Understand Sensory Loss (Ss Mu 3.1)
1. Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss
1.1 Analyse how a range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss
Impact on communication
Sensory losses can affect on normal living in a variety of ways. These can be hidden disability which can ultimately result in social isolation and frustration due to not being able to communicate efficiently. In case of hearing loss, day-to-day activities such as hearing a doorbell, using the telephone, watching television or taking part in conversations can build a sense of discomfort and inadequacy. On the other hand, those who have vision impairment cannot distinguish faces during face to face talk, feel difficulty in watching TV and reading time on the clock. Being unable to watch properly they suffer from a sense of inferiority complex and social withdrawal. These problems become worse in case of dual sensory loss.
Additionally hearing loss interrupts face-to-face communication and leads older people to lose interest in everyday activities; in turn it makes them to miss most of necessary information provided by their physician, carer or family member. In such cases older people with impaired hearing often rely on their eyesight to comprehend conversation. In conversation, they watch the other person’s face and lips to have clues. Then they use these clues about the context and try to respond in accordance with the context.
People with impaired dual senses find it difficult to identify the clues used by speaker in the conversation. Such people do not have even ability to read lips to get clues to comprehend information provided. Due to this inability to get information such people suffer from lack of information.
Impact on information
Like other human being, people with a sensory impairment also need information whether written or spoken. For example a person with vision loss needs to see his prescription, wants to see his own bank statement and want to see his own
1.1 Analyse how a range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss
Impact on communication
Sensory losses can affect on normal living in a variety of ways. These can be hidden disability which can ultimately result in social isolation and frustration due to not being able to communicate efficiently. In case of hearing loss, day-to-day activities such as hearing a doorbell, using the telephone, watching television or taking part in conversations can build a sense of discomfort and inadequacy. On the other hand, those who have vision impairment cannot distinguish faces during face to face talk, feel difficulty in watching TV and reading time on the clock. Being unable to watch properly they suffer from a sense of inferiority complex and social withdrawal. These problems become worse in case of dual sensory loss.
Additionally hearing loss interrupts face-to-face communication and leads older people to lose interest in everyday activities; in turn it makes them to miss most of necessary information provided by their physician, carer or family member. In such cases older people with impaired hearing often rely on their eyesight to comprehend conversation. In conversation, they watch the other person’s face and lips to have clues. Then they use these clues about the context and try to respond in accordance with the context.
People with impaired dual senses find it difficult to identify the clues used by speaker in the conversation. Such people do not have even ability to read lips to get clues to comprehend information provided. Due to this inability to get information such people suffer from lack of information.
Impact on information
Like other human being, people with a sensory impairment also need information whether written or spoken. For example a person with vision loss needs to see his prescription, wants to see his own bank statement and want to see his own