Noise cancelling machines???

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Okay so its 5am, and ive been up all night due to f*cking crickets, i use fan to block out many noises, and try to keep the air on all night for extra noise, even put music on to block out noise, i cant use ear plugs they bother my ears, can't use headphones at night they bother my ears, i cant have tv on or anything because if it has words or anything ill be awake, it has to be a constant noise like my fan and the air makes. My music doesnt work usually jsut keeps me from headbanging for alittle bit. I barely get sleep as it is, so sleep is soo crucial for me! I'm f*cking loosing it, i headbanged so hard i knocked myself out again, theres nothing else it seems i can do to block out noises. The house already has to have all tvs, all computers, everything has to be off, all lights even little ones like my smoke detector little light can keep me up, i get black out shades soon. Now though i'm so angry and upset, my sensory issues are f*cking horrible, i'm left wiping my bed off all the time because if lets just a piece of crumb gets in my bed i dont sleep, if my cat wakes up to switch postions i wake up, shes only 8lbs !

Does anybody know of any noise cancelling machines i can buy that have a constant noise, not music, not like ocean or weird humming calming noise, just a machine that makes lets say noise of a loud fan, a constant noise over and over that blocks out noises through out the house, please i'm so desperate, my doctor told me if i headbang anymore serious like i did tonight i might knock myself out for good and never wake up, my head injuries in the last couple months have been so severe that its been leaving me with constant dizzy spells, constant headaches, and constant huge bumps and bruises and i dont just headbang against soft stuff, i do it against walls, doors, floors, my pot i beat over my head so badly i loose feeling in my whole body, i took meat cleavers to my head, took hammers, my headbanging is serious, and i banged through helmets and ate soft helmets, and this headbanging is due to frustration , so please if anybody knows where i can get noise cancelling machines, it would help me soooo much, i dont care how much it costs either?

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blindfold and earplugs?

What are sensory problems?.. you're just sensitive to noises?..

Im like that too.. i like to keep this place quiet.. thankfull my brother isn't noisy, but every time he opens the door too loud it makes me cringe..

that's craazyy.. im sorry *big hugs*

I dono what that would be like.. im tired..

There are noise-cancelling headphones. They take in the outside noise via a microphone and invert it. The outside noise and the inverted (heaphone-produced) noise reaches your ear at the same time and cancel eachother out = no or little sound survives.

Theoretically you can build a noise-cancelling environment in, for example, your bedroom. I haven't heard of companies producing them, so you might have to build it yourself or ask some skilled friend to help you.

A test would be if you buy a pair of moderately cheap noise-cancelling headphones to see if they work for you. Even if you're not comfortable with headphones, this will give you an idea of if it would be worth it.

Another possible solution for you could be to use White Noise to camouflage the background noises. White noise contains an even distribution of all frequencys over the spectrum. It is known to be relaxing and and to mask unwanted noises.

Here's how you do it:

Get Audacity (freeware) on the net.

Make a sound file with white noise and save it to your computer.

Burn the file to a CD or put it on your iPod.

Connect the iPod to your stereo equipment (or play the CD: the advantage of the iPod is you can repeat the track infinitely without gaps).

Do some fine-tuning to find the optimum volume level for you.


Whether you try this or find some other solution, I wish you the best of luck . I know myself how painful noise-sensitivity can be. I have become better in tolerating noises, but I'm still disturbed by noises from my neighbours etc.

google: noise cancelling machine

gives you 338000 entries, some scientific articles too.

http://www.soundmachinesdirect.com/
http://www.soundtherapyworld.com/

those things seem to be around 50.00 to 100.00

I've no experience with any of them, since white noise would drive me more crazy than any natural sound like birds, stormy wind or whatever.

Oh haha well yeah i guess it wont work for you then

Age,
it sounds like may have hyperacusis on top of the sensory stuff like am-it makes the sensory stuff a lot worse,it's one of the most common comorbids of autism and as.
have got a few ideas that am have used for self-but may have already tried these.


there are some meds that are said to help with the sensory side and hyperacusis-vitamin B6 with magnesium [which has also helped a lot of autistic traits in some autistics lessen],gp has got am on it, but havent noticed any difference so far in sensory extremes or autism,that may be worth trying as am remember were thinking of trying this a while back anyway-gp warned against high doses of it,so if are not taking it already,and would like to-avoid the higher doses,its supposed to damage something.

am think a sleeping tablet may help [not melatonin or herbal stuff],a strong one like amitriptiline,am have just been prescribed this one off the neuro.

what about saving up for proper sound proofing to be put in the bedroom [not that useless carpet and eggboxes crap],and triple glazing windows? sound proofing makes the room smaller,but it goes under the floor as well so if are upstairs-no noise from downstairs.
is there any organisations-or council that could fund it,like here? am almost had it done but was found a better residential instead.

for the severe SI,meds are worth it,try the long release versions to get less of the doped up rush from the normal release meds,and using more than one,it doesnt stop SSI but it helps.
get appointment with OT and ask for padding to be fitted to the walls where are especially headbanged the most.