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What is hypersensitivity?

Hypersensitivity

Hypersensitivity is an "over" reaction to sensory input from one of the senses (e.g., sight, sound, taste, smell, touch). A child that is tactile defensive is overly sensitive to touch. Many children with Autism are overly sensitive to sound. For example, they may hear a distant semi on the freeway, the dog barking next door, and the news on the radio all at the same volume as what is happening in the room while most of us tend to tune these background noises out.

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