What intervention is there to modulate the senses?

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For example DS2 (ASD) has hypersensitivity to sound so wears white noise ear generators.

I think he has sensitivity to light as well as other visual problems which the optician does not screen for so we have asked for a referral to our local Orthoptic service possibly for Irlen lenses.

What intervention is there to modulate the other senses? for example proprioception, gustatory, olfactory ect.

The paediatrician said "We recognise sensory difficulties as part of ASD (this is a diagnostic feature in DSM 5) " so if I know a bit more about the other senses modulation intervention. I would be able to ask for the screening of it.

DS2 has always had hypersensitivity to sound but has only just recently been prescribed white noise ear generators. He is 7. Why did the paed not screen for it earlier? What a difference to his life it would have made!

I am furious again because I feel I have to know about every condition before it is diagnosed. Since senses are his major problem at the moment, I will be ticking them off one by one LOL

I have just been to an Occupational Therapy lecture on senses and even they did not know about white noise ear generators and Irlen lenses. Too specialised. Audiology department had to deal with us and that is how we got our prescription.

I maybe asking an impossible question I don't know, it may all be exercise from now on.

white noise generators - they look like hearing aids, are clipped onto the ears and make a sea shell type of noise into the ear canal. The noise masks all background noise so that the user can focus on the main sound they want to. We naturally tune in or out of all sorts of noises but can really focus on the thing or person we want to listen to. It's to help him desensitise. The condition is called hyperacusis.

Those sound interesting. I hadn't heard of them either. My DS (who has SPD) wears ear defenders in noisy settings and wears a hoody with the hood up most of the time (OT says it helps with auditory processing as the sound is coming from one direction only).

I tend to follow Polter around on these threads (in a non stalkerish way ) recommending "The Out of Sync Child has fun" in addition to "the out of sync child". TOOSCHF has lots of practical fun suggestions for sensory activities. There are also deep pressure and brushing techniques recommended for proprioception which an OT would be able to teach you.

Oh and there is loads of equipment you can buy (wobble cushions, weighted blankets, fiddle toys etc). Although equally lots of stuff that can be done either with no equipment or with everyday household stuff, if buying stuff isn't an option.