Hi Sara!
The pounding pulse of his father's heart with the myriad of sloshing and whooshing sounds flowing through the body his ear was pressed to seemed to refocus his hearing, letting other sounds fade into the background.
There there. So, for selfsoothing, would it help him to eat beans? Lots and lots of bean for each meal?
Clark looked straight into his father's eyes. "I can hear everything," he murmured mournfully.
Michael