Visual Memory Disorders

Deficits in visualization of letters and words, that is, what they look like in their physical characteristics, affect the ability to develop sight recognition of words. The learning disabled that has especial problems in this area approaches each word as though for the first time. Even when words are repeated, the child cannot recall them. The child is unable to process short- and long-term storage and retrieval efficiently in order to make the needed associations between the visual and the auditory or linguistic aspects of the word. In other words, visual imagery is poor. This has a serious consequence because so many words in the English language cannot be sounded out. The tendency to guess at the word from its size is often observed.

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