Disorder of the sensory system

Read Chapters 6 and 7 of your text. Then, select a disorder of the sensory system to discuss. You must choose a different disorder than your peers. If you would like to focus on a disorder that is not on the list, please get prior approval from your instructor.

Select a disorder of the sensory system from this list.

• Anton’s syndrome
• blindsight
• Balint’s syndrome
• Gerstmann’s syndrome
• akinetopsia
• central achromatopsia
• apperceptive agnosia
• associative agnosia
• prosopagnosia
• object anomia
• alexia without agraphia
• hemispatial neglect
• phantom limb pain
• simultanagnosia
• Capgras syndrome
• tactile agnosia
• cortical deafness
• pure word deafness
• receptive amusia

Conduct research and locate two peer-reviewed articles to support your statements. In your post

• Explain the symptoms of the disorder.
• Describe how the diagnosis is made (e.g., findings on brain imaging, laboratory testing, etc.).
• Discuss the neurobiological basis for the disorder (e.g., CNS structures involved and neurotransmitters).
• Describe the functional deficits associated with the disorder including how these may impact the patient’s ability to carry out activities of daily living (e.g., occupational, social, recreational).
• Cite your sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center .

Answer preview

Socially, people suffering from amusia encounter some problems in their daily activities. Except that these people has the inability to detect music the remaining part of the brain remains intact. One thing they go through is that they perceive music as noise and annoying to listen to through their ears. Amusic sufferers do not enjoy listening to music since they refer to it as unpleasant (Sihvonen, et al, 2016. In case these people attend functions that constitute playing of music they find themselves in an uncomfortable situation and may even prefer walking out of the event. In the Chinese language, most words are pronounced using a certain pitch or tone in them. If the pitch is slightly changed then the whole word loses its meaning. People suffering from amusia may end up getting difficulties in understanding and even in speaking the language.

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