This article explores the use of visual tools--maps, diagrams, graphic organizers, and illustrations that link two or more ideas together in a conceptual manner--and how they are commonly used in deaf education. Visual tools improve the quantity and quality of learning in language, science, and mathematics across all ages and all groups of deaf and hard of hearing students, including elementary, secondary, and college-age students. The author's research suggests that when college educators who are deaf themselves increase their focus on the aesthetic aspects of visual tool design, they also become more attentive to the ethics of their teaching practices. Many educators lack formal training opportunities that create problems when using visual tools with their deaf students, which can become a drawback that slows down student learning. However, in the hands of trained teachers, visual tools can make teaching deaf and hard of hearing students not only more effective but also more enjoyable.