Sensory disorder Flashcards
hearing at birth is what?
intact or present
Manifestations of hearing impairment
- lack of startle reflex
- absence of babbling at age 7 months
- indifference to sound
- lack of response to spoken word
5 using gestures rather than talking at 15 months - failure to develop understood apeech at 24 months
- yelling and speaking loudly
- irritability due to inability to get attention
- speaking monotone
- need for repeated conversations
describe in dB
- normal hearing
- mild hearing loss
- moderate hearing loss
- severe hearing loss
- deafness
- 0 to 20 dB
- 20 to 40 dB
- 40 to 60 dB
- 60 to 80 dB
- greater than 80 dB
nurse considerations for hearing loss in children
- play and socialization
- balance is affected
- development of independence
- educate about hearing aid use
otitis media
- what is this
- what would you see in patient
- what would you teach
1 infection of middle ear
2. recent throat infection
3. risk such as day care infections, throat infections,
breast feeding decrease the risk
hearing loss therapeutic management
- hearing aids
- cochlear implants
- pressure equalizer tubes
complications of otitis media and hearing loss
speech delay
prevention of hearing loss
1 treatment and management of otitis media
- prenatal preventive measures
- avoid exposure to noise pollution
visual loss cannot be corrected by lenses
visual impairment
risk factors for visual impairment
prematurity/ developmental delay genetic syndrome, family history previous eye injury diabetes, HIV Chronic corticosteroid use
some signs and symptoms to look for related to visual impairment
- eye pain, eye rubbing, HD, lethargy
behavior changes
diagnostic tests for visual
1 snellen chart
- occular alignment test
- cover test
- peripheral vision
- ishahara test ( color test)
- failure of eye to open fully
- both eyes do not line up in the same direction
- side to side movement of eyes
- ptosis
- strabismus
- nystagmus
common eye disorder treatment
- warm compress
- corrective lenses
- patching
- eye muscle surgery
therapeutic management for eye disorders
- prescription glasses and contact lenses for myopia and hyperopia
- for amblyopia strengthen weaker eye with atropine drops
- surgery and therapy for strabismus