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Has anyone had OT before, specifically for noise sensitivity? I live in a small town in North Carolina, but there are major universities in this state that may offer services?
My current regimen to cope includes foam earplugs (blocks 32db), white noise app, sensory blanket, and 250mg of Magnesium daily. Was skeptical of the Mg at first, but it has helped! Just curious who else has tried OT for this, and if it was helpful.

While i haven't exactly had OT, i sleep to white noise or rain, use earplugs at times and use a blanket that weights more than normal for sleep (not one specifically made for aspies).

I also take routes that keeps me away from other humans so their yapping and armflailing, unecessary touching, smoking and screaming kids wont ruin my day.

The only thing my OT could offer me for noise sensitivity besides helping me develop coping strategies (like the earplugs) was auditory integration therapy, and I found it intolerable when I tried it.

Thanks for the responses. Although I have heard of AIT, I am not sure what it is?

My son, also HFA, has used the "integrated listening system" for his OT. He hated it at first, too, especially the "bone conductor" piece that sends different frequencies through the whole body. They had to turn it way down for him, but he gradually got used to it and it has helped immensely. The point is to train the brain to ignore it and focus on other things, but one of the other reasons he couldn't ignore it at first was because he knew the music that was being used and couldn't stand that it would only play a section of a piece, then move on to another without finishing the first piece of music.