I have problems with sound sensitivity, any tips?

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I have sensitivity with sounds and lights, but hearing is a problem. Sometimes It can be helpful, I can hear very distant noises and distant conversations. But living with it It's a nightmare.

Ear plugs.

iPod. I have it plugged into my ears constantly, even when it's not on. It discourages people from talking to me >.> xD

I have industrial ear protectors and wear them at the computer if I'm too busy at the computer to leave the room while the wife vacuums. Well worth having a pair, though perhaps not so good for being out and about - you may get some funny looks.

I have the same problem. My ears didn't use to be like that but recently almost everything hurts my ears. The thing is, it is normally at school. Where they won't let me use my iPod or wear ear plugs. So I have to live in misery with loud obnoxious kids.

Auditory Training has helped lots of people I have met. It helped my daughter with autism plus. She still had and has autism plus, but at the age of 14 after two weeks of auditory training she understood what we were saying for the first time. And for the first time, when we told her ahead of time that something in her routine was going to change, when it did change she did not try to kill me. I thought that was real improvement. Autism Research Institute with Dr. Edelson did the research my daughter took part in. Maybe they can tell you if there is someone near you who could give you the treatement.

As other people have mentioned, I use my iPod. I have an earset that goes into my ears and significantly muffles out external noise, and I find them very convienent.

Sensory integration therapy, Ear phones. Hope these tips help. I did Sensory integration therapy it help me a whole lot.

I luvs my noise-cancelling headphones. One downside is that they suck at blocking high-frequency noises, like voices. On the other hand, I was able to use that fact to convince all my teachers to let me wear them during lecture.

Also, noise-cancellation + ipod?

never been using those..got used to noise more when i wound children of bodom and got my bass ..mostly coz i love to play bodom loud and play bass whith it..so bass is even more louder

Finally, people who share my biggest problem! I go into absolute meltdown mode if kids start screaming/crying around me, dogs bark or it's near the 4th of July. Auditory Training didn't work for me. It didn't do any damage, but it had no positive effect, either. It was $1,000 treatment. I wish there was some way I could have been tested beforehand to see if I would benefit or not. I'm not knocking the treatment, I'm just saying make very sure you do your research first. Having a white noise machine (which are pretty cheap and can be purchased at Walgreens) helps me sleep @ night and during the morning. I do have Bose QC2 noise-canceling headphones. I got the $300 headphones used for only $100 off of eBay. They were only used once and work great. I too have an iPod. I would say people won't look @ you funny when you wear the headphones. The industrial headphones, yes, I've had mean stares. They hurt after 10 minutes too. Thanks to the Bose, I don't need them anymore. I hope one of these suggestions works out for you.