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Discuss the influence of sensory impairments on the psychological development of children.  

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Discuss the influence of sensory impairments on the psychological development of children. Children who experience sensory problems may grow up in ways that are different to the ways that a child which does not suffer from these same problems might. That is, their development may be a-typical. Their rate of development may be slower, or their performance in tasks may differ from that of their friends or siblings because different processes might be used to accomplish them. Many children will suffer sensory losses as they grow up, but only a minority of children experience impairments with either vision or hearing that severely restrict their experiences. Children with hearing impairments can very on a wide scale from a child who problems listening in noisy situations, or has difficulty in quiet environment to maintain a conversation to a child who is deaf and has profound hearing impairments. They are likely to have limited and...

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