Signs of Sensory Disorders in Children

Jakarta, Each child has 7 basic sensory in the body. But sometimes it does not work optimal sensory and susceptible to interference. Recognize the symptoms that arise when a child has a sensory disorder.

"From the womb to adulthood, the nervous system is always evolving and proceed with the amount of information available every day from the surrounding environment," said Iin Muthmainah Djamal, Amd.OT in the release of Growth Disorders Identification seminar received detikHealth on Thursday (03/31/2011 .)

Iin said the nervous system must be able to interpret the information so that the body can move as needed. But there are times when the body's sensory impaired children.

In general, basic human sensory consists of touching, hearing, smell, sight, taste, propioseptif (inter-joint movement) and vestibular (balance).

Sensory palpability
Input obtained from receptors in the skin which can include touch, pressure, temperature, pain and movement of the feathers or hair.

If the sensory impaired palpability can be indicated by symptoms:

1. Do not want or do not like being touched
2. Avoiding crowds
3. Do not like certain ingredients
4. Do not like her hair combed
5. Overreacting to minor injuries
6. Not comfortable with all that dirty.


Sensory hearing
Input obtained from voices outside the body

If sensory hearing impaired can be indicated by symptoms:

1. Easily distracted his attention to certain sounds that other people can be ignored
2. Afraid to hear the sound of water when flushing the toilet, the sound of vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, the sound of barking dogs and even the sound of seconds clock
3. Excessive crying or screaming when she heard the sudden sound
4. Glad to hear voices that are too loud
5. Often talking, yelling when there are voices that he does not like.


Olfactory sensory
Input obtained from the smell or odor that wafted

If the olfactory sensory disturbance can be indicated by symptoms:

1. Overreaction to the certain smell like smelly bathroom or hygiene equipment
2. Refusing to go into a neighborhood because they do not like the smell
3. Not just because it smells like food
4. Always kissing the goods or people around him
5. Difficult to distinguish odors.


Visual sensory
Input is obtained in the form of color, light and motion captured by the eye.

If sensory impaired vision can be indicated by symptoms:

1. Crying or turn a blind eye because it was too bright because he was too sensitive to bright light
2. Easily distracted by visual stimuli from the outside
3. Nice to play in the dark atmosphere
4. Difficult to distinguish colors, shapes and sizes
5. Writing up and down on paper without lines.


Sensory tasting
Input obtained from all things that enter the mouth and tongue.

If the taste sensory disorder can be indicated by symptoms:

1. Like picking food (picky eater), refuse to try new foods so that more pleased with the food-that's all
2. Not like it or refuse to brush teeth
3. Like mengemut food because there is difficulty with chewing, sucking and swallowing
4. Mengiler
5. Often incorporate things into the mouth.


Sensory propioseptif (motion between joints)
Input is obtained in the form of movement of muscles and joints, caused by pressure or movement of body joints.

If propioseptif sensory impaired can be indicated by symptoms:

1. Glad jumping activity
2. Like crashing or dropping the body into the mattress or other person
3. Often terserimpet own feet or objects around
4. Frequent bully teeth
5. Broken pencil when writing because it was too strong to put pressure
6. Seen doing everything with the power panuh.


Sensory vestibular (balance)
Input obtained from the balance organs located in the middle ear or changes in gravity, the experience of motion and position in space.

If the vestibular sensory disturbance can be indicated by symptoms:

1. Avoid toys swing, and slide up and down stairs
2. Not like it or avoid rising escalator
3. Fear with a height
4. Glad swung up high
5. Glad to be thrown into the air.


Treatment is provided in the form of sensory integration therapy (SI), which is organizing a variety of sensory information to be utilized by the body. This therapy is one method of occupational therapists.

Iin Muthmainah said activity in sensory integration therapy are:

1. Develop intellectual, social and emotional skills
2. Improving self-esteem (self-esteem)
3. Preparing the body and mind to be more ready to learn
4. Can interact positively to the surrounding environment.