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I know kids are loud and it's normal but how loud is normal ?
My DD1 who is a few weeks off being 4 is so loud when she talks . She yells and talks so loud it hurts out ears . It doesn't matter how many times we tell her that she is talking to loud she says she isn't talking loud and carries on talking that way ..
DF is starting to worry she may have hearing problems .she never had any hearing problems as a baby ..
Is this a normal kid thing or should we be getting her checked out ?
Thanks
My DD is 4 next month, & is very loud at times. Her kindy teacher suggested getting her hearing tested, so we have her booked at the Lions Hearing Inst 2 days after her birthday. For my own peace of mind, ive also sent off a referral to our local child development centre to have her assessed. My DD is very clever, but loud, boisterous & incredibly headstrong/bordering on defiant. These characteristics, whilst completely normal, have impacted her social experiences, and all I want is for her to be happy and have friends.
No advice from me, but im in the same boat so lets paddle together.
I'd get her ears checked out, personally. Good luck!
My youngest son is incredibly loud. I have, in the past, had to cover his mouth with my hand in shopping centres due to his loudness to remind him to use his quiet voice.
I don't have any concerns for his hearing, mainly due to the fact that my husband and ALL his family are loud. I repeatedly have to tell them all to use their inside voice when they are at our house. None of them seem to have any volume control.
When Bub passed his newborn hearing test, the tester told us that doesn't mean he's home and hosed...some hearing probs don't show for a couple of years. I never knew that.
And, hearing problems can have a huge impact on learning and social experiences (ability to make and keep friends, interact with peers and so on) as Sunny Love said....confidence and self esteem are all in the mix too. Definitely get it checked out to put everyone's mind at ease.
Have more time - longer post now!
So yeah, a friend's child was like this (don't get me wrong - I have very exuberant, noisy boys, but it's not a constant thing) and she spent a *lot* of time helping her child to learn "levels" of volume (level 1 was whispering, level 3 was "indoor" voice, level 5 was excited, outside voice.
My friend had no misconceptions that this was about naughtiness - it was awareness, and it became apparent that it sprang from hearing difficulties. Ultimately, after lots of specialist appointments, they got tubes in her ears. It took a months or two to acclimatise, but it's all good now :)
My little bro was similar - but he got labelled naughty, colour blind, maybe ADD - it was just hearing issues. He got tubes, realised it was that he wasn't hearing the teacher, the colour names, his own volume - same as my friend's daughter, after a little while everything fell into place.
Good luck!
My girls are very loud, the girls next door are louder ie I can hear them clearly through our double brick wall yet if I whisper the word chocolate at the other end of the house they will hear me without fail. No idea why but they are all just very loud kids.
Get her hearing checked just to be sure but it may be just the way she is.
I noticed since dd1 started school her voice is sooo loud too. We keep having to tell her to talk softer and she does for like one sentence then is back to loud pitch.
And im with Nai. Initially i thought it was hearing issues but she seems to hear me and dh whisper fine and also anyhing to do with chocolate icecream or lollies she will display super sonic hearing.
My youngest DD is very loud - and was from birth - we were still in the operating theatre and one of the nurses said, "She's got a good set of lungs on her!" ROFL. So when she's loud, she's very loud! LOL
However we also had her in at the doctor last year for glue ear. So I would say to get those little ears checked out. For some kids it's behavioural (which is why 5 point scales & the words "inside voices" were invented) but your DD is very little so I don't think you can just excuse it without getting it checked out.
Dd1 (4.5) was very very loud. Still is. But it was getting beyond normal, she was yelling all the time, even her walking was loud.
Turns out she had moderate hearing loss and needed grommets!!
If you are concerned a referral from the GP will get you started. Then you can rule that out and start working on the illusive inside voice. Lol
def get checked. My child is very spirited and seems to lack volume control, but when reminded that I can hear her, Im right here, she will self regulate as much as she can.