Recent content by DuncanT

UPDATE in 2023 Hi everyone, I don't expect anyone to remember this, but at the end of 2020 I was posting here about my son (13 at the time) who developed tinnitus. He is autistic with sensitive hearing, and we were plunged into chaos as he could not handle the constant noise and was spending...

Sorry, I need to unload again. We are spiralling into madness. My son has degenerated to the point that he can barely communicate except through loud moans and shouts and spends his waking hours lying down on the floor or in bed. Seems to be worse when he first wakes up. He is refusing masking...

Okay, we FORCED him to listed to some white noise. He complained for 5 minutes, then fell asleep.

He's been awake for 26 hours now. Screaming and screaming. The house is a wreck. Asked the GP again for an ENT referral and again we got a letter saying it is "routine", that is, no appointments are being made due to COVID-19. We got so desperate today we took him to A&E. Poor kid patiently...

The cycle continues. He woke up at midnight yesterday and was awake until 9pm (21 hours later). Managed through the day by taking him out the park a few times. He woke up at 3 am because of the tinnitus and alternated between sobbing and having meltdowns. He is crying "when will it end?" He...

At the moment he is awake for nearly 24 hours at a stretch, and sleeping about 5 hours. He is refusing every kind of therapy or relaxation method we offer. He's going out of his mind. He is trying to pull his ear off and tear his hair out. He is asking us to kill him, or to give him a gun...

I didn't say the cat deterrent disturbed him, I said he could hear it. He also doesn't like cats in the garden. He prefers birds. Sometimes he asks for the deterrent to be turned off, and we do that. Thanks for assuming you know everything about my household, though. Thanks for the reply. His...

Hello, has anyone experienced tinnitus with an autistic child? My 13-year-old son has sounds in his ear that manifest when he tries to get to sleep. He has always had hypersensitive hearing, and can hear ultrasonic sounds such as a cat deterrent. The tinnitus started about 2 weeks ago. It stops...