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 of to name being called.
• Difficulty understanding or remembering what was said.
• Needs instructions repeated, or will say "what?" frequently.
• 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-abusive; 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.
• Often injures self; burns, cuts, bruises, because harmful acts do not register as easily.
• May not be aware than hands or face is dirty.

Olfactory hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• Fails to notice or ignores noxious odors.
• Excessively smells new 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 spice, sweet, sour, or salty.
• Frequently chews hair, shirt, fingers.
• Likes to put objects in their mouth.
• Often puts objects in mouth, even past the toddler years.
• Likes brushing teeth/vibrating toothbrushes, and even trips to the dentist.

Visual hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• Complains about "seeing double."
• Fatigues easily with reading, writing, drawing, playing video games
• Frequently chews hair, shirt, fingers.
• Likes to put objects in their mouth.
• Likes brushing teeth/vibrating toothbrushes, and even trips to the dentist.[2]

Vestibular hyposensitivity symptoms include:

• Likes to move a lot.
• Rock back and forth or walks in circles while body rocking.
• Can spin or swing for a long time without feeling dizzy or nauseated.
• Difficulty standing still in one position.

Proprioceptive hyposensitivity symptoms include:

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