Headphones

[LindainOK]

Do you use headphones for special therapies? If so, what are you using?
Someone recommended a pair that costs $165 :eek: Is this what I should expect to pay?

Thanks

[LindainOK]

anyone??

[AshleyS]

Can you be more specific on what you would be using them for?

[LindainOK]

Thanks! Our dau's program includes listening to audio books as much as possible daily and now includes listening to Mozart (he has the widest ranges of sounds?). A $165 headset (Sennheiser HD 500A) was recommended.

[EJ IA]

The ones recommended to you are what we have for our ds. We bought them through here: http://www.vitalsounds.com/HD500AProd.aspx

They are really nice because they have the audio in and out; our son really needed to work on his brain being able to filter sounds and for him to choose what to attend to. He had a lot of tactile defensiveness when we started his listening therapy and he barely objected to the Sennheiser pair (I was *shocked*...). The price tag--bleh. It's been worth it overall for us, but...bleh.

[AshleyS]

When our ds first started using headphones, they were just some random brand along that same line. And then my mom got him a toy-like ipod and those headphones were a bit smaller. Now he has a real IPOD and he uses these headphones (http://www.target.com/Nike-Vapor-3-Way-Sport-Headphones/dp/B000UPDWIC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=0&pf_rd_r=0T30E84GQE0APTX6ZFD3&pf_rd_p=490276191&pf_rd_i=0&node=1038576&pf_rd_s=center-3&sessionID=186-8269619-4924211&pf_rd_m=A1VC38T7YXB528&pf_rd_t=301). I like them because they are so much less intrusive and he isn't as distracted by them. (Out of sight, out of mind). The music sounds fine to me, but I have no idea about books and such?? I know that there were some earphones by Sennheiser on Target's site and also some Boze ones, so they are probably good quality.

[Greta]

I have The Listening Program and we have Grado Labs SR125 headphones. They cost around $150.

[LindainOK]

Thanks everyone, it looks like $150 is the "norm." We'll check out your recommendations and get something soon. Maybe there'll be a great sale! ;)

[carriejoy]

can someone tell me why these headphones are so special to warrant the price tag? outside of "high quality" and "durability"??

We've always used the cheapies just fine, but if there is a reason behind it, I'd love to know. I suspect my son has auditory processing issues and so things like this catch my eye.

[AmyinWI]

can someone tell me why these headphones are so special to warrant the price tag? outside of "high quality" and "durability"??

We've always used the cheapies just fine, but if there is a reason behind it, I'd love to know. I suspect my son has auditory processing issues and so things like this catch my eye.


I'm interested ,too. as my dd has some phonics and speech therapy type computer programs. I think that some audio books would be a great idea as well. Are they pricy because of the comfort level (for kids with sensory issues?) or because of the sound quality or noise reduction?

[AshleyS]

can someone tell me why these headphones are so special to warrant the price tag? outside of "high quality" and "durability"??

We've always used the cheapies just fine, but if there is a reason behind it, I'd love to know. I suspect my son has auditory processing issues and so things like this catch my eye.

This is what I wondered as well!! I figured the ones my ds was using would work at $25.00?

[LindainOK]

From what I've read of the various descriptions of many headphones, they differ on the range of tones they can offer the listener. I'm not sure, but the rewiring of the brain must need input in a particular sound range???
Someone please correct me if this is not correct.

[carriejoy]

From what I've read of the various descriptions of many headphones, they differ on the range of tones they can offer the listener. I'm not sure, but the rewiring of the brain must need input in a particular sound range???
Someone please correct me if this is not correct.

hmmm - I could see this. I read a book about treating autism and it dealt with aural therapy. The premise was that the brain was hyper sensitive to some sounds and hypo sensitive to others. They played sounds in varying ranges of pitch and loudness and gradually adjusted the girl's hearing.

Raindrops had sounded like machine gun fire in her head. The blender would send her over the edge. She could see the individual strands of hair the way we see individual strands of spaghetti.

The book is Sound of a Miracle (http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Miracle-Annabel-Stehli/dp/0825305330/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254961229&sr=8-1). (in case you're interested!)