hyperacusis

[MSrader]

Ok so a scary thing happend the other day with my mom and vincent. My mom took Vincent outside and put him on the deck with my dad so that she could get the grass mowed, she was thinking that he would love it bc he loves the lawn mower so anyways she starts it up and after going down and back up again she looks back and didnt see him so she turned of the mower and he is in the cornor of the deck with his head burried and he is cry. Talk about heart dropping. Makes me so sad that he is going through this and i dont know how to help him.

This all happend after going to the doc's on Wed. Our Wed appt she told me his hearing test came back fine from the inner ear and out but that the stuff going on with being scared of lound noise could be hyperacusis, so i have a call in to them to find out when we are going to childrens mercy but if anyone has anything that can help please let me know. Thank you.

Maria

[ajberchielli]

I had to look up that term I was not familiar with it here is what I found

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperacusis


Did he have some ear trama lately before the lawnmover? Is it possible he might have some sensory sensitivities?? Many special needs kids have Sensory sensitivities AKA Sensory Processing/Integration Disorder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_Integration_Dysfunction

Sorry I wasn't of much help, I guess I need more info...Does he show other sensory sensitivities to other things like food, textures, lights, etc???

[MSrader]

OMG he so does, at about 10 months i noticed he didnt like touching things like dirt, grass, potatoes, play dough, and he is just now getting to like finger paintiong. As far as i know he has not had and truma that I can think of. But I did notice that the hearing thing started right after we went and saw Cars in the theater, but i didnt think that would be it, bc if see George right before turning two. Right now I will take any info I can get. The other thing that i have noticed is that he is now wispering a lot more, were before he did none. If I can think of anything more i will post it. I did not hear from the doc today so i will be calling back tomorrow.

Thanks for any help i can get.

Maria
Vincent age 2

[ajberchielli]

definately contact your local early intervention especially since you mentioned you've notice sensory avoiding issues and the speech delay....don't forget to bring up both issues to whomever evaluates him. Is he able to maintain eye contact? Does he have any trouble with gross and fine motor activities? (gross motor meaning for ex: pedeling a bike,walking up stairs...etc) (Fine motor for ex. stringing beads, using pincher grisp to pick up objects)

[Alli]

Cassidy hates loud noises. She has lots of sensory issues. We suspect that is on the Autism spectrum somewhere. She especially hate the car wash. She has a mini nervous breakdown every time we go. Needless to say, i don't take her to the car wash anymore! It's hard when they are afraid of something you have no control over. Good luck and let us know what you find out

[dmmetler]

First of all, don't panic!!

One thing to remember is that children who are born with normal hearing DO have far more sensitive hearing than an average adult, because it hasn't been damaged yet. A lawnmower is a loud enough sound to cause hearing damage over time in an adult, so it may well have been downright physically painful, in a completely normal sense. My DD has the same reaction to her father's drill-it's unpleasant for us, but it's painful to her. That's not a hypersensitivity, it's simply that she's not used to that level of sound yet (and, ideally, never would be).

[c01dunlap]

First of all, don't panic!!

One thing to remember is that children who are born with normal hearing DO have far more sensitive hearing than an average adult, because it hasn't been damaged yet. A lawnmower is a loud enough sound to cause hearing damage over time in an adult, so it may well have been downright physically painful, in a completely normal sense. My DD has the same reaction to her father's drill-it's unpleasant for us, but it's painful to her. That's not a hypersensitivity, it's simply that she's not used to that level of sound yet (and, ideally, never would be).
That is a very good point, Donna. Sophie complains "too loud" about many things, including the volume of the TV. Comfortable to her is barely sound at all to us. But otherwise she's fine.

I do agree, though, with the mix of stuff, making sure to check in with the docs, and mention EVERYTHING if you're pursuing EI support.

[Krista]

Anika has hypercussis; she was dx'd with this at age 2. Her OT has worked with her on it, but otherwise nothing has been done about it.

[MSrader]

ok so this is what is going on now, I talked to the docs today and there is a speech and hear test set up for the 9h of Aug. She was telling me in a little more of why she is wanting this done.Bc of the set back in his speech and the fact that all of a sudden he is treffied of lound noises and bc he has some fuild back behind the L ear she wants to make sure everything is ok or if there is a problem, She also told me that she thinks its the hyperacusis. But she was not 100% sure. So this is were I am at. I was talking to his sitter yesterday bc he only goes once a week and asked her how he did and she was tell me that he is was using a lot of sign yesturday and i noticed that he is now using a lot more too. And he was giving that up but i am think that he is using it more bc if i cant understand him i ask him "Vincent can you sign it" or "Vincent can you show me what you mean" But I think of it this way if I go in thinking the worse and know what i am maybe facing and hope for the best and maybe fall in the middle. So anyways if anyone can think of major Quest. I need to be thinking of and or asking when we go in, i could use the help. I never and my life thought that I would have to go though this. Meaning I have Leaning disorder and so do my brothers and it was hell in our public schools and only got worse in HS, this was the last thing I wanted Vincent to go though but i guess its now in God hands