Sounds often are a sensory event with children who have autism. Loud auditory sensation, such as a school buzzer or bell, can hurt the child's ears even as bad as a dentist drill hitting a nerve would distress us. Children with autism need to be protected from these sounds that injure their ears. The sounds that will frequently induce the most troubles are school bells, public address systems, buzzers on the score board in the gym, and the sound caused by chairs scraping on the floor. Often, the child will be able to endure the bell or buzzer whenever it is muted slightly by stuffing it with tissue paper or duct tape. Scraping chairs may be quietened by positioning slit tennis balls on the ends of the legs of the chairs or by installing carpeting. A youngster may dread going into a particular room as he is petrified that he may be abruptly subjected to squealing microphone feedback from the public address system. The terror of a dreaded auditory sensation may cause atrocious behavior. Whenever a child covers up his ears, it is an indicator that a specific sound hurts his ears. Occasionally audio sensitivity to a particular sound, such as the smoke alarm, may be desensitized by recording the sound on a tape recording machine. This will allow for the child to initiate the sound and bit by bit increase its loudness. The child must have complete control of playing back of the target sound.
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