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Should You Stop A Child From Sticking His Fingers In His Ears?
Knowing that autistic children do not like loud noises; Andrew will stick his fingers in his ears, anticipating any loud noises; especially in public restrooms where the echos and the sound of the hand dryers bother him. My son claims this is causing Andrew's ear infections. Does this behavior stop, or does it continue? Should you stop him from doing this?
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Members overwhelmingly supported allowing children to cover their ears when overwhelmed by noise, emphasizing that sound sensitivity is common... Read more
we got ear muffs for Julian and stuffed the ear piece with circle make up remover pads to muffle the noise more and it worked...$2.00 at target different colors...and they are small and fit in your purse or pocket...gr8 for going to the movies which was our motive.
You can purchase noise canceling or noise suppressing headphones for children. They seem to work for some children. There are also headphones that play music.
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My 23 year old puts his fingers in his ears, sometimes in anticipation of the noise. No ear problems. If he's happy I'm happy. Never even attempted to remove his fingers from his ears.
Earplugs are a godsend with our without music for these ocassions
My 9-year-old grandson has ears like a hawk and ears like a whale--can hear and see anything so is sensitive to many things. Yes, must kids on spectrum are hearing sensitive. We bought him ear muffs that he voluntarily uses at bowling, cafeteria, school assemblies, etc. However sometimes if we r telling him something he doesn't want to hear, he'll put his hands to ears. Then we say quietly "hands down please." He keeps up on our sensitive toes!
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