Social Skills Worksheets for Autism PDF Printables and Workbooks - Free Printable

Let’s go through this step by step.

The task says: “Mark the items that hurt your ears.”

We need to look at each picture and decide if it makes a loud or painful sound for someone’s ears — especially for someone who might be sensitive to noise (like in autism, as noted in the copyright).

Here are all the pictures shown:

1. Crying baby – can be very loud and sharp → hurts ears ✔
2. Phone ringing or vibrating with alert – can be sudden and loud → hurts ears ✔
3. Thunderstorm – thunder is VERY loud → hurts ears ✔
4. Yelling person – shouting is loud and harsh → hurts ears ✔
5. Computer – usually quiet unless speakers are blasting, but generally not painful → probably doesn’t hurt ✘
6. Insects buzzing – some bugs make high-pitched sounds that can bother sensitive ears → could hurt ✔
7. Fireworks – EXPLOSIONS = extremely loud → definitely hurts ears ✔
8. Headphones – if volume is too high, they can hurt; even normal use can overwhelm sensitive ears → often hurts ✔
9. Earbuds – same as headphones, sometimes worse because they’re inside the ear → often hurts ✔

Wait — let’s double-check the list from the bottom of the page:
“Pictures shown: crying-phone-thunderstorm-yelling-computer-insects-fireworks-headphones-earbuds”

That’s 9 items total.

Now, which ones typically HURT ears?

✔ Crying – yes
✔ Phone – yes (alerts/ringtones)
✔ Thunderstorm – yes
✔ Yelling – yes
✘ Computer – no (unless misused, but normally not painful)
✔ Insects – yes (for sensitive people)
✔ Fireworks – yes
✔ Headphones – yes (if loud or overused)
✔ Earbuds – yes (same reason)

So we mark everything EXCEPT the computer.

Final count: 8 out of 9 items hurt ears.

But wait — let’s think again about “computer.” If it’s just sitting there, silent? No sound. But if it’s playing music or videos loudly? Then yes. However, in most school worksheets like this, “computer” means the device itself — not necessarily making noise. So it’s safe to say it does NOT inherently hurt ears.

Same with insects — not all insects make noise, but the drawing shows a bee or fly buzzing — which CAN be annoying or painful to sensitive ears.

So our final list of things that hurt ears:

- Crying
- Phone
- Thunderstorm
- Yelling
- Insects
- Fireworks
- Headphones
- Earbuds

That’s 8 items.

Computer is the only one we leave unmarked.

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Final Answer:
Mark these 8 items: crying, phone, thunderstorm, yelling, insects, fireworks, headphones, earbuds.
Do NOT mark: computer.