Sensory Flashcards
Causes of sensory deprivation
Reticular activating system is disturbed Cognitive and emotional deterioration Decrease capacity to learn Boredom increase anxiety Decrease attention
When an individual receives an inadequate quality of stimuli so perception is impaired
Sensory deprivation
A defect in the normal function of sensory reception or perception
Sensory deficit
Causes of sensory deficit
Blindness due to glaucoma
Spinal cord injury
Shunning people to avoid embarrassment of not hearing well
Other senses become more broader
Individual revives multiple sensory stimulation and can’t perceptually disregard or selectively ignore some stimuli
Sensory overload
With sensory overload they may see hallucination that is
External stimuli in the absence of such stimuli
With sensory overload they may see illusions that is
Misinterpretations of external stimuli
Decrease blood flow to sense organs and decrease awareness and slow response
Peripheral vascular disease
Often produce loss of speech or paralysis
CVA
At risk from deprivation as patient in isolation or immobile
Infrequent stimuli