OT: Hyperaudition; Was:Re: - you are my hero !!!!!

[Guest guest]

Okay, this is not a mineral/supplement treatment for super-sensitive

hearing, but AIT and other sound/music therapies were a topic of

discussion on one of the other boards last week. Someone recommended

the book *Sound of a Miracle* by Annebel Stehli, so I put a hold on

it at the public library, and wept my way through it Saturday

afternoon. It's accessible, gripping, and a painful history lesson

about how parents of autistic children were bludgeoned with

the " refrigerator mother " hypothesis not so long ago. Because of the

narrative style (it reads like a novel), for the first time, I had

some understanding of how AIT works.

I somehow doubt that my Alice has hyperaudition; I've been checking

out music therapies, because she's always responded to music.

However, this book is yet another moving testament to the struggle,

and perhaps some of you might like to seek it out.

Gail (mum to Alice,5,GDD, and Philippa,9,gifted)

do you have any theories on

> auditory problems??? I am well aware of all the other types of

assistance

> out there, but do you know anyone who has reduced their childs

hearing

> problems through minerals, vitamins etc? Like many others

holds his

> hands over his ears frequently during the day when watching TV

etc. Other

> than his speech which is coming along bit by bit (he was non verbal

in

> February but now has about 200 nouns) his hearing is one of our

other major

> issues and of course these two could be connected to some degree.

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