47 - Sensory Alterations

Question 1

Kinesthetic

Answer 1

(position and movement of body parts)

Question 2

Stereognosis

Answer 2

(recognition of object texture and size)

Question 3

Reception

Answer 3

Stimulation of receptor nerve cell such as for light, touch, or sound

Question 4

Perception or awareness

Answer 4

Integration and interpretation of stimuli

Question 5

Reaction

Answer 5

Usually only the most important stimuli will elicit a reaction

Question 6

Sensory deficits

Answer 6

Loss in the normal function of sensory reception and perception
Reliance on other senses
May affect behaviour

Question 7

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

Answer 7

loss of central vision

Question 8

Cataract

Answer 8

cloudy/blur of vision

Question 9

Diabetic retinopathy

Answer 9

pathological change in eye blood vessles (can leak/go into blindless, leading cause of vision loss of vision in under 50yrs)

Question 10

Glaucoma

Answer 10

increased pressure in eye that damaged optic nerve

Question 11

Dry eyes

Answer 11

eldery is prone to dry eyes (so anti-colonergic meds that cause dry eyes can lead to falls)

Question 12

Refractive errors

Answer 12

most common kind of vision loss, fixed with glasses (myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia )

Question 13

Retinal detachment

Answer 13

when retnia develops small hole or tears

Question 14

Conductive hearing loss

Answer 14

sounds waves aren’t effectively transmitted (can be caused by common cold)

Question 15

Presbycusis

Answer 15

age related hearing loss, can’t hear high pitch sounds, gradual

Question 16

Central auditory processing disorders

Answer 16

result of damage to auditory centers

Question 17

Cerumen accumulation

Answer 17

buildup of earwax

Question 18

Ménière’s disease

Answer 18

inner ear disorder (can have tinnitus, vertigo), generally buildup of fluid in ear

Question 19

Otitis media

Answer 19

common ear infection

Question 20

Otosclerosis

Answer 20

hereditary, hardening of ear ossicles, progressive loss

Sensorineural hearing loss – damage to cochlea, hearing nerve or hair cells

Question 21

Tinnitus

Answer 21

ringing/buzzing in ear

Question 22

Benign positional vertigo

Answer 22

a problem in the inner ear. It is the most common cause of vertigo, which is a false sensation of spinning or movement.

Question 23

Xerostomia

Answer 23

lack of salivia (causes lack of food intake)

Question 24

Peripheral neuropathy

Answer 24

dying nerves in extremites (often due to diabeties)

Question 25

Sensory processing disorder

Answer 25

overwhelmed by sensory info coming in

Question 26

Sensory deprivation

Answer 26

Inadequate quality or quantity of stimulation (e.g., patient under isolation precautions)

Question 27

Sensory overload

Answer 27

Reception of multiple sensory stimuli

Varying tolerance of sensory overload

Question 28

Aphasia

Answer 28

loss of ability to understand speach

Question 29

Expressive aphasia

Answer 29

Expressive aphasia - you know what you want to say, but you have trouble saying or writing what you mean.

Question 30

Sensory or receptive aphasia

Answer 30

Receptive aphasia - you hear the voice or see the print, but you can’t make sense of the words
Can’t understand written/spoken language

Question 31

Global aphasia

Answer 31

Global Aphasia is the most severe form of aphasia and is applied to patients who can produce few recognizable words and understand little or no spoken words

can’t understand lauguage or communicatie orally