Hi Glenn: Yes, maybe. Special senses, gosh all kinds of examples such as for Touch: diagnostic percussion, feeling a pulse; Hearing: listening to heart, breath, and bowel sounds, gas leaks, audible crackles or stridor; Taste: salty taste of newborn with CF; Smell: bacterial infections (pesudamonas), broncihectasis, Mucomyst; Sight: chest rising, skin color, monitor readouts. Then there the general senses: Balance: crainial nerves; Reflexes: Babinski, cough, gag, swallow, carinal, tracheal (vagal); Pressure: pitting edema, capillary refill, pain; Temperature: hyper/hypothermia, MIA (cold and clammy). As an educator, many of these are easy to relate to. For students, we probably have to point out that we are actually assessing a special or general sense when doing these or myriads of other bedside assessments. I believe it's important for students to learn to tune in to their surroundings, and in doing s, using ther own senses can contribute to their participation and classroom activities, study at home, and in settings where an awareness of a subtly can make the difference in identifying a problem or discounting a harmless observation. Regards, Barry