I get HUH? too. I thought it might be his hearing so I tested it myself. By saying It's time to get dressed. HUH? It's time to get dressed. HUH? In a quieter voice - It's time to have a chocolate. Woohoo.
lol yowie i love it just goes to show that yes they do only 'hear' what they want to
today, everytime i have heard him say "what did you say", i have asked him to repeat what I said and he got most of them, but some of them apparantly he heard differently.. should I be worried now ??
I don't mean to worry you but from experience I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss this as just a phase, especially if he is "hearing differently". My daughter used to do the whole "what did you say" thing and we used to get really frustrated, especially when she repeated what we said when we asked her to - it seemed as though she was just being obtuse. Imagine my guilt when I later found out she had Central Auditory Processing Disorder. This is the opposite of being deaf, in that they hear EVERYTHING on the same level. So that bird singing down the street is just as loud in her brain as my voice when I'm standing right next to her. It takes her brain a little longer to process what should be focused on. That is why she could repeat what we said because by the time she had said "what did you say" and we had asked her to repeat her brain had been able to catch up to the conversation. We've since done integrated sound therapy which has really made a big difference. BUT for your DS it could just be a phase... There are other little indicators to look for if it is the same thing as my DD, so if your son is displaying some of these in conjunction to the "what did you say" it might be worth getting him tested for CAPD.
1. Sensitivity to noise, especially those of higher tone (i.e. birds, squealing kids) often shown by them covering their ears or complaining about things being too loud, especially things that seem fairly benign to us.
2. Not being able to or having great difficulty in following multiple instructions.
3. Consistent mispronunciation of letter sounds when repeating despite immediate correction
4. The need for white noise, or concentration improvement with consistent level background noise as opposed to changing noise situations or silence.
5. Balance issues/clumsiness - the vestibular system which processes sound is also responsible for balance.
6. Looking down or away from you when you give an instruction even when you've asked them to look at you. Kids with CAPD need to remove a source of input so they can redirect that focus to process what they hear. This was one of my biggest mistakes. I thought that by making her look me in the face when I gave an instruction and got her to repeat it, it would mean she would understand more, when it in fact made it harder for her.
You'll know if it's worth worrying about if you watch his face as you speak. There will be a difference between a child who wants to understand but can't seem to look you in the face and one who is just distracted.
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selective hearing at it's best Yowie
just goes to show that yes they do only 'hear' what they want to
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