Aspies' sensitivity to high-pitched sounds

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I'm sensitive to loud/high-pitched sounds too. I hate smoke detectors with a passion. It brings on that ear-covering, Rainman-type behavior. Don't like EMT sirens either. I can hear the buzz of a TV when it's on (which annoys me). Any sudden buzzer going off, or beeper or whatever - forget it.

I am usually OK with sounds. Except tooth grinding. That is the worst thing in the auditory world. But smells! Some smells I can not tolerate at all. Cigar smoke is the worst and it will actually cause me to vomit. It has a speedy physical effect and therefore I tend to become quite agitatedby even the slightest hint of it... anyway, I am often the CAUSE of alot of sounds. Sorry if you are within earshot...

I am usually OK with sounds. Except tooth grinding. That is the worst thing in the auditory world. But smells! Some smells I can not tolerate at all. Cigar smoke is the worst and it will actually cause me to vomit. It has a speedy physical effect and therefore I tend to become quite agitatedby even the slightest hint of it... anyway, I am often the CAUSE of alot of sounds. Sorry if you are within earshot...

Some noises are physically painful. Even if you say to me "in 10 minutes, there will be fire alarm testing", it still makes me jump. I was at a day centre last year for people with sight loss and we had someone who is also hearing impaired. We were told that there's a fire alarm test and that they must remove the hearing aid stuff from the lady with the hearing impairment beforehand.

Anyway, the alarm went off and I was the only one who reacted. It hurt a lot.

The dog's bark makes me jump too. I remember one day, I was in the front room and had a cup of tea in my hand. The dog was in the dinning room and he barked. My reaction was to thrown my tea over my lap. Unfortunately, my trousers were beige and I looked as though I'd wet myself.

This is a really good post and can't resist making my first comment here.

1. The fridge's buzzing (mom doesn't hear it)
2. My laptop's buzzing.
3. Can't stand the sound of a fork against porcelain.
4. Balloons breaking (that really hurts)
5. People screaming and trying to overvoice one another.

The list can go on and on of sounds and noises that makes me scared/annoyed/miserable/pained!

I don't know if I have Asperger's or not, but there are some things that bother me so much... The sound of silverware screeching on a plate, anything to do with chalkboards (I have to refrain from plugging my ears if someone is going to write on them, just incase it screeches), car brakes, and at the dentist when they clean your teeth or scrape against your teeth... It's seriously painful.

I'm pretty sensative to high pitch sounds. It doesn't bother me.
Back in highschool i could tell we were gonna watch a movie in class before i even walked into the room because i could hear that high pitch noise the tv made when it was on but not playing anything.

I also have tennitis. I have to have something else making noise at night to sleep.

I can't stand windchimes. I have taken down all of ours and am considering talking to the neighbors. I HATE the train horn. What pisses me off even more is that every article on AS seems to cite "trains" as an example for a special interest, and I have woken up every time a train ever entered and left my city.
I can't stand high pitched voices. I work at a bar( they all think I am completely insane or something), and there are like three patrons whose voices I just have to walk away at, because they just get stupid drunk and screeetch like dam birds.
Wax earplugs help me sleep through the trains.

I try not to wear them in public, because then can't hear ANYTHING and have to take them out every time any drunk idiot wants to ask "ayye what are do you got them things in yer ears?? beer-n-ball! beer-n-ball!"