In overwhelming environments, noise-canceling headphones may improve participation for children with autism
Beth Pfeiffer, associate professor of rehabilitation sciences, recently published research examining how children with autism who suffer from noise sensitivity respond to the use of noise-attenuating, or noise-canceling, headphones. In the article, which appeared this fall in Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, Pfeiffer and her co-investigators describe study participants’ positive response to using headphones and reported that while wearing headphones, children with autism were better able to participate in community settings that might be otherwise overwhelm...