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Summary: A sensory impairment is an individual's inability to accurately interpret an outside source or stimuli, whether it be visual, auditory, verbal, through sense of touch, sense of taste or the ability to feel pain. Get a definition of sensory impairment with help from an EMT in this free video on sensory impairments.
Jon Curtis is a retired EMT from the City of Humble Fire Department in Texas. He has more than 40 years of experience as an EMT, has saved countless lives, and has done everything from...read more
"Sensory impairment is basically described as an individual's inability to accurately interpret an outside source or stimuli, whether it be visual, auditory, verbal or by the sense of touch, the sense of taste and your ability to feel pain."
eHow Article: Definition of a Sensory Impairment
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