Posted an earlier thread about the Tomatis method which attempts to help autistic and adhd kids hear through their ears, rather than their bodies. Well i went and read all the literature on this and found the following:
Autistic and adhd kids often cover their ears or are oblivious to certain sounds, mostly loud. I noticed this last night when my son was in a room with his mates and they were screaming the house down. He just tuned out and watched the tv. He didnt flinch when the little girl screamed her guts out.
This tomatis method says that these kids hear with their bodies and bones, rather than through their ears. The ear allows us to screen out background noise but listening with ones body dose not. Autistic kids allegedly cannot hear themselves speak like we do. They cant properly gauge how loud they are speaking and thus cant tone themselves down. Also they have lack of focus in listening because they cant concentrate on any one noise if there are other background noises.
I thought this was very interesting as my son pays absolutely no attention to fire engines, garbage trucks or anything loud. He dosent flinch, dosent cover his ears, he just seems to tune it out. Further, when i yell his name he wont come. If i whisper and the room is quiet he will come running.