Aging Changes in the Senses

Aging Changes in the Senses

1. Usually hearing and vision are most affected.

2. The vibrations are changed into nerve signals

3. he signals are turned into meaningful sensations

4. Aging can affect all of the senses

5. Aging raises this threshold

6. Sensory changes can affect your lifestyle

7. Sensory information is converted into nerve signals

8. This information can be in the form of sound, light, smells, tastes, and touch

9. VISION

   • The gel inside your eye
     • Starts to shrink
       • Reduced peripheral vision
         • Older adults
           • Cataracts
             • clouding of the lens of the eye
           • Glaucoma
             • rise in fluid pressure in the eye
           • Macular degeneration
             • disease in the macula

10. HEARING

    • Persistent, abnormal ear noise
      • Older adults
      • Wax buildup or medicines
        • Damage structures inside the ear.

11. TASTE AND SMELL

    • taste buds decreases as you age
      • taste bud also begins to shrink
    • Decreased taste and smell
      • An lessen your interest and enjoyment in eating.
        • loss of taste and smell
          • smoking, and exposure to harmful particles in the air.

12. TOUCH, VIBRATION, AND PAIN

    • These changes can occur
      • decreased blood flow to the nerve
        • to the spinal cord or brain.
          • diabetes can also result in sensation changes.
    • Brain surgery
      • problems in the brain
        • confusion, and nerve damage