5. Impaired senses
Many children who have fetal alcohol syndrome will also have below-average senses. The two senses that are most often affected by fetal alcohol syndrome are sight and hearing. Both of these senses require fully developed and functioning brains, so any developmental setbacks caused by alcohol during the gestation period could impact these symptoms negatively later in life.
Rarely, some children have also shown poor ability in things like taste, touch, or smell. The senses of sight and hearing are much more prominently affected in children with fetal alcohol syndrome though than the other senses. It’s worth noting that there are more than five senses. One of these senses often not listed as one of the main five is kinesthesis — the ability to know where your body is. The impairment of this sense is what leads to poor coordination as we mentioned above.