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18 Apr 2010, 8:41 am

I can hear up to 22 kHz.

Someone mentioned the sound of when you seem to stop hearing the air - exactly!! That happens to me and sometimes it's so strong I look around expecting others to react, but there's nothing.



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18 Apr 2010, 9:42 am

katzefrau wrote:
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oh, also the clothing tag thing someone mentioned .. actually i have read this over & over on WP. very common. they absolutely drive me crazy and i often tear my shirts while i'm wearing them to get the tags out. doesn't work to cut them out, either. the bit that's left behind is even worse. they have to be removed by ripping the stitching that's holding them in.


Yeah! What the heck is with that? The "thread" they use to fasten the tags to clothing is like wire. I think that stuff would last eons past when the garment is still in one piece. It's torture. I have to use a seam ripper to get it out sometimes. I like that some manufacturers have started using printed labels right on the back of the fabric of t-shirts.


ProfessorAspie wrote:
Wow. I made it all the way up to 22 kHz. I'm 37. I must be hearing a ton more high frequency noise than everyone else around me. No wonder I'm so jumpy.

on edit: I tested this on another box and I heard only up to 19-20 kHz. Still very good for 37, but there is clearly some hardware dependence here. Don't trust the result overmuch.


hmm. Interesting. Thanks for that info. It suffices enough that I know my hearing is really good. But yeah, those high ranges, like others have mentioned, are painful to hear.



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It varies . . . for me, lights are mostly dominant in my issues. All the lights i see, especially when driving at night, resemble a multi-pointed star shape whose "arms," or rays, tend to obscure my vision. Oddly, i dont get this effect when watching a movie that has a similar scene. Sound comes in next because I cannot really distinguish what sound is coming from where, and its worse if people are involved. If i can differentiate 2 or more conversations, i start to mentally lock up and have to move in order to avoid a panic attack. Next, touch, well . . . I cant stand my back being touched unexpectedly (especially around my neck . . . i'll freeze up like a cat thats been picked up by the neck). Smell and taste arent as bad given that I have a sinus issue that needs to be taken care of (surgically that is) . . . however, i cannot enter any place that is overly "fumey" (like scented candle stores, etc).

Now, where it gets interesting is when you take in more than one at a time. Car lights hurt my eyes, but if there are many moving in a near rhythm, its hypnotic and can make me sleepy. Or, if im talking to my brother, and this scenario i just recently found out, and he's filling a cup at a drink dispenser, i get this tingling in my brain because its hard to focus on both at the same time (so he staggers his talking and filling and it drives me nuts . . . was so uncomfortable, it was funny).


Car lights, especially at night, are a serious problem for me. I have the same reactions as you described. I get blinded by them; I see them as rays all over the place; and I can get hypnotized by them, particularly if I have to drive a long straight highway stretch at night. I have to play music loud (something non-hypnotic with lyrics that keep my mind occupied) and keep the window open for breeze to keep myself alert. I have a pet peeve with the auto manufacturers and their installation of front headlamps. Apparently something like 80% of them are installed incorrectly. The beam is suppose to be at an angle pointing slightly downward toward the pavement, but most of them are installed so the beam is straight ahead horizontally. Getting these in my face (either from oncoming vehicles, or as a reflection in my rear view mirror) while driving is a menace.

Fumes in stores make me ill as well. I won't enter stores that are bad that way, but the problem I have is with department store layouts and the fact that the perfume department always seems to be right at the front entrance from the mall. There is no way to enter the store without being assaulted by nauseating fumes.



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18 Apr 2010, 11:30 am

crocus wrote:
katzefrau wrote:
Now, where it gets interesting is when you take in more than one at a time. Car lights hurt my eyes, but if there are many moving in a near rhythm, its hypnotic and can make me sleepy. Or, if im talking to my brother, and this scenario i just recently found out, and he's filling a cup at a drink dispenser, i get this tingling in my brain because its hard to focus on both at the same time (so he staggers his talking and filling and it drives me nuts . . . was so uncomfortable, it was funny).


Car lights, especially at night, are a serious problem for me. I have the same reactions as you described. I get blinded by them; I see them as rays all over the place; and I can get hypnotized by them, particularly if I have to drive a long straight highway stretch at night. I have to play music loud (something non-hypnotic with lyrics that keep my mind occupied) and keep the window open for breeze to keep myself alert. I have a pet peeve with the auto manufacturers and their installation of front headlamps. Apparently something like 80% of them are installed incorrectly. The beam is suppose to be at an angle pointing slightly downward toward the pavement, but most of them are installed so the beam is straight ahead horizontally. Getting these in my face (either from oncoming vehicles, or as a reflection in my rear view mirror) while driving is a menace.



I'm the same way. Driving at night is genuinely scary for me sometimes, especially on high ways that aren't separated by and island in the middle, so I can see the oncoming cars. I'm blinded so easily that sometimes I have to take alternate, less busy routes to drive home at night, or else I'm worried I'll crash :(


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