Hearing comprehension issue?

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if I don't write stuff down immediately upon hearing it, it evaporates forever.

I find that because I have auditory processing delays (something which is very common in ASD), if you say something to me it can take a few seconds for the words to register, which is frustrating enough. But when I'm listening to something that is a continuous stream of words, I simply cannot process it all quickly enough and it just becomes a stream of noise. I can follow the pitch and tone of the singer and I can appreciate the vocal quality of their singing. But I cannot make out a single word of what they are singing

This is why I prefer instrumental music a lot of the time (or extended rock songs that become more or less instrumental). It does mean that my brain is more sensitive to vocal quality because I cannot make out the words so I'm actually more appreciative of a good voice than someone who is too busy listening to the lyrics to notice

Great gig n the sky by pink floyd is one of my favourite tracks because of this - you don't need to follow any lyrics - just appreciate the vocal sounds !

When you find yourself struggling to follow a conversation and getting mixed up over what people are actually saying, this is often the processing delay at work too. It is your brain struggling to keep up with getting all the information to your conscious mind quickly enough to understand it. We often cope better with subtitles because our brains often process visual language much quicker than spoken language.

This is why good ASD teachers often use visual aids to improve learning in ASD kids.

On the odd occasions that Kerrang uses subtitles I find the songs so much easier to listen to because my ears are not trying to decipher the lyrics for me, my eyes do all the work.

Hey I just noticed that the letters for 'ASD' are actually laid out that way on the keyboard (sorry - Aspergers moment there )

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Autistic dad to an autistic boy and loving it - its always fun in our house

I have Autism. My communication difficulties mean that I sometimes get words wrong, that what I mean is not what comes out.

Auntblabby - having been away from that work for a while now, I was not aware that vocals are not always centered as they used to be. That explains a lot.

Saxifraga - I do miss the work too. I keep a small recording setup in my home for tinkering around. A few years ago I produced an audio prodcast series of town concerts. That was fun. I keep mentally kicking around the idea of some sort of podcast related to Asperger's, but can't come up with a meaningful concept. It seems that video (YouTube) has taken over these days anyway, and video production is more work than I care to get into. About once a year I decide to make another run at doing voice-over work; but after I listen to playbacks of myself, I give up in despair.

I find myself importing certain songs onto my puter then boosting the vocals.

My son has a receptive language delay - he struggles to understand what is being said to him, could this be related? I believe it is more common in people on the spectrum

As a young child, I had problems with receptive language and processing information. I notice that at times, I cannot flat out comprehend something that somebody I'm talking to is saying to me, though the problem has gotten less pronounced over the past couple years or so. My dad and sister would complain to me, when I don't understand, Can't you judge from the context what we're saying? I would faithfully repeat back what I heard, but it would be total gibberish.

There are other times where I have to immediately repeat what was said to me before I can comprehend it. Interestingly, I've even done this in Japanese, repeating the Japanese mora by mora and then comprehending the statement once I did that.