Why do autistic people cover their ears?
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Why do autistic people cover their ears?
When we cover our ears that's usually to protect ourselves.
We can be very sensitive to sound and so it can hurt sometimes.
Our ears may not be more acute than yours but our brains can process sound differently.
This means some sounds can feel really loud.
This is called Sensory Processing Disorder.
Sensory Processing:
Sensory processing disorder means we can become overloaded by sensory information such as noise and vibrations from music, traffic, and voices.
Sensory overload can lead us to melt or shut down; which are extreme stress responses where we lose control of ourselves and that can be terrifying.
How can you help?
You can help us by:
- reducing the noise and sensory input
- using noise-cancelling headphones
background noise to help mask some of the unpleasant noise
- quiet spaces and quiet hours
recognise our triggers so we can avoid them
be understanding when we feel overwhelmed
See our website for more information:
www.LorenSnow....
▼▼▼ ABOUT ME ▼▼▼
My name's Loren Snow, and I'm an autistic public speaker and trainer and the CEO of Neurodiverse Training where myself and my team deliver training to tens of thousands of people each year about autism and neurodiversity.,
You can find out more about what we do or signup for one of our online courses here: neurodiversetr...
▼▼▼ OUR ONLINE COURSES ▼▼▼
Autism vs ADHD: What's the difference?: neurodiversetr...
Autism & Sensory Challenges In School: neurodiversetr...
▼▼▼ COPYRIGHT ▼▼▼
Copyright: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
BASICALLY: If you want to LINK TO this video or include a link to it on your website, article, or course, please go ahead: that's free :)
If you want a copy to DOWNLOAD and STORE for a course/resource I charge a small fee: please contact me through my website: www.lorensnow.com letting me know who you are and what it's for.
If this is a private, unlisted, or members only video then contact before sharing.
Music by: www.bensound.com
If you’d like to get updates on all my videos, events I’m at, and courses I run - sign up to my mailing list here :)
landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/g2q9d6
Is this just me or when I hear my sister talk she’s super loud 😂.
I can play music really loud - in the car or through my headphones - and it’s great. Can’t cope with lots of people talking at once and I can’t cope with someone having a conversation talking over the tv or radio.
I’m the same!
If the radio is on I either struggle to speak at all or talk really loudly.
Dame lol
i cover my ears because i feel like the noises of the world or any loud sound hurts me and i need to cover them
I cover my ears, not just because loud noises bothers me, but because I have a fear of loud noises. While I cover, I make windy and tornado noises to prevent interferences
Because our brains run so fast that any sort of loud noise, humming from a light, a fan off kilter, anything that's off, we're going to notice right away. We scan the environment through all our senses just by standing there. It is extremely overwhelming
I cover my ears and cry uncontrollably with fireworks and thunder I try to push myself into the smallest corner to hide away from the noise. Can't cope with lots of people talk at the same time dogs barking,sirens it hurts my ears.
and ambulance sirens! They hurt a lot.
I’m okay with thunders but dogs barking and fireworks always kill my ears
when i was younger i couldnt get on loud rides at amusement parks bc the noise and i think i would cry. i also couldnt be there for fireworks bc it was so loud i would cry and scream. one time when i couldnt hide in a store at disney world bc they were closing, my dad just took me to the back of the place and told me where the fireworks were being done and how far they were from us, but regardless i screamed and cried. i really liked how fire works looked i just couldnt bear the noise. now im able to bear the noise better which is nice. i still hate the noise, but its more manageable now. in middle school i would leave the classroom bc sometimes things got too loud and my ears would just feel weird almost like a pinch that didnt necessarily hurt, and when i would be in the hallway sitting down, people would just say "taking ANOTHER break? i might start using that excuse" ive never been diagnosed with autism but i think i have some sensory issues bc i have gad.
@@LorenSnow IKR! They hurt SOO much I don't have autism tho, I do have all the symptoms so idk whether I have it or not
Aww this is my little one. All of these😪❤️
It sucks that we all have to "get over it".... 😒😒😒😒😒😒
it is what it is, the world ain’t designed around us
What's the world supposed to do stop revolving? I have asperger's but I don't have an issue with sound at all I like it loud. But I personally do not like most autistic people and your little problems grow up and stop sucking your thumb
Interesting to see someone mention vibrations, at last. I feel like that's something that's often missed. I don't know if it's "correct", per se, but I feel like I can "feel" the vibration of certain sounds; they almost become physical sensations to me.
Strangely enough sounds that really bother me are things like a ticking clock, humming (the mechanical kind, not necessarily a person), a leaking tap, etc. Loud music doesn't bother me, I welcome it even. For me it's a way to drown everthing else out. Work place discussions during which everybody is talking at once are highly overwhelming, but everybody shouting in a nightclub? I'll be fine. It's probably because for work I know I have to understand what's being talked about, yet I can't filter it.
Because the sound irritates us. Sharp voices too.
I have autism, whenever there are extreme loud noises like fire alarms, thunderstorms, or screams, I force myself to cover my ears. Most say that covering ears is like acting like a toddler which bothers me.
I know tons of people autistic and not that cover their ears to loud noises like alarms and screams. Even if they don’t I can see on their faces they find the noises kinda painful.
You know what? You do what you need to do to protect yourself and make your life easier and anyone who judges you for it is the jerk and who cares what jerks think.
Agreed :)
The same here
Am I the only one who personally hates police/fireman/ambulance sirens, motorcycles and people chewing?
I always put my hands over my ears when police/fire/abulances go by! They're so loud!!
I live in the UK. Visiting European cities these past few years I've noticed their sirens are quieter.
I hate sirens so much. Especially ambulance sirens when they're right next to me. Ugh, it's the worst thing ever.
They’re horrific! When I’m out with friends almost everyone covers their ears wether they’re autistic or not. They are extremely loud.
My class is so loud. Ear defenders don’t do crap. At least one kid knows how I feel. She’s autistic too
:(
I find it good (sensory/touch wise) to have headphones on. Even if nothing is playing. It's also good to block off some of the loud sounds of the world, so yeah.
I think I have something different, 3 of my family members snore so loudly they can be heard in every room of the house. Then they got a Pug who wheezes the same frequency. Now our kitchen stove produces said frequency. It’s very loud, no one else hears it but me and it causes my ears to bleed. No one takes me seriously...
That sounds horrific :o
How do you cope?
Not very well, got into fight with family over wanting to kick the dog out of the house for a few hours. These days I trap myself in my room, wearing soundproof headphones, while I have the TV on to help cancel their noises. Other members of the family started to taking me seriously because the cat also hears it and tries to avoid the noise. Nothing’s really changed that much but that cat’s in my room when it can be. If I can help it, I avoid coming home as long as possible. Thankfully the family member that actually cares kicks during the day but it’s still impossible to sleep at night.
@@PrideBornAmadi thats awful im sorry for you, hopefully things get better
This is a very strange thing for me. I was diagnosed in mid 2020 I cover my ears when there are multiple noises eg TV and someone talking or TV and a radio at the same time but for some reason I love loud music and exhaust noises from cars and alot of other loud noises don't really bother me ither my worst one is multiple different people talking at once in large crowds.
When I was in 1/2nd grade, I was really sensitive to people making noises like whistling, making noise with their mouths, Shushing, and I oftenly scream or yell people to stop. But they wouldn't listen. In 3rd and 4th, I was still sensitive to noises to the point I threw some meltdowns. In 5th grade, It was somewhat better, I didn't threw tantrums, but I still felt irritatable around people, but I didn't yell. In middle school, I still got annoyed by people, to the point I sometimes have lunch by myself, but in 8th grade, no one annoyed me at all. And recently in 9th grade in high school, most of the time, I felt okay. But sometimes (while no tantrums or meltdowns) I got angry when people annoyed me. Thanks for listening
Sounds like misophonia
@@alayna1772 yea
I cried from singing, screaming, fighting, and angry people and things of the world.
Like this year of 2020, I really hated the movie "Frozen 2" because everybody says it's better than the first movie, "Frozen," and they are very wrong. The movie was terrible because of the tone and the characters tended to have a reckless behavior and they are so unlikable, different than their likable happy behavior from the first movie! It's so offending and it breaks my heart!
I haven’t seen frozen 2 yet! Though I know some of the words to the first from hearing everyone sing them so often! Haha
Remakes are often not as good as the original too!
I wear headphones because how it helps to calm down and relax when ever I deal with noises that drive me crazy, and this video really helped me.
I’ve never been diagnosed with autism but I’ve noticed every since I was young that i would have sensory overloads and would cry when I hear a bunch of noise . Still to this day at 27 I tend to shutdown and isolate myself
I have found some earplugs which do block sound really well. They have titanium cores but are soft to the touch. Some people recommend musicians’ earplugs. These do not exclude noise, but change the way the ear receives it. You hear everything but they appear to ‘turn down the volume’.
I find it worst when there is noise in or around my home environment, to me it hurts my ears and gives me a headache and causes me to reeled stressed and anxious. I like quiet at home as it makes me feel safe so I don’t cope well with screaming/ loud children, barking dogs, doors slamming and vibrations. It’s obviously worse when there is more noises. I’m undiagnosed but pretty sure I have high func Aspergers. A lot of people don’t understand why I can’t just “get over the noise”
I almost permanently wear noice cancelling headphones.
But it’s a pain when there’s noise you can’t control
I use my headphones don't work don't like loud noise same way
Idk bcuz noises r too loud when I dont want them to be there??IDK
It depends. Overstimulation, loud… too many noises at once is when I can’t focus on one thing is overwhelming. As a parent that has autism, sometimes it’s to block and concentrate on what I’m reading or trying to do. If it’s something I need to do with my hands, covering ears is a way to block out and be patient to continue what important task I was trying to do.
Concentrating or blocking out excess sights or reducing sight overstimulation can work the same way only with shielding peripherals or using tracing techniques. Sometimes both are needed to be blocked.
I have autism and sounds upset me a lot and it can course me a big meltdown
I cover my ears to try lower sound even though i have ear plugs in and to make it less over welming even though people ask if im ok which is nice of them but some voices remain clear though my ear plugs which is helpful.
I look forward to the day when we can easily use technology to filter sounds so we can hear people and not all the background noise :P
Me, I think I am autism person. But my parents doesn't tell me that I had autism until now. Before(2017), my family and I went to speech therapy to see what's going on me. But after my speech therapy, my parents and my oldest sibling did not tell me what's going on me.
So then after 3 years(2021), suddenly my oldest sibling talk to me. She told me that I am autism but mild. And then I talked to my parents
I’m autistic and I’m very sensitive to yelling and loud sounds but why do I always have panic attacks and meltdowns for no reason
The revving of a motorcycle/car is loud. Once a month we have a fire drill exercises and the alarm is so loud. I cover my ears when we're outside
Well that’s true because I had to wear headphones in case it gets too loud
I have autism. I cover my ears because i have certain loud nosies that i do not like to hear and when i hear the certain loud noises that i don't like then i would cover my eats. i would rock back and forth abd cover my ears if something gets to loud for me.
I do the same sometimes too.
@@LorenSnow when i was at camp over summer break at camp we had to wait outside to go in the building to eat it got to loud for me so i covered my ears and i leaned my head on my friends shoulder and she realized i was covering my ears because of the loudness so she took me to sit in front of our cabin cuz our cabin was cabin number 1 it was close to the building with the cafeteria inside so when my friend took me to our cabin i taught her sign language to keep my mind off of the loudness then i think a day later or the same day but later that day we went into a different building where we do a camp meet and do worship service but we did a meet and when we did the meet it got to loud for me so i covered my ears and started to rock back and forth and then it got way way to loud for me so i told someone that was sitting by me and i told her that it was way way to loud for me so our leader that took us to camp she took me out to the lounge to sit on the couches and it was still to loud so i continued having my hands over my ears and i was still rocking back and forth so she took me outside and we stayed outside until i was ready to go back inside and when we did we just stayed in the lounge area and the other people at camp that were in where we worship and do quick meets they were doing the cha cha slide And they were loud when they were doing it so we did the cha cha slide out in the lounge then when it was quite enough for me to go sit down with the rest of my friends from church our youth leader had to do something so my friend that took me to the cabin earlier in the day she took me in the lounge because it got way way to loud for me again. next year if i go to camp they will bring ear plugs or headphones for me cuz they know that i don't like loud nosies.
I DON'T LIKE LOUD NOISES.
ANC headphones are my best friend. I have many pairs that people asked me how many ears you have 😂
Sometime I just wear them without listening to anything. They just comfort me.
I’m very sensitive to very loud beeping on the smoke detectors is it’s very sensitive to me
I’m normally fine with sound, I mean I love listening rock and metal music very loudly, but if I’m in a place where there are multiple people talking at the same time or something similar to that I end up putting my hands over my ears or finding a way to stop the sound because it makes me get really stressed out. The most annoying part about this is that I’m still in school, so I end up having to cover my ears quite a lot in lessons because of people talking around me.
Thunder/Sirens/Complexity of noise in general all cause panic attacks for me
I do not want to avoid places where there is loud noise. Wonder if there is a program where people with Autism can deal with loud noise or is this impossible?
You oils use some kind of noise cancelling device. There’s some which filter out background noises so you can hear who you’re talking to easier :)
I’m not autistic but I wear noise cancelling headphone to block out noises I don’t like and when I don’t wear them, I cover my ears
I can not do sounds or lights for 2 hours at a time blankets are the only thing that calms me down
My six year old daily is autistic she cover her ears at times I always wonder why especially when we are driving and the radio isn’t on she covers her ears when she is scared when she hears alarm bells and many others but she is very intelligent
Not every autistic persons covers there ears it is just some really struggle to cope with the noise and tbh am lucky it didn't come along with my autism.
I cover my ears even when the threat is not sound. Like during a suspenseful scene in a movie, I stick my fingers in my ears.
Some people cover their eyes during movie scenes others their eyes or faces or mouths 😛
Ear hurt = Feel bad
Bad sound = Feel bad
Certain frequency= Feel bad
I have autism
I experience this last night at 2am in the morning,it was so quiet my son was asleep,he suddenly awake and covers his ears running to my siblings room trying to escape..in the dark, i did not follow his command n proceeded calm him down.. n says there is no sound,go back to sleep.. ,wonder does this happen..?
I just use headphones because music good.
(I do have autism but this symptom doesn't affect me)
I am officially listed as "autistic" and I NEVER cover my ears. Granted I may hold one forward when listening out for important information.
If it's excessive volume I freak out it sounds alot louder like 10 times the volume it's at when I will do that
I love going to music festivals, there I feel fine. I'm okay with that nouce cause I can focus on the music. In public I always feel overwhelmed with sound.
I use semi restricting ear protectors in music festivals; bur in day ti day life I just need headphones to help distract me from all the noise, even if they aren't turned on
Me playing music loud : aww yeah !
Me watching a movie at the cinema like dune (i thought i was gonna go deaf) : OMG MY EARS ! THE TORTURE !!!
Or be in large crowds for that amount of time
I always thought they were in a fab phase.
Tf is a fab face
I've been struggling with this for years! Never knew it could be autism, I always thought it was misophonia and hypercusis in my case but maybe I have autism
I'm autistic
I hate sound and it hurts my ears
I can only hear out of my left ear for the last 20 yrs and I have to put an ear plug in my good ear to sleep if not the slights noise will wake me up then my brain starts thinking and can’t go back to sleep since the doctors took me off T-4’s I have to use “Quetiapine” to shut my brain down to sleep 50mg for 4 hrs sleep and 100 mg for 8 hrs of sleep I tried a. 25mg to see if could slow my brain down during day time hrs but it put me to sleep for 2 hrs naturally !
I stimming and I have Down. Syndrome
I envy the blind and deaf when kids are around. Everyone is repulsive, including myself. All humans are annoying to the highest degree and people just tell you to deal with it. People in Japan are dying from working. It's true.
I feel the exact same way! I have always thought I was a HSP (Highly sensitive person), but I'm wondering whether I may possibly be on the spectrum now.
I cover my ears because I am autism and adhd and wil I was watching this video I am wearing ear defenders
Horrible sound..cannt barely hear
Covering my ears doesnt help, headphones..music ir earbuds ir bear it, leave it. Exhausting. Comical others think i am nuts "Why do those birds have to be Soooo Loud? ( On a wire down the street) others: what birds? Lol. I dont identify this or Any of my audhd aspects as Disorders, just neurodivergent.
i cover my ears to stop hearing this shat ,,,,,