Sensory Alterations

Front 1

Enables a person to be aware of position and movement of body parts

Back 1

Sensation: Kinesthetic

Front 2

Taste

Back 2

Sensation: Gustatory

Front 3

Hearing

Back 3

Sensation: Auditory

Front 4

Smell

Back 4

Sensation: Olfactory

Front 5

Touch

Back 5

Sensation: Tactile

Front 6

Recognition of an object's size, shape, and texture

Back 6

Sensation: Stereognosis

Front 7

Numbness and tingling of the affected area, stumbling gait

Back 7

Sensory deficit: Peripheral neuropathy

Front 8

Results from vestibular dysfunction, vertigo

Back 8

Sensory deficit: Disequilibrium

Front 9

Decreased accommodation of the lens to see near objects clearly; farsightedness

Back 9

Sensory deficit: Presbyopia

Front 10

Blurring of reading matter, distoration or loss of central vision amd vertical lines

Back 10

Sensory deficit: Macular degeneration

Front 11

Caused by clot, hemmorrhage, or emboli to the brain

Back 11

Sensory deficit: Stroke

Front 12

Opaque areas of the eye lens that cause glaring and blurred vision

Back 12

Sensory deficit: Cataract

Front 13

Decrease in salivary production, leading to thick mucous and dry mouth

Back 13

Sensory deficit: Xerostomia

Front 14

Decreased tear production that results in itching and burning

Back 14

Sensory deficit: Dry eyes

Front 15

Progressive hearing disorder in older adults

Back 15

Sensory deficit: Presbycusis

Front 16

Increase in intraocular pressure resulting in peripheral visual loss, halo effect around lights

Back 16

Sensory deficit: Glaucoma

Front 17

Earwax, causes a conduction deafness

Back 17

Sensory deficit: Cerumen

Front 18

Blood vessel changesof the retina, decreased vision, and macular edema

Back 18

Sensory deficit: Diabetic retinopathy

Front 19

List three major types of sensory deprivations and give an example of each.

Back 19

1. Reduced sensory input - visual or hearing loss
2. Elimination patterns - exposure to strange environments
3. Perceptual - changes in vision/motor coordination

Front 20

How does sensory deprivation affect;
Cognitive
Affective
Perceptual

Back 20

1. Cognitive - ex. Disorientation
2. Affective - ex. Boredom, restlessness, panic
3. Perceptual - ex. Changes in vision/motor coordination

Front 21

When does sensory overload occur?

Back 21

When a person receives multiple sensory stimuli and cannot selective ignore some stimuli

Front 22

What are the factors that influence the capacity to receive or perceive stimuli?

Back 22

1. Age
2. Meaningful stimuli
3. Amount of stimuli
4. Social Interactions
5. Environmental factors
6. Cultural factors

Front 23

When assessing clients with or at risk od sensory alterations, consider

Back 23

1. Pathophysiology (the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome) of the sensory deficit
2. factors affecting sensory function

Front 24

What are the high risk groups for sensory alterations

Back 24

1. Older adults
2, Clients living in confined environments

Front 25

What are some assessment techniques for sensory alterations?

Back 25

1. Assess vision - Ask the client to read
2. Assess hearing - test hearing acuity
3. Assess tocuh - test if client can feel unusual sensations
4. Assess smell - Ask client to identify various odors
5. Assess tadte - give client a taste test

Front 26

What are the two type of aphasia?

Back 26

1. Expressive aphasia
2. Receptive aphasia

Front 27

The inability to speak or write

Back 27

Expressive aphasia

Front 28

The inability to written or spoken language

Back 28

Receptove aphasia

Front 29

Assess clinets for sensory alterations by

Back 29

1. identifying clients at risk for sensory alterations
2. History of sensory alterations
3. Physical assessment
4. Ability to perform self-care
5. Health promotion habits
6. Environmental hazards based on sensory alteration
7. Communication methods
8. Social support, interactions
9. Use of assistive devices
10. Other factors (medications or pain)

Front 30

Unable to produce or understand language

Back 30

aphasia

Front 31

overly sensitive to tactile sensory

Back 31

hyperesthesia

Front 32

refractive error

Back 32

near-sightedness

Front 33

crossed eyes

Back 33

strabismus

Front 34

pertaining to proprioceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them

Back 34

Proprioceptive