Sensory Perception Flashcards
Explain the difference between internal and external stimuli
Internal: comes from within the body
External: due to the environment through 5 senses
What are the 7 types of sensory stimuli?
- Sight
- Hearing
- Touch
- Smell
- Taste
- Kinesthetic
- Stereognosis
What are the 3 types of alterations to sensory?
- Sensory deficit
- Sensory deprivation
- Sensory overload
Sensory deprivation is the ___stimulation of senses, due to the ____ of stimuli
under, removal
Sensory overload is the ___stimulation of senses
over
Sensory deficit is the ____ of a normal sensory function
loss/impairment
How does family support affect sensory function?
They provide stimuli
How does age affect sensory function?
Baby: congenital disorders affecting sensation
Older: aging changes decrease sensation
What are 4 types of visual impairments?
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Age Related Macular Degeneration
- Cataract
- Glaucoma
What are 9 types of hearing deficits?
- Conductive hearing loss
- Presbycusis
- Central auditory processing disorders
- Cerumen accumulation
- Meniere’s disease
- Otitis media
- Otosclerosis
- Sensorineural hearing loss
- Tinnitus
Central auditory processing disorders are caused by ____ injury or ____ tumors
brain, brain
Meniere’s disease is ____ fluid in the ear
increased
Otosclerosis is the hardening of which bone in the ear?
Stapes (middle ear)
What does tinnitus sound like?
Ringing sound
What is benign positional vertigo an impairment of?
Balance
What is xerostomia an impairment of?
Taste
Xerostomia is ____ saliva, therefore a ____ mouth
decreased, dry
What type of deficit is peripheral neuropathy?
Neurological
Describe peripheral neuropathy
A tingling numbness; unable to feel injuries
What are the 3 types of aphasia?
- Expressive
- Receptive
- Global
Expressive aphasia ____ understand and ____ express
Receptive aphasia ____ understand and ____ express
Global aphasia ____ understand and ____ express
can, can’t
can’t, can
can’t, can’t
What are some conditions that can cause aphasia?
- Stroke
- Head injury
- Alzheimer’s
- Dementia
While implementing interventions, focus on ____ rather than disability
ability
