ear defenders for aspies, pw sensory sensitivities?

[Blue-Kat]

does anyone here get ear defenders for their young people with sensory overload?

 

any recommendations?

 

not sure that L would feel comfortable with foam earplugs, but might take to headphone-style defenders to put on when sudden or shrill noises are annoying him, to keep in his going out bag with his personal survival kit ( sunglasses, inhalers, person fan etc !)

 

Thanks for any advice or tips.

 

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Katya

Edited September 5, 2006 by Blue-Kat

[smiley]

Hiya,

 

My son uses these headphones - works well for him Think i got them from eBay!!

 

http://www.btowstore.com/epages/Store2.sf/...s/H510AK-442-GB

[Karen A]

Ben improvised himself.He uses ordinary head phones for personal CD player and puts music on to shut out background noise in busy places.Don't know how expensive proper ear defenders are so ?if its worth a go-or maybe I am very slow and you have used ordinary headphones already.Karen

[Tez]

Hi,

 

Having spent July and August paying weekly visits to the ENT department with my son, I received the following advice from ENT Consultants who both witnesses A's extreme reactions caused by hyperacausis. In an ideal world, they would advise not using headphones, ear plugs or ear protectors at all unless the noise levels are extreme. This is because they prevent the ear from getting rid of the debris that it produces and therefore cause problems such as outer ear infections and hardened wax build up. However, A experiences extreme pain at quite low levels of noise and pitch and they realised that he would need to use something in order to get through the day. They advised him never to use anything that actually goes into the ear, only ever use the type of outer ear protection that smiley suggests.

 

When using this type of protection, use it for the shortest period of time possible and under no circumstances for longer than 2 hours at a time. Do not use it on a regular basis, if there is no current problem. This includes for listening to music or playing games on the computer. This is a problem for A since even normal background conversation noise causes him pain, so we have to try and control his environment.

 

Edited to add that Ian Jordan advises that sometimes a visual perception test and correctly prescribed coloured lenses can cure this problem. You could try PMing him for information.

Edited September 5, 2006 by Tez