Sensory impairment occurs when one of the senses like sight, hearing, smell, touch or taste is not functioning normally. Visual impairment limits eye or vision function. Hearing impairment prevents receiving sounds through the ear and can range from difficulty hearing faint sounds to not distinguishing any sounds. Multisensory impairment involves a combination of visual and hearing loss, intensifying the impact. Common smell and taste disorders include anosmia, ageusia, hyposmia and hypogeusia which reduce or distort odors and tastes and can affect quality of life.

1. SENSORY IMPAIRMENT
Sensory impairment is when one of your senses;
sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste and spatial
awareness, is no longer normal.

4. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
It may be said that visual impairment is the
functional limitation of the eye or eyes or the
vision system.

5. HEARING IMPAIRMENT
• A hearing impairment is a hearing loss that
prevents a person from totally receiving
sounds through the ear. If the loss is mild, the
person has difficulty hearing faint or distant
speech. A person with this degree of hearing
impairment may use a hearing aid to amplify
sounds. If the hearing loss is severe, the
person may not be able to distinguish any
sounds.

6. MULTISENSORY IMPAIRMENT (MSI)
This is a term used to describe students who have a
combination of visual and hearing loss. They are sometimes referred to
as deafblind, although many have some residual sight and/or hearing.
The combination of the two sensory losses intensifies the impact
of each. Students with multisensory impairment have much greater
difficulty in accessing the environment and the curriculum, than those
with a single sensory impairment.

7. SMELL AND TASTE DISORDERS?
The most common smell and taste disorders are:
Anosmia. Loss of sense of smell
Ageusia. Loss of sense of taste
Hyposmia. Reduced ability to smell
Hypogeusia. Reduced ability to taste sweet, sour, bitter, or
salty things
In other disorders, odors, tastes, or flavors may be misread or
distorted. They may cause you to detect a bad odor or taste
from something that is normally pleasant to taste or smell.
These disorders can affect quality of life.