What does "visucentric" mean?

Designed in a manner that is visually optimal for deaf and hard-of-hearing people; pertaining to designs that focus on visual access.

Visucentric

adj

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Adjective

1
Designed in a manner that is visually optimal for deaf and hard-of-hearing people; pertaining to designs that focus on visual access.
"In a visucentric world, spatial awareness comes from cues that are subtle and may go unnoticed to the hearing. (Deaf Diverse Design Guide web site)"
2
Of art, literature, etc.: focusing mainly on what the eyes perceive.
"Much of the poetry included in John Lee Clark's Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology is visucentric."

"In a visucentric world, spatial awareness comes from cues that are subtle and may go unnoticed to the hearing. (Deaf Diverse Design Guide web site)"

From visuo- + -centric.

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