Page No 128-131
Juliana Jecinth and A. Velayudhan S Gayatridevi
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science
and Higher Education for Women,
Coimbatore
When we increase access to both hemispheres of the brain, it stimulates the intellectual
functioning. Sensory integration is an important type of sensory processing which requires
both hemispheric coordination. It is a challenge especially in the case of differently-abled
children to achieve academic success. It needs to have better transmission of signals
between both the hemispheres. Thoppukaranam integrates the intuitive and emotionbased right hemisphere of the brain with the logical left hemisphere. The present research
paper has tried to use Thoppukaranam to find the effect of colour word interference on
hearing impaired students. The results of these exercises have been ascertained using
Stroop test. The subjects who are selected for the study were hearing impaired students
(N=30) between the age group of 15-21. They were given the Thoppukaranam exercise
for 45 days continuously. The results of the pre and post intervention were assessed
using paired sample t-test and significant difference in terms of improvements were
found in the hearing impaired students on the sensory processing speed