disorder of the sensory system Disorder DB

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 of your course text.

Select a disorder of the sensory system from the list below to discuss in your initial post. Before your initial post, review your peers’ chosen disorders to make sure you choose a different disorder to discuss. 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:

• Acalculia/Dyscalculia
• Brown-Sequard Syndrome
• Akinetopsia
• Capgras Syndrome
• Alexia Without Agraphia
• Central Achromatopsia
• Anton’s Syndrome
• Cerebral Palsy
• Apperceptive Agnosia
• Childhood Dyslexia
• Apraxia
• Conductive Aphasia
• Arnold-Chiari Malformation
• Cortical Deafness
• Associative Agnosia
• Frontal Lobe Syndrome
• Athetosis
• Gerstmann’s Syndrome
• Balint’s Syndrome
• Hemiballism
• Blindsight
• Hemispatial Neglect
• Huntington’s Chorea
• Receptive Amusia
• Hydrocephalus
• Simultanagnosia
• Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
• Spina Bifida
• Object Anomia
• Tactile Agnosia
• Phantom Limb Pain
• Temporal Lobe Personality
• Prosopagnosia
• Thalamic Pain Syndrome
• Pure Word Deafness
• Tourette’s Syndrome

Conduct research and locate two peer-reviewed articles in addition to the course text to support your statements.

• The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

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).