Introductory awareness of sensory loss
To nsur t To ensure that the knowledge and skills are addressed in this unit, it is essential that the n h edg nd kill ar addresse i are dresse unit nit, e sent a t yo become war you become aware of the differing needs of people with sensory loss and how you ecome o h diff r n need eed peo l with ensory os and o y o ca help improv on you wo k ractice can help to improve on your work practices to support and empower them. Ma mpr ou ract es suppor ctic pport pow wer Many ca e roviders care providers or health professionals are not aware that hearin and vi viders ea h rofess ona r o ware ha hearing e e r vision losses osse ar more pre ale are more prevalent as a person ages, and that the threat to indepe reva erson ges, nd a th re t independence a e e and qualit o ife ca be vastating t th co bin lo s of bot h arin a quality of life can be devastating with the combined loss of both heari g and vision al an tati t sion i even or o even more so. Yo wi l ecom war You will become aware that there are significant numbers of people in the UK who at the here he ignificant numbers of people t UK wh m s ho h ve ensory ss. hi ca mean ight oss, ar ng os have a sensory loss. This can mean sig t loss hearing loss or dual sensory lo . This mea dua ensory loss. This ual a hi un t ill ll unit will allow you to have an awareness of the impact of sensory loss on th l you o v a s e impa pac senso los ensor the person. W th single senso person. With a single sensory loss, the person normally relies on the other senses to ingl ens th n or orma el s n the other sens compensate. Howe compensate However, people missing both senses have a unique disability which opl missin bot mis th h e niqu que a i i hich requires pecialist ommunic requires specialist communic on skills alongside ongoing support. uir icatio skills alongside ongoing upport. kl o g ngo port
In this unit you will learn about:
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