It may be appropriate to have individual, class or group discussions with children about which situations and places are loud, which situations and places are quiet - and for kids to draw what themselves doing a happy activity in both places.Ģ. We are going to train your brain so that it knows that “loud noise is safe”. So it’s important to learn to get used to noise so that you can learn, do lots of things and have fun. If you don’t go to school, then you don’t learn and you miss out. (Eg theme parks, shopping, playgrounds etc)Īlso - school is noisy. I think getting used to noise is important because the world can be a noisy place! Let’s see if we can think of some fun but noisy places…. Here’s what I said to Josh for example to help him understand why we wanted to do some noise training: This means asking them to think about what is important to them and how these things might involve noise. The first step is to give children information about why they should try to get used to loud noises. Let’s call this “Loud noise training” - this is something which could be done formally in counselling sessions with children - (or sometimes informally by school staff depending on the relationship they have with the child/their level of confidence in doing so)ġ. Once a physical cause is ruled out, we will sometimes want to do some work as professionals to help kids adjust to loud noises.įor most kids, this means very gradually and kindly getting them to be around increasingly louder noises without them “escaping” (ie, running away, putting their hands over their ears, needing to wear headphones) from the noise. I should add here however that occasionally noise sensitivity can be due to a physical issue with their ears or hearing (apparently sometimes kids with grommets struggle more often with this issue, or those who have uneven hearing) – and so it is often worth checking with a GP to see if this is the case - particularly if it occurs suddenly. Sometimes noise sensitivity is associated with a broader sensory disorder (for example, Autism Spectrum Disorder), but sometimes these are just noise sensitive kids without any further disorders in the background.
Many children I see clinically will report some sensitivity to noise. It’s especially hard for him when they are sudden.Īnd Josh of course is not unusual – there are many children who are extremely sensitive to loud noise. Josh hates loud noises and gets really distressed whenever they occur around him. At the same time, he put his hands over his ears and ran to the corner. This was (roughly speaking - I may have got the spelling wrong) the word *Josh yelled when a leaf blower was used outside our office in a session last month.
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