Indicators of Sensory Loss in Newborns and Early Childhood

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Sight Loss

  •  Dislike or avoidance of close contact of others
  •  Startles easily
  • Short attention span for the child’s age
  • Frequent daydreaming
  • Turns or tilts head to use one eye or closing one eye
  • Appearance of a squint or cross eyes
  • Dislike of bright light
  • Placing face close to books, pictures etc.
  • Bumping into furniture, people etc.
  • Lack of spacial awareness
  • Excessive blinking or rubbing of eyes
  • Re-occurring eye infections from being touched
  • Losing place while reading or writing
  • Using finger or marker to guide eyes
  • Difficulty remembering what is read
  • Difficulty remembering, identifying and reproducing shapes and pictures * Poor eye-hand coordination
  • Loss of balance
  • Constant touching to check where things are or the opposite unwilling to reach out and touch things like they are nervous to touch things
  • Lack of or slow reaction to facial expressions i.e. not mimicking smiles

Hearing Loss

  •  “Is not startled by loud noises
  • Does not turn towards the source of a sound while under four months old
  • Does not say single words by the time they are one year old
  • Notices you when they see you but not when you call their name
  • Hears some sounds but not others”
  • Turns up the volume on the TV or stereo
  • Asks for speech to be repeated
  • Appears to have poor attention span
  • Re-occurring ear infections
  • Frequent day dreaming
  • Doesn’t mimic sounds.

Deafblindness

  • May sleep a lot
  • Don’t move their arms and legs much whilst as babies
  • They make very little or no eye contact with people
  • Don’t tend to make sounds, grasp objects, sit, pulls himself up to standing and walk by the time expected
  • They don’t reach out and move towards things they appear to be turning their head towards
  • They don’t react to loud noises, voices or sounds
  • They often rock backwards and forwards, bang their heads or poke their eyes
  • They often don’t like being touched by people or things
  • No single word speech by the time expected
  • Bang into objects if starting to become mobile
  • Appearance of eyes may be different to other children their age

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