Obsessed with faint sounds around him? Sam hears everything-especially when it's a small noise. For the longest time his favorite phrase was "what's that noise" and I would have to guess because it was usually something I wasn't paying attention to. He used to be like a little old lady at the window all the time because he would hear something. And my husband always jokes about my "bat ears" because I have sensitive hearing too.  While I don't think that hearing a noise is a sign of improvement, perhaps talking about it is and you can use it as a jumping off point for verbal skills.  My DS is borderline obsessed with faint noises around him, he has been this way since an infant.  As a baby he would react (cover his ears, jump, turn towards the sound) at far off sounds like a train or wind.  Now that he's talking some, he repeatedly asks about stuff he hears, like hitting a manhole in the street, kids laughing outside, etc.  All things that unless pointed out to us, we don't hear/notice.  Some times I even have to strain to hear what he's talking about.  He completely will stop what he's doing to listen to these noises.  The louder the sound, the less of a reaction we'll get.  So someone in our driveway honking their honk would likely not phase him. So the other day at OT he heard something drop in the hallway and said "OH- what's that?"  And then the OT said, "That's great!  He's becoming more and more typical every day"  and then she turned to me and said "You do realize that him hearing that noise is a great sign of improvement?  ASD kids don't recognize noises around them."  So is this true?  Personally we have always thought this was one of his more peculilar ASD traits, and maybe it's not at all. I would have to say that, as I'm seeing now with dd, that it could affect academic output in the future.  For her it's like hearing every minute sound through a megaphone.  Which, as you could imagine, would make focusing on the task at hand nearly impossible.Live4MyKids39891.2708564815Autti34 - Yes, he's getting sensory therapy but not from a sound standpoint.  They have focused on his physical touch sensitivities and stimming.  Is there something that could help with this sound thing?  Do you think it's even something I should worry about.  Does it effect your life negatively? Live4MyKids - Your post is what kind of triggered my question.  I didn't really have an answer for you but hope maybe one of the other suggestions works. My son has always been this sensitive to sounds.  Many times sounds throw him into meltdown mode.  We can't even talk when he's being sound sensitive or he freaks out. I thought maybe what you're saying is true.  Both his devipedi and psych both said this was an ASD thing.  But his OT is specializing in ASD kids so I thought her opinion may be warranted.  I'm curious to hear other stories if anyone is willing to share. While it's great that Blake was communicating and asking a question about the noise, I think the tendancy to hear noises that the average ear can't is a sensory issue.  Which we know often coincides with asd.  I just posted about this yesterday.  My dd is so overly sensitive to noises that it affects her school performance and every day life.  Ironically, I recently filled out a sensory profile for dd, and an indication of SPD is high sensitivity to sound.  I think it's a common misconception that kids with autism are always completely checked out.  It's really frustrating when the professionals you turn to for help put our kids in a one-size-fits-all box.  im the same way i hear sounds other dont hear .i can hear buzzing from florsent lights .vaccume cleaner /trains in the distence sound like there right there .is he geting any sencorey therphy
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