Guest guest Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Hi , My son also does not like loud noises, ie. flushing toilet, when singing in the school play, etc. We started by putting cotton balls in his ears to minimize the noise and telling him or trying to warn him of when it's going to happen helped, now he hardly notices. Have you noticed that this reactions come and go? Good luck! Fire Drills Loud sounds have always been a problem for my son. But it is the absolute pits when they have a fire or tornado drill at school. They are having one today at 2pm, my son and a few others get to go the office with the principal and watch the alarm being pulled. I tried to give him a heads up that this was what was going to happen at school today. He is now anxious, he wants to go home, etc. Anytime a person comes over the intercom at school, he kinda freaks out. This will stick with him for DAYS, and he will be nervous about another drill every day at school. Next time, he will only get a 10 minute warning. Anyone else dealt with this? Does anyone have any ideas on things to make this better? Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 , I don¹t know if this would help or be acceptable to the school, but up here in Kokomo, at a place called Bona Vista (several years ago), they made my older son a pair of custom fitted earplugs... I think they are typically used for swimmer¹s ear. His were to be used for blocking out noise (they didn¹t block it all out, but did dampen it quite a bit). He used them for a while as needed (he even slept in them), and eventually overcame the need for them. You pediatrician might be able to refer you to somewhere to have them made... they were just some sort of a putty that they fit in his ear and then it ³cured². They even let him pick two of his favorite colors and swirled them together. He thought they were cool. If you are interested I can find out if they still make them, etc., but there may well be somewhere closer to you. Caroline From: meljackmom <meljackmom@...> Reply-< > Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:50:38 +0000 < > Subject: Fire Drills Loud sounds have always been a problem for my son. But it is the absolute pits when they have a fire or tornado drill at school. They are having one today at 2pm, my son and a few others get to go the office with the principal and watch the alarm being pulled. I tried to give him a heads up that this was what was going to happen at school today. He is now anxious, he wants to go home, etc. Anytime a person comes over the intercom at school, he kinda freaks out. This will stick with him for DAYS, and he will be nervous about another drill every day at school. Next time, he will only get a 10 minute warning. Anyone else dealt with this? Does anyone have any ideas on things to make this better? Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Thats a great idea Caroline. So many of the ear plugs we've tried don't fit well so he won't wear them and they probably don't work that wellif they are not fitting right. I will try to find more info on them. > > , > > I don¹t know if this would help or be acceptable to the school, but up here > in Kokomo, at a place called Bona Vista (several years ago), they made my > older son a pair of custom fitted earplugs... I think they are typically > used for swimmer¹s ear. His were to be used for blocking out noise (they > didn¹t block it all out, but did dampen it quite a bit). He used them for a > while as needed (he even slept in them), and eventually overcame the need > for them. You pediatrician might be able to refer you to somewhere to have > them made... they were just some sort of a putty that they fit in his ear > and then it ³cured². They even let him pick two of his favorite colors and > swirled them together. He thought they were cool. > > If you are interested I can find out if they still make them, etc., but > there may well be somewhere closer to you. > > Caroline > > > > From: meljackmom <meljackmom@...> > Reply-< > > Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:50:38 +0000 > < > > Subject: Fire Drills > > Loud sounds have always been a problem for my son. But it is the > absolute pits when they have a fire or tornado drill at school. > > They are having one today at 2pm, my son and a few others get to go > the office with the principal and watch the alarm being pulled. > > I tried to give him a heads up that this was what was going to happen > at school today. He is now anxious, he wants to go home, etc. > Anytime a person comes over the intercom at school, he kinda freaks > out. This will stick with him for DAYS, and he will be nervous about > another drill every day at school. Next time, he will only get a 10 > minute warning. > > Anyone else dealt with this? > Does anyone have any ideas on things to make this better? > > Thanks for any help > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Yes I do notice this comes and goes. And noises do not bother him to much right now. But those alarms are *LOUD* and I think he has enough frights from them it is like knowing you are going to get a filling with no novacaine! > > Hi , > > My son also does not like loud noises, ie. flushing toilet, when singing in > the school play, etc. We started by putting cotton balls in his ears to > minimize the noise and telling him or trying to warn him of when it's going > to happen helped, now he hardly notices. Have you noticed that this > reactions come and go? > > Good luck! > Fire Drills > > > Loud sounds have always been a problem for my son. But it is the > absolute pits when they have a fire or tornado drill at school. > > They are having one today at 2pm, my son and a few others get to go > the office with the principal and watch the alarm being pulled. > > I tried to give him a heads up that this was what was going to happen > at school today. He is now anxious, he wants to go home, etc. > Anytime a person comes over the intercom at school, he kinda freaks > out. This will stick with him for DAYS, and he will be nervous about > another drill every day at school. Next time, he will only get a 10 > minute warning. > > Anyone else dealt with this? > Does anyone have any ideas on things to make this better? > > Thanks for any help > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 , The pattern I've noticed is that when my son is starting to get sick (cold, allergies, ear/sinus infection, etc.), he starts going to the bathroom very frequently " frequent urination " , covering his ears for loud/sharp noises and gets cranky and stubborn - any little comment will upset him. I've also noticed theses symptoms when it's a dye-off reaction as well. Dr. Goldberg suggested that I give him Tylenol to help him calm down. I've given him dye-free benadryl as well and this seems to help. I think it's a seasonal thing!. Also went to the ENT to get him fitted ear plugs and I use them all the time, even to give him a shower ($125.00). I paid $45.00 for an extra head band to wear on top of the ear plugs for when he goes swimming (to keep them in place). This was a good investment since it's helped to minimize ear infections! Argie Fire Drills > > > Loud sounds have always been a problem for my son. But it is the > absolute pits when they have a fire or tornado drill at school. > > They are having one today at 2pm, my son and a few others get to go > the office with the principal and watch the alarm being pulled. > > I tried to give him a heads up that this was what was going to happen > at school today. He is now anxious, he wants to go home, etc. > Anytime a person comes over the intercom at school, he kinda freaks > out. This will stick with him for DAYS, and he will be nervous about > another drill every day at school. Next time, he will only get a 10 > minute warning. > > Anyone else dealt with this? > Does anyone have any ideas on things to make this better? > > Thanks for any help > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 , I took a minute this morning to call and find out the earplugs so I could give you a little more info. You could come up to Kokomo and have them done for $25. Unfortunately, the lady who does them is out on medical leave right now but they said she should be back pretty soon. If you wanted to come up here and have them made, you could call Positive Results and speak to Tammy at 765-454-5340. She would help you set up an appointment. She said making the earplugs takes about 30 minutes. She also said she believes that they make them at Riley but doesn¹t know how much they charge. That¹s all... I¹m sure you¹d rather not drive to Kokomo but if you had to it¹s actually only about an hour¹s drive and Positive Results is not far from Highway 31 (same as Meridian Street in Indy). Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Thanks a bunch Caroline. Last night he asked for his ear plugs (the ones he wore when he had tubes) so he is definitely trying to tell me something. > > , > > I took a minute this morning to call and find out the earplugs so I could > give you a little more info. You could come up to Kokomo and have them done > for $25. Unfortunately, the lady who does them is out on medical leave right > now but they said she should be back pretty soon. > > If you wanted to come up here and have them made, you could call Positive > Results and speak to Tammy at 765-454-5340. She would help you set up an > appointment. She said making the earplugs takes about 30 minutes. She also > said she believes that they make them at Riley but doesn¹t know how much > they charge. > > That¹s all... I¹m sure you¹d rather not drive to Kokomo but if you had to > it¹s actually only about an hour¹s drive and Positive Results is not far > from Highway 31 (same as Meridian Street in Indy). > > Caroline > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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