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grayson
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| rearden wrote: | Yes I have this exact problem. My hearing is sensitive, but very non-selective. I can usually tell if a TV is on the instant I walk into a room without looking, because of the high-pitched squeal it makes. Many people I've talked to say they can't hear it at all.
But in a noisy environment I have a terrible time trying to carry a conversation. Last night I was at a loud bar with 3 other friends. We were all sitting at a table and they were talking as if they were sitting in a library. To me it was just a jumbled bunch of noise.
Also, I'm really sensitive to certain noises. For instance the default Yahoo Messenger sound (rrrRIINNNGGGGG!!!) is absolutely infuriating. |
Ditto on all the above (well, not the being in a bar last night with friends  ).
I hate it when there are multiple sounds and I get visibly agitated by it when I'm at home with my family, where I feel safe. When I'm in other places or with unfamiliar people, I try to hold my agitation in because I know people would find it strange.
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Sophist
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Sophist
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| grayson wrote: | | DrizzleMan wrote: | | Doesn't anyone find that watching people's mouths (almost like lipreading) helps? |
Yes! Nice to find someone else say they do this too. It isn't lipreading that we do, though, is it? I'm still not sure why it helps me. One theory I have is that I can watch the person for facial cues that I've learned to interpret over the years, so that I have as much information as possible to help me decipher what they mean. Another theory I have is that it helps me focus on their words to the exclusion of other sounds in the room. |
I think it's sort of lip-reading because, aside from the facial cues, it's easier to make out words with visual aid and not just hearing. Especially for words which are more alike in sound and watching the lips can better tell you whether that was an "n" or an "m", for example.
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grayson
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Sophist wrote: | | grayson wrote: | | DrizzleMan wrote: | | Doesn't anyone find that watching people's mouths (almost like lipreading) helps? |
Yes! Nice to find someone else say they do this too. It isn't lipreading that we do, though, is it? |
I think it's sort of lip-reading because, aside from the facial cues, it's easier to make out words with visual aid and not just hearing. Especially for words which are more alike in sound and watching the lips can better tell you whether that was an "n" or an "m", for example. |
That's true. I guess I didn't think it was lipreading because it isn't enough alone (if I'm watching TV with the sound off, for example, I usually still don't know what someone said even though I watch his lips).
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Musical_Lottie
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ilikedragons
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Everytime I hear a song I cant understand a word they are saying. |
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Musical_Lottie
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| ilikedragons wrote: | | Everytime I hear a song I cant understand a word they are saying. |
I think there are probably two main reasons, when that quote applies to someone with APD -
> It might be difficult to understand the lyrics in the first place, BUT
> With the music against it, that makes it doubly difficult.
I find I can sometimes have a guess at what the lyric might be, from what I can make out and what probably makes sense, but it's mostly guesswork. And often wrong lol! So if I find a song that I like (ie for the music) or I think that I probably like the lyrics (from what I've guessed) then I make a point of finding the lyrics in written form. Lol, when I go round my friend's she often says 'oh I think you'll like this song' so I have to ask her to 'translate' - fortunately she doesn't mind!
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AegNuddel
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| I have tinnitus in my right ear, but I can distinguish it from other high-frequency noises, often ones that others cannot hear. Trying to hear any one thing in a crowd of (noisy) people has always been difficult. |
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Another me-too. 
I'm doing a simple trick that helps me avoid speech comprehension issues and short-term memory problems at the same time: I point my eyes onto an arbitrary point in order to reduce the sensory overload, and then visually imagine the letters and words the other party is saying as they're coming in.
When the other party is done talking, I simply "read" the sentence written out in my mind - even a few times if necessary. This usually does the trick, but a downside to it is that I can process very little "actual" visual information while doing this.
This lead me into some extremely dangerous situations while behind the steering wheel... 
I think this was brought about by a very serious head trauma I suffered while I was around 10 years old or so - got ran over by a speeding car. I honestly don't remember having any hearing issues before the incident. Also, my personality had changed quite a bit since, I used to be an outgoing, hyperactive, bubbly kid, but the concussion gradually turned me into a socially avoidant recluse.
I'm not sure if the personality change was brought about by the blow itself, or the imposed inability to properly communicate with other people.
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Musical_Lottie
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| Combustible wrote: | Another me-too.
I'm doing a simple trick that helps me avoid speech comprehension issues and short-term memory problems at the same time: I point my eyes onto an arbitrary point in order to reduce the sensory overload, and then visually imagine the letters and words the other party is saying as they're coming in.
When the other party is done talking, I simply "read" the sentence written out in my mind - even a few times if necessary. This usually does the trick, but a downside to it is that I can process very little "actual" visual information while doing this.
This lead me into some extremely dangerous situations while behind the steering wheel... |
Wow I couldn't do that! I think I may ahve said before, but I can't remember whether I have or not - if I can't lip-read then focusing on a random spot does help me to concentrate, but there's no way I can visualise words / letters as they're being spoken - I can only ever visualise (when I try hard enough) if I'm thinking about saying the words.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| ilikedragons wrote: | | Everytime I hear a song I cant understand a word they are saying. |
You must listen to alot of Nirvana.  |
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alblurt_06
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Hearing problems with Aspies?
Wow, maybe that's why I can't hear my friend everytime we walk through the hallways at school. She gets mad at me for it, and I had no clue why. I just thought it was a guy thing since men usually see better and smaller things and women hear better. |
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Deedee76
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Everyone used to think I had a hearing problem, me too. I always think everyone is mumbling, I can never tell which direction any sound is coming from, especially indoors. I can understand very close friends that I talk to a lot if they're speaking one at a time, but I can't understand a word a stranger says, I just turn to a friend like I'm waiting for a translation from a more familiar person... but it's really that when the stranger speaks, I'm too preoccupied with them being a stranger to listen to them or process any sounds they're making in my general direction or I don't care what they're saying because I don't know them... can be a few things I guess.
I've had my ears tested though and it's NOT them, so it's all processing quirks in my case. Lipreading helps me focus as a last resort if I have to listen and comprehend a stranger speaking so at least that helps but usually if I'm alone with a stranger (cornered in the hall say) everything they mumble at me will go in one ear and right out the other anyway, even if I miraculously understand it.  |
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