By: Integrated Learning Strategies
Why Your Child’s Hypersensitivity to Light and Sound This hypersensitivity to a child’s environment can cause anxiety in the child and extreme difficulty when your child tries to ignore irrelevant stimuli like the hum of a car, nightlight in their bedroom, a clock ticking or the brightness of a TV. These are all normal every-day things our bodies automatically ignore or drown out, where it may constantly bother your child because of their heightened sensitivity.
Signs and Symptoms Visual Signs – Light sensitivity – Poor eye movement control – Difficulty ignoring irrelevant visual stimuli – Struggles reading black print on white paper – Bothered by fluorescent light