Hyposensitivity

Auditory hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• Little or no vocalizing/babbling as an infant.
• Speaks in a loud voice and/or excessively.
• Likes excessively loud music, games, TV.
• Difficulty with verbal cues such as name being called.
• Difficulty remembering what was said.
• Needs instructions repeated.
• Talks self through task, often out loud.
• Appears oblivious to certain sounds.
• Disorientation/confusion about where a sound is coming from.

Tactile hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• Craves touch. Needs to touch everything and everyone.
• Self-injurious behavior; pinching, biting, cutting, head-banging.
• Has a high pain tolerance.
• Likes to put objects in their mouth.
• Seeks out surfaces and textures that provide strong tactile feedback.
• Often is not aware of being touched/bumped unless done with extreme force or sensitivity.
• May not be aware that hands or face are dirty.

Olfactory hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• Fails to notice or ignores noxious odors.
• enjoys smelling objects, toys, people.
• May drink or eat things that are harmful/poisonous because they do not notice the noxious smell.

Taste hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• May eat inedible objects such as dirt, chalk, crayons.
• Prefers food with intense flavour - excessively spicy, sweet, sour, or salty.
• Frequently chews items not intended for consumption such as hair, clothing and fingernails.
• Likes to put objects in their mouth.
• Likes brushing teeth/vibrating toothbrushes, and/or trips to the dentist.^[2]

Like more texturized foods like chips, crackers, or hard candy instead of soft foods like ice cream or soup. Visual hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• "Seeing double."
• Fatigues easily while reading, writing, drawing, playing video games

Vestibular hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• Hyperactivity.
• Rocking back and forth or walking in circles while body rocking.
• Can spin or swing for a long time without feeling dizzy or nauseated.
• Trouble with balance.

Proprioceptive hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• Unaware of body sensations. For example, not noticing hunger.
• Limited spatial awareness. Difficulty knowing where the body is in space.
• Bumping into objects and people, tendency to fall.
• Weak grasp and frequently dropping things.
• Leaning against people, furniture or walls.