Do you hear every little sound during a test?

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Like pens moving and phones beeping? I know it's one of those tv tropes of test taking everyone hears gum popping and pens moving since the air is silent but it's bothersome since some Aspies actually do hear those things (and probably NT's and others and so forth). My question is how do I deal with this? I thought ear plugs and I've tried those but the professor reads off questions for us to answer (there's a listening segment part of the tests) but the last few exams were annoying with those push out led pencils that screech! and cellphones beeping and ringing! I want to THROW THE DAMN THINGS AGAINST THE WALL SHEESH!! !! !! !! ! TURN OFF YOUR DAMN PHONE WE ARE TAKING AN EXAM FOR GOD SAKE!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! ! Thankfully my speech professor was AWESOME and would have NONE of IT! NO CELL PHONE noise Bravo for her!! !! !! She was awesome! The Spanish professor didn't bother with it much. Should I bring it up with her this semester? I'm taking Spanish 2 with her perhaps ask her about it or should I not?

Thanks.

Yes. I keep hearing the fountain five levels below like it's beside my own ear. But not just when I take a test. Cell phones are not allowed into the room, but people playing with pens,
Coughing, chairs moving...ack.

The phone issues were annoying the past few exams! ARGGG!! !! Plus I HATE those lead push pens SCREECH!! !! !! !! !! Luckily the professor's chalk doesn't squeak on the chalkboard that sounds unbearable!! !! ! Wish I knew what to do about it.

YES. i have tried earplugs, which sometimes make it worse, because the few sounds that get through i just focus on more. It makes me wonder, is there a way I could place what I need to work on in my periphery, and then try to focus on what i dont necessarily want to focus on, and be 'distracted' to getting done what i need to.

i know that doesnt make sense, but its just so frustrating that what i have no desire to pay attention to can so fixate my attention, if only there was a way to reverse the flow, to be intently focused on what I am being distracted from

Yes and ear plugs don't help b/c of tinnitus. I wish I could listen to Beethoven during tests..
That really, really sucks.

Yes, I do. That is why I get a private room, so I don't go into sensory overload and cannot finish my exam properly. I can still hear noises in the private room, but it is not as bad as being in a room with a bunch of other students.

Yes, I usually have to have a separate room. I have to fight for it a bit in my current school, since all the exams are in one room. But they say that I can wear ear plugs, so if I can't get a separate room, I can just listen to the sound of my ears ringing slightly.

same story here.
i tried to listen to some classical music trough the test, which made it a *lot* better, but none of my teachers or college professors allow me to wear headphones during exams...

When I was in high school, cell phones was in its infancy and we couldn't bring them in school I guess because the teachers thought we would use them to buy or sale drugs. Whenever I took tests, I used a private room all to myself with no windows and no one else in the room. It was quiet, away from the students and anyone else. I couldn't stand the gum popping, someone sneezing or coughing or blowing their nose, or just any little noise. But taking tests in a quiet room helped me.

Yes, I do. I have my own private room to take my exams in so I am not bothered by it. I am already stressed out due to the test, so it requires every amount of my concentration.

Otherwise, I fail all my exams despite getting As before going into an exam. I am a horrible test taker. I always was and always will be.

Yes. It's why I can't perform well as well on live GRE type tests as I do in private - need to get the diagnosis complete and get the special permissions alteration.

Class tests where everyone is writing with pen or pencil and at the same time and assuming they are quite and not coughing or sniffing--I'm good.
Standardized computer tests where each test taker starts at different times and everyone is clicking away on keyboards--I can't focus as well (GRE, etc)

OP: This issue was a horrible Hell for me and there were no concessions like there is today. They couldn't have cared less when I was young.

Oh btw the sounds would still drive me insane because that ASD trait does not get better when you're older.

I hear every little sound all the time. That would include during a test.

Indeed I do, sometimes I can hear the the stroke of pencils hitting paper, can get annoying when theres 20+ people doing the same thing.

I do. My solution is sitting in the back corner of the room and tilting my desk so I can see where all the noise is coming from. When I know what the noise is, and where it's coming from, I don't have as much of a problem with it and I can focus more clearly.

Yes I do. That is why I have an accommodation of sitting in a separate area in class and wearing ear plugs. It helps Big time!!