This unit is one of the Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care Optional Units and has the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:
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- 1. Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss
- 2. Understand the importance of effective communication for individuals with sensory loss
- 2.1 Explain the methods of communication used by individuals with: a. sight loss b. hearing loss c. deafblindness
- 2.2 Describe how the environment facilitates effective communication for people with sensory loss
- 2.3 Explain how effective communication may have a positive impact on lives on individuals with sensory loss.
- 3. Understand the main causes and conditions of sensory loss
- 4. Know how to recognise when an individual may be experiencing sight and / or hearing loss and actions that may be taken
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