by Betty Carew

Created on: January 19, 2011   Last Updated: January 26, 2011

Although both children and adults can suffer from sensory disorders if the disorder can be detected in early childhood and treated there would be a lot less adult’s affected. These symptoms may show as one symptom or a combination of sensory issues in any child. There are seven sensory symptoms disorders that can be presented in children. These sensory disorders are Tactile, Visual, Auditory, Taste, Olfactory and Vestibular.

These sensory issues are usually seen in two types of disorders which are hypersensitive (over stimulation) and hypo sensitive (under stimulated). Any of these sensory issues can make the child perceive the world much differently than the child without these disorders would. Here is how these sensory issues affect children that suffer from them.

Tactile disorder

Tactile means touch or the avoidance of touch. These symptoms may show in children that are obsessively cleaning their body parts such as hands or face. Another symptom shows in the child not keeping themselves clean at all. Other symptoms may be present in constant movement without the ability to keep still. The child may have a different walk, using the toes to walk on more than the bottom of the feet. There may be symptoms where the child avoids any or all food textures, clothing textures or any substance they may encounter. This is the sensory disorder that makes the child have tags removed from clothing due to not being able to tolerate them. This type of disorder may extend to any type of clothing worn, with or without tags.

Auditory disorder

Auditory can be seen in the child that covers their ears from any loud noise. Noise cannot be tolerated in children with this disorder. A child may cover the ears while singing or humming to drown out the noise that is bothering them. The child may not feel comfortable in large crowds and may react to TV or radio noise if it is turned up. The children that suffer from this disorder may not even be able to tolerate the noise of crumpling paper. Tantrums are high on the list of children with this disorder. These children may find it frustrating with noise that bothers them which may lead to more tantrums.

Visual disorder

This is the child that holds things really close to the face or is obsessive at lining things up in a row such as toys. This is also the disorder that is seen in children when they repetitively open and close any item that can be opened or closed, such as drawers and doors. This can captivate the child for a very

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