rafiki Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misty Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 He may need an eval at a speech & hearing clinic. My daughter was diagnosed with figure-ground auditory processing disorder, which is the inability to filter out background noise. She hears EVERYTHING and can't hone in the one voice she is supposed to be listening to.. even if it's much louder. She went through 8 weeks of therapy at the same clinic that diagnosed her. They also recommended to me to use Earobics at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Has he been tested for CAPD? If not, I would find a good AudD. who has experience doing CAPD testing. Be forewarned that if the child is 2E, the giftedness may allow him/her to compensate somewhat and score at the low end of the normal range. Unfortunately, the current CAPD tests don't have any way for the tester to adjust for use with a high IQ kid. There just isn't enough data available on the normal variations in the gifted to determine a cutoff above the overall population cutoff even if in actuality one is probably warranted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I have this problem, so does my dad. He has an official diagnosis, I do not. What helps me is continual noise. I know it sounds strange, but if I sit at a quiet table to work, I hear every sound around me and cannot tune them out, but if I turn on music or a tv show I have seen several times, I can focus better. It drives dh crazy. My dad does the same thing. He always need the tv on. But, I cannot carry on a conversation in a crowded place or with the tv/radio on. Dh will turn on the radio In the car and then try to talk. I can't do it. But I can sit in the noise and focus on the computer, the dishes, or a book. Interrupt me to talk and I start feeling the stress build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 White noise might help. That means a CD of waves on a beach or something similar. What it does is raise the threshhold for focussing on the other random noises that are not continuous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara H Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 CAPD testing was also my thought. Especially for a gifted kid I'd want to find an audiologist with a lot of experience in auditory processing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceana Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 all of the above suggestions are all fantastic However the kids noise cancelling headphones are worth a million times what I paid for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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