Anyone heard of discreet ear plugs which play white noise?

[Lesley25]

An asd specialist teacher mentioned these as my ds seems bothered by busy places. She said it was some sort of new "auditory piece" that fits into the ear (like an ear piece) and it's had great results. I'm not seeing her again as idss are shit here but it struck a cord so I just wanted to see if anyone knows what she meant.

I have heard of them but i haven't seen any discreet in ear ones around. I have a machine that can play white noise to help with my tinnitus but it's not portable. You might be able to get over ear headphones which play white noise.

I went to a BILD training day a couple of years ago and the bloke recommended the Bose QT15 or QT20 headphones which are noise cancelling headphones. DS tried them in the Bose shop in Meadowhall and said that they worked, he could hear me but they drowned out the crowd noise. You can attach an mp3 player to the Bose ones so if you download some white noise onto an mp3 you could play it through those headphones.

Thanks fairgame

Thanks Polter.
The way the asd teacher described these to me were that they were almost like a hearing aid that played white noise, discreet and could be turned on or off. A way of getting children accustomed to sound in their sleep also. It might be an American thing!

This is it Polter! Apparently some children in her care have reported great results. They're actually quite complicated though to get "right" in the ear and with breakable bits. I need to do more research, as they are quite expensive. Thanks again Polter!

My dd has 2 of these provided by our local childrens audiology dept as she has misophonia. if you can get a referral they should be provided free
A word of caution though, they can be uncomfortable and break regularly even when well treated well but they do make a quite a difference to quality of life.
If you had to buy them I believe they cost about £170 each but they are much better than headphones which dd was using till we hot these

I went to a talk given by a Professor in Audiology and she was talking about the white noise thing, it was fascinating! I hope you find what you are looking for!

Thanks everyone. I just find my gp/pead so patronising as they just lump all ds's problems under autism.
schrodingsmum can they be worn during sleep? I doubt my ds would wear them voluntarily!

Hi Leslie, I know how you feel. Misophonia is now being recognised as a spectrum disorder and it took a long time to get help. If you can get to an audiologist they see much more compassionate and clued up
I wouldn't recommend them for night use as they have a short plastic antenna, we use a speaker pillow I got from Amazon with a white noise app on a connected ipod. You may also want to look at pink and brown noise to find which soothes most

Thank you schrodinger

I'm just thinking, would a "fan" in the bedroom be counted as white noise I wonder?

polter how did it help? Did it help settling your ds to sleep and/or could you see the effect during the day?

That sounds like my ds. I'm hoping the fan noise will help in the waking world!

I meant to add, almost like a sensory gradual induction . So if he can "sleep" during the night with a fan going, his brain is able to ignore hyper loud shouty ds2 during the day. I've requested an audiology assessment from the docs whether I'll get one is anyone's guess

I've got a cheap fan we use in the warmer my months as ds cannot tolerate a window open and any light. I'll dig it out. Thanks polter. I'll update next week!