QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Macular Degeneration. Answer: Loss of central vision
◉ Glaucoma. Answer: Loss of peripheral vision
◉ Aphasia. Answer: Inability to form words and speak
◉ Sensory deprivation. Answer: the absence of normal levels of
sensory stimulation
◉ Presbyopia. Answer: Age related vision changes
◉ Presbycusis. Answer: Age related changes to our hearing; hearing
loss
◉ Xerostomia. Answer: Inability to produce saliva
◉ Proprioception. Answer: our sense of body position
◉ Sensory deficit. Answer: loss or impairment of sensation
,◉ Sensory overload. Answer: when your five senses—light, sound,
taste, touch, and smell—take in more information that your brain
can process.
◉ Neuropathy. Answer: Loss of nerve function in hands and feet;
associated with diabetes
◉ Sensory perception. Answer: perceiving the outside world
◉ Sensation. Answer: The physical processing of environmental
stimuli by the sense organs.
◉ Perception. Answer: Associating meaning to sensation
◉ Sensory process. Answer: -Stimulation
-Transmission
-Processing
-Recognition
◉ When do visual changes develop?. Answer: Age 40-50
◉ When do hearing changes develop?. Answer: Age 30
, ◉ When do smell and taste changes occur?. Answer: Age 50
◉ When do proprioceptive changes occur?. Answer: Age 60
◉ How do we see the world around us?. Answer: Nerve impulses
◉ Which nerve is associated with vision?. Answer: -Optic Nerve (II)
-70% of sensory receptors in the eye
◉ Clarity. Answer: Decreased ability to see objects clearly
◉ Depth perception. Answer: Decreased ability to perceive depth
◉ Focus. Answer: Decreased ability to focus on objects at varying
distances
◉ Slow accommondation. Answer: Slow accommodation to changes
in light
◉ Lighting. Answer: Needed for more lighting in order to function