Sensitivity to noise?

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I'm extremely sensitive to noise, making my ears/head hurt a lot. For example, I heard a water leak coming from a pipe under our house. Drove me crazy until hubby called the plumber and he had to come out on a Saturday to fix it.

Does any one have any suggestions on how to deal with the noise? Being in a quiet room is not an option, I can also hear my blood go through my veins and have ringing in my ears.

Earplugs will likely be suggested, and while they're wonderful for some problems, they can't fix every instance.

You might want to invest in a white noise CD or generator, which neutralizes annoying background noises with a soothing frequency. Both can be found online, and perhaps in some large discount stores like Wal-Mart, Kohl's or Target. Shop around.

My son has the same problem, failed a hearing test when 9 years old,
Had operation to remove tonsils & anoids & for grommets in ears. Could not fit grommets in ears at time of operation due to the narrowness of his ear canals. He has boarderline hearing loss & a hearing aid would not benefit him due to the changing frequencey with noise. He is now 14

Silicon ear plugs are best. I have to sleep with them as well as I am very sensitive to noise.

I am extremely sensitive to noise. Even if the phone rings, I let out a scream. I just can't handle sudden sounds, especially if they are loud. I have a macaw (a bird) named Tiny and his screams are at 105 db. Anything over 85 db is damaging to your hearing. I'm surprised that I'm not deaf from his screams!

Very sensitive. I get extremely agitated by ambient noise, like the faint whine of an engine, neighbors shuffling around, music that's just above a certain threshold (esp. extremely high-pitched sounds or bass), etc.

Try getting a pair of noise cancelling headphones, only problem is that they block out almost everything. I need to get a pair myself. Sensitivities to sound are pretty common amounst aspies, or at least that's what I have noticed here. I hate how sensitive I am to sound, and mine is not quite as bad as some people here.

I'm sensitive to some noises, especially shouting. What helps me is trying to tune noises out and going into my own world. It's what calms me down, so maybe it'll be the same for you.

Oh yup - try making some noise of your own that you can tolerate - I have the stereo on 24/7 playing just loud enough to mask all the annoying noises that niggle - computers fridge screens lightbulbs etc... Not the radio with pesky people shouting on it tho - i hook up a huge playlist on the puter, to the stereo, n set it going for a coupla weeks atta time

I'm probably more of a pedant. It doesn't physically hurt my ears when confronted with most violating sounds, but just angers and disconcerts me. There's some pointless small box of a building by where I wait for my bus in the mornings that's almost always making a thick, high-pitched, loud sound, and when I've not got my headphones on I can't possibly be happy about life around it. Things like that. Still can't bear when the phone goes either. At some points I even threw that thing against the wall or downstairs when it went off in front of me.

When I was very young, I was able to hear dog whistles and they hurt. I lost an eardrum to chicken pox when I was 4. Loud bangs like the noise from a nearby lightning strike still bother me.

I find if i tell my brain to tune out the small stuff, it can help, especially if it's predictable. Sometimes the brain just doesn't know what to do with the data and needs to be instructed. (I get that for unfamiliar physical pain, too.) But if the noise is over a certain volume, I can't tune it out and so I deteriorate.

Exercise helps buffer the stress from it.