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Resently diagnosed 20 year old daughter with confusing sound sensitivity

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Hello, my daughter has been diagnosed with Autism and just before her diagnosis she started sticking her fingers in her ears when there was any kind of noise even talking which I found strange, as she had never done that before, and sometimes she would storm out of a room. After her diagnosis she began to do it more often. What I found strange is that she plays her music very loud, and goes to the cinema. I went with her resently and I had to put paper in my ears to muffle the noise and was surprised that she wasn't bothered at all, yet in my car if my radio is on volume one or two which is like whispering she will close her ears and get annoyed with me. What I want to ask is whether this is possible as we have argued a few times as to how she can pick and choose what volume annoys or bothers her. Her diagnosis is something that took me by surprise as I thought certain behaviours of her could be explained otherwise, and it was something she pursued herself as she felt Autism explained her and how she feels best. Can someone tell me if this how some people may feel. I always thought that there were people who liked the loud noises and the ones who liked the quiet and noise affected them every single time. I am very confused as alot of her traits ( I don't know if that is the word) kind of come and go. She has resently also started twitching her hands while she talks. Which makes me question her diagnosis sometimes and we argue about it.

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  • I don’t think this is confusing.

    From my own point of view, I like my OWN music very loud.

    As a child, I’d sit by the speakers at events where music (my tastes) was played. I liked the loud thumps of the bass going through my body.

    But if I hear a genre I don’t like, which is someone else’s tastes, I cannot abide it. It grates on my nerves, and I feel very agitated. Often I will just exit the room. It doesn’t have to be loud for me to find it irritating.

    I can go to the cinema, but often, some of the film is too loud. Again, this makes me uneasy and agitated, but I can cope, as it’s not the same ‘loudness’ volume for the entire film. 
    I think because a lot of autistic people have excellent hearing, we can hear things inside sounds that others can’t. We can also hear things in the distance, like alarms that other people can’t notice, for example.

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  • I don’t think this is confusing.

    From my own point of view, I like my OWN music very loud.

    As a child, I’d sit by the speakers at events where music (my tastes) was played. I liked the loud thumps of the bass going through my body.

    But if I hear a genre I don’t like, which is someone else’s tastes, I cannot abide it. It grates on my nerves, and I feel very agitated. Often I will just exit the room. It doesn’t have to be loud for me to find it irritating.

    I can go to the cinema, but often, some of the film is too loud. Again, this makes me uneasy and agitated, but I can cope, as it’s not the same ‘loudness’ volume for the entire film. 
    I think because a lot of autistic people have excellent hearing, we can hear things inside sounds that others can’t. We can also hear things in the distance, like alarms that other people can’t notice, for example.

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