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Noise reducing head phones

Sparkle555

Advice on headphones please. My son 5 normally does ok and the noises that bother him he will cover his ears. If it’s too loud when his ears are covered he might get upset but it’s not too often. Today however out shopping babies crying were upsetting him, then a balloon popped in the distance not that close to us. It really upset him and he cried. I thought if I had noise reducing ear phones at that time they would have been so helpful. Some have said not to start them as he will then rely on them. I don’t know what to do? I would like to bring him to the cinema but he’s afraid it’s going to be too loud. Would there be a head phone that would let him go to the cinema and hear without being upset with loud noise? Sorry for long post! New to this’ Laughing

  • Unfortunately, this is a false statement:

    Sparkle555 said:
    Some have said not to start them as he will then rely on them

    Because the Typical / non-autistic brain can Dull the Senses. But according to a few different theories, Autistics cannot do this the same. 

    A hundred years ago, it was suggested that we cannot do this because we do not intake language the same and non-autistic language can act like a type of 'encoding' -responsible for teaching the brain to suppress unwanted 'noise' (Freud / Lacan). This may be true if the brain is wired this way. Another modern theory is the Bayesian one, our autistic brains are wired as this specific human design that will sense danger. And while everyone may have degrees of things they appear more sensitive or alert to, it seems we just have the ability to also eventually sharpen these senses as well! Great if you become a chef or engineer or technician of some sort.

    The best response to those who say this is that it's not really an evolutionary plus to de-sensitise, if you think about it. Adaptation is an evolutionary theory which helps us "format" to our surroundings. But unnatural sensory surroundings aren't really a part of this theory. At a certain level, humans go deaf. There's no contest with this. And certain frequencies at really big levels will kill us. There's no contest with this either. Death by sound isn't useful for survival. Nor is Deaf by Sound :)  

    The World Health Organisation has set levels which are healthy. I work in sound and carry a dB reader with me. I can tell you for a fact that noise levels have gone up and more than ever people are losing their hearing. My ears are permanently ringing because I didn't know about this when younger and didn't prepare. The best I can do now is try to help other parents and wear ear plugs everywhere I go.

    I'd find out when the quieter showing at a theatre are playing - many cinemas now have them once a week because they also acknowledge the world is getting louder and people are losing their hearing. I'd still bring headphones just in case. 

    Not sure where you live but if you do a search for Ear Defenders, it will come up with a good amount of ideas. I use Passive Protection by https://www.etymotic.com/

  • Definitely headphones for the cinema, in my opinion that never is tolerable, it’s just torture.
    Because I grew up without any official remedy to hearing sensitivity, I just used earphones, when I was 18 before I ever could afford any. But it opened up a more tolerable experience to me, I’ve worn earphones since, overtime I brought more and more expensive ones, and it only got easier..

    So yeah I suffered a long time for that insight, oh and also if you think that’s a long post you should look at the others, you’re doing fine..Sweat smile