Mis hearing people

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Yeah, sometimes I'll hear a conversation and it will sound like jiberish to me. I've had to ask "what?" several times. I always mishear lyrics too. Maybe it's because I usually only listen for the music part.

Don't even ask me to repeat something to someone else or follow verbal instructions because I'm sure to forget half of it.

Yes people get so frustrated with me when I don't hear properly and I'm constantly asking them to repeat themselves, receiving instructions is the worst!

Yes, especially if they have even the slightest hint of an accent or if there's any background noise.
I have no problem with music lyrics, though.

Yep. Happens daily. I'm trying to remember what yesterday's major mishear was - I heard something to do with 'castles' but it turned out the person was saying 'blahblahexcelsblahblah'. (And this was face to face, one to one, no background noise. Not only this, but I am very prone to misinterpreting what people mean underneath or beyond the actual words - you can never tell with NTs, they do like to dress things up and use euphemisms ).

I have had my hearing rigorously tested - the mechanics are fine, no problems.

Since my dx and my new understanding of what's going on, I ask people to repeat and simply say that I'm sorry but I have a disability with processing what I hear. That seems to satisfy people and they become quite a lot more helpful 9 times out of 10. Mention the magic word 'disability' in the UK and most people leap to PC (as in politically correct) mode and get all helpful. One good thing about all this disability legislation I guess..! !

I have a stoy regarding this and an intensly stupid intensly paranoid human being that really is too long for here and FAR too frustrating, but

yes, this happens to me also

This happens to me ALL the time! WHen I was in high school, one of my nicknames was DUH! Because I was constantly asking people to repeat and it took me so long to comprehend things. I even had my hearing checked several times and I have well above average hearing ability.

Also, I have found that if I DON'T look at the person talking to me and instead look down at nothing and focus on what they're saying, I hear them perfectly. But then they get angry and think I'm not listening.

How many are aware of Central Auditory Processing Disorder?

Try living near an area where people from New York City are migrating to. More and more people here are talking like their mouth is on fire and their words are stampeding to escape. How fun it is to try and decode a split-second long phone number left on an answering machine!

Imagine television commercials with people talking like they have a calm, southern drawl and text is actually displayed long enough for a person to read it.

It happens to me constantly, specially if someone talks to me in a noisy environment (while walking on the street, for example). Sometimes it's like if I was in a foreign country where I didn't understand the language.

I have a habit of doing that as well!

Luckily, it doesn't seem to bother me as much.

Yeah, I mis hear or misunderstand others more when I'm feeling stressed or upset or under pressure. If I'm chilled out, I, more often than not, understand people.

I mishear words a lot too. I doubt NTs hear everything perfectly, but I think they have the "social imagination" and speed of response to make correct guesses about words they don't hear, whereas I often don't. In fact, I can sometimes look pretty stupid if I let on what I think I've heard, and I'm left thinking I really should have managed to guess what the person was going on about.

Happens frequently. I always repeat instructions, or directions back. Funny, I've always used the disability thing as a pretence. If someone says something, and I know I didn't get it, I'll touch my right ear and ask them to say it again. They get the impression I have a hearing problem with my left ear, (which I don't.) Just realized I do this as a habit.

Why is it you ask directions, and people have to say them in a sudden burst, like theyhavetogetitalloutatonce??

I agree with everything everyone else said. I find I often have to turn the TV up louder so I can understand what's being said through the sub-standard speakers. Spoken language is so dependent on the brain's interpretation of what's being said. Maybe that's why we have such problems with conversations. I find this to be, for me, one of the more frustrating things about having AS.

It feels really good to learn that so many others go through this frustration too.

many a time must i hear someone repeat something to me