group did not receive any intervention. Before and after the
intervention, visual perception and attention, as visual-motor coordination components, were
measured by the advanced Frostig test of visual perception and continuous performance test
in both groups. Using SPSS version 21, the performance of the two groups was compared by
running the Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon tests.
Results: The analysis of findings with the effect size indicator showed that the computer game
increased attention and spatial perception in the experimental group. However, no significant
difference was found between the groups, except in the sub-test of figure-ground perception.
Discussion: The present study showed that commercial computer games can be used to
improve visual-motor coordination of children with hearing impairments.
ملخص الجهاز:
Research Paper: Impact of SHOFER Computer Game on Visual-Motor Coordination in Children With Hearing Impairments Zahra Norouzi Tabrizi Nejad1 /, Rita Rezaee2* /, Seyed Alireza Derakhshanrad3 /, Ali Mohammad Hadianfard1 / 1.
2. 149 Article info: Received: 23 Sep 2018 Accepted: 15 Jan 2019 Available Online: 01 Apr 2019 Keywords: Attention, Visual motor coordination, Video games ABSTRACT Objectives: The current study aimed at investigating the impact of SHOFER computer game on visual-motor coordination in children with hearing impairments.
Discussion: The present study showed that commercial computer games can be used to improve visual-motor coordination of children with hearing impairments.
com 149 April 2019, Volume 17, Number 2 / ranian /ehabilitation /ournal Highlights ● SHOFER computer game might be useful in improving visual-motor coordination of children with hearing impair-ments.
As a result, in the current study, the authors applied a computer game called SHOFER with driving/racing genre to exam-ine its effectiveness on visual-motor coordination of a sample of children with hearing impairments.
Therefore, the current study aimed at evaluating the implication of a computer game to im-prove visual-motor coordination in children with hearing impairment.
More specifically, the study examined the effectiveness of SHOFER computer game with driving/ racing genre on visual-motor coordination of a sample of children with hearing impairments.
Despite the lack of a significant difference among the results, clinical evidence (Cohen’s d effect size) sug-gested that the SHOFER game may cause visual-motor coordination improved through enhancing perception of position in space and the form constancy in the experi-mental group.