Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Less than the normal ability to respond to stimuli.
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- noun A lower than normal
sensitivity (to astimulus or anallergen )
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Examples
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Sometimes people might have a hyposensitivity to it.
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Essentially, children with hyposensitivity have difficulty getting information to their senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch). education teacher, can be contacted at downpamg@aol.com
Brownsville Herald : By Pamela G. Downing/Special to the Herald 2010
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Children with hyposensitivity have low tolerance for most any activity.
Brownsville Herald : By Pamela G. Downing/Special to the Herald 2010
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Personally, I don't have any issues with taste/texture, either hyper - or hyposensitivity; it's the one sense for me that seems pretty close to NT.
Reports from a Resident Alien Lisa D. 2010
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Children with food hypersensitivity (just the opposite of hyposensitivity) have too much information coming in.
Brownsville Herald : By Pamela G. Downing/Special to the Herald 2010
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Hyposensitivity: Children with hyposensitivity often chew and smell everything around them.
Brownsville Herald : By Pamela G. Downing/Special to the Herald 2010
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Essentially, children with hyposensitivity have difficulty getting information to their senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch). education teacher, can be contacted at downpamg@aol.com
Brownsville Herald : By Pamela G. Downing/Special to the Herald 2010
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Children with hyposensitivity have low tolerance for most any activity.
Brownsville Herald : By Pamela G. Downing/Special to the Herald 2010
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Children with food hypersensitivity (just the opposite of hyposensitivity) have too much information coming in.
Brownsville Herald : By Pamela G. Downing/Special to the Herald 2010
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Hyposensitivity: Children with hyposensitivity often chew and smell everything around them.
Brownsville Herald : By Pamela G. Downing/Special to the Herald 2010
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