Age group(s) for which this technique is helpful:
Elementary School
Middle School
High School & Beyond

Primarily used to improve behavior:
Both At Home and At School

Instructions for using this technique:
Some children with ADHD are extremely sensitive to background sounds. It's known that in the state of Arizona there is a classroom designed with sound reduction aspects included. The ADHD children sit at desks and when asked to read a book, they can use ear protectors similar to those used on aircraft carriers on the flight deck to help reduce background sounds so when they read, they tend to concentrate better.

Other information parents should consider before using this technique:
The ear protectors work to temporarily help filter out unwanted background sounds. Some children with ADHD display a symptom of involuntary auditory distractibility.

Some children with ADHD also display another hearing/listening symptom called CAPD (Central Auditory Processing Disorder), too. CAPD can show itself in a number of different ways: sometimes the children only pick up some words said, vs all the words; sometimes the children may have a kind of parrot hearing, that is, they can repeat back what is said word for word but it's not until the word is written out on a piece of paper that they visually understand it as meaningful.