![]() ![]() Individuals with auditory processing disorders have normal peripheral hearing but they may be unsure about what they hear. "Might not be aware that his/her face or hands are dirty or even his/her runny nose" and "may not be aware that he/she has been touched, except that when he/she has been touched forcefully" are two examples for hyposensitivity to touch. 28 Two samples of tactile defensiveness are "doesn't like to brush his/her hair or is easily annoyed by it" and "react excessively to small cuts, or bites". 31 Another study reported that tactile defensiveness in girls with ADHD is more than boys with ADHD and the level of tactile defensiveness in boys was not different from the control boys. This impairment is not related to ADHD subtypes or gender. 30 The symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder are predictors in hypersensitivity scores of tactile sensory function in ADHD. 20 The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis is influenced by tactile sensory overresponsivity in children with ADHD. These children have a higher level of anxiety than those ADHD children without sensory overresponsivity and non-ADHD children. Sensory over-responsivity in ADHD is associated with anxiety. Keywords: Sensory processing problems, ADHD, Review However, co-morbidity with oppositional defiant disorder and anxiety are predictors of more severe sensory processing problems in children with ADHD. Findings do not support that ADHD subtypes are distinct disorders with regard to sensory processing problems. Sensory processing problems in children with ADHD are more common than in typically developing children. Sensory processing problems in children with ADHD is not a well studied area. A systematic search, conducted on Pub-Med (up to January 2010), and Google Scholar, yielded 255 abstracts on sensory processing problems in children including 11 studies about sensory problems in children with ADHD. No published review article about sensory processing problems in children with ADHD were found. ADHD and sensory problems may occur together and interact. Sensory processing problems impact the nature of response to daily events. Its course and outcome are heterogeneous. One of the most common psychiatric disorders in children is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ![]()
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