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.