Post on 20-Mar-2017
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SENSORY IMPAIRMENTSensory impairment is when one of your senses;
sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste and spatial awareness, is no longer normal.
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
It may be said that visual impairment is the
functional limitation of the eye or eyes or the
vision system.
HEARING IMPAIRMENT
• A hearing impairment is a hearing loss that prevents a person from totally receiving sounds through the ear. If the loss is mild, the person has difficulty hearing faint or distant speech. A person with this degree of hearing impairment may use a hearing aid to amplify sounds. If the hearing loss is severe, the person may not be able to distinguish any sounds.
MULTISENSORY IMPAIRMENT (MSI)
This is a term used to describe students who have a
combination of visual and hearing loss. They are sometimes referred to
as deafblind, although many have some residual sight and/or hearing.
The combination of the two sensory losses intensifies the impact
of each. Students with multisensory impairment have much greater
difficulty in accessing the environment and the curriculum, than those
with a single sensory impairment.
SMELL AND TASTE DISORDERS?
The most common smell and taste disorders are:Anosmia. Loss of sense of smell
Ageusia. Loss of sense of taste
Hyposmia. Reduced ability to smell
Hypogeusia. Reduced ability to taste sweet, sour, bitter, or salty things
In other disorders, odors, tastes, or flavors may be misread or distorted. They may cause you to detect a bad odor or taste from something that is normally pleasant to taste or smell. These disorders can affect quality of life.