Teen doesn't pay attention

[Darren Scott]

I haven't finished Dr. Bradley's book yet, but am interested in the brain research he references. Beyond making teens crazy, could this also explain their apparent deafness?

My teenage son often doesn't hear a word I say.

I seriously had his hearing tested, because with all the headphone use and loud music, I feared that he really couldn't hear me. Tests were negative, but I swear that if he's not looking directly at me, he just doesn't hear me.

Anyway, I was just wondering if it was possible that the adolescent brain wasn't wired right to trasmit sound from the ear to the brain?

[lgalaske]

My mother-in-law always thought that there was something wrong with my father-in-law's hearing because he couldn't hear her unless she was right in front of him. When he finally got it tested, they found out that his hearing was fine...except in the range of pitch in which my mother-in-law spoke! Just a thought, but perhaps a more detailed test is called for.

Another thought - My teen son is really into music, and even if he doesn't actually have music playing externally, he's got it playing inside his head. It's like he's got his own world going on inside and we have to get right in front of his face if we want to get into that world.