Reduction or absence of input in a sensory modality. Onset, residual sensitivity, cause and duration matter when comparing compensation; a diagnostic category does not imply identical sensory experience.
A category of severe auditory impairment or absent hearing. Onset, residual hearing, language experience and task demands matter in interpreting compensatory performance.
A category of severe visual impairment or absent vision, defined differently by different functional or clinical criteria. Congenital, early and later-onset cases can differ in residual vision and experience; none should be presumed to possess a universal enhancement of other senses.
Experimental or environmental restriction of sensory input. Temporary deprivation can reveal state-dependent changes, but it is not automatically equivalent to established sensory loss with a different developmental history.
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