Do you think it matters what label someone has

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I don't think the frequencies I'm hearing are 60 Hz. They may be some of the various losses from within the wiring and various energy conversion processes, resulting in 'noise' that had a myriad of different frequencies. Whenever the power goes out, I can notice a distinct difference in the amount of noise and 'humming', as it becomes non-existant.

Whenever I plug an electric razor into an electrical outlet, I can hear a distinct 'bubbling' noise that no one else seems to have noticed.

To me, the TV changing colors rapidly can sometimes sound like a 'buz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z' and once the screen changes, to a 'tac-tac-tac-tac', both which are very rapid.



I always thought my hearing was in the normal range, and no one noticed any differences when it was tested at school.

Interesting.



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I can also hear an audible high pitched whine coming from my computer monitor.

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Personally, I've come to think that labels within the spectrum are pretty arbitrary. One diagnostician's AS is another's HFA is another's PDD-NOS. As long as having a spectrum diagnosis gets you the help you need, who cares what the diagnosis is? It's all on the same spectrum. I've also been diagnosed AS and at times have felt that I don't qualify for one reason or another. But I and the people who know me best (plus a psych. who specializes in AS) do think I'm on the spectrum, and I've come to accept that even though I don't fit some AS stereotypes (and I can't hear fluorescent lights, either).

I get this from NTs, "You have good hearing." Are you kidding? My hearing isn't even that good as a typical autistic. I mean autistics with sensitive hearing they can hear sounds like electrical stuff in the walls, lights buzzing, but I know you don't have to have every symptom to be on the spectrum. Maybe my hearing is just better than NTs but to other autistics, my hearing sucks. I think I read somewhere in my elementary school records that my hearing is at the top normal range. I would look again just to confirm it to make sure I'm not imagining it but the problem is, the papers are at my parents house and they live in Montana and I live all the way over here.

You might be hearing things.

(But I've gotta give it to ya, that was actually funny)

If I turn the computer off and leave the monitor on, the whine is certainly audible. Once I turn the monitor off it goes away. If I turn it back on, I can hear it again.


I'm thinking that the engineer(s) who designed it may not have paid attention to filtering out certain unwanted frequencies and my hypothesis is that if I ask other family members if they notice the noise when it is on versus nothing when it is off that they will say yes(none diagnosed with HFA/AS or anything similar). I might do so just to satisfy my curiousity, but feel slightly stupid that I would even think of asking them such a thing.

You might have to just ignore it (that or throw your computer away).

Polish up your ignoring skills, it can't be too hard. Practice makes perfect.

(and tell your family members to ignore too)

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When they flicker real fast, like over 50hz, I don't mind. The rolling, and the flickering much below 50hz I DO! I USED to hate even lights that flickered around 60hz. Luckily, incandescent lights get hot enough that they ride out the 60hz.

It is RARE to hear LCD and many other non CRT monitors, but CRT monitors work just as you described. Of course, properly made and aligned yokes have FAR less noise, though they may whine for a few seconds starting up and shuting down. ALSO, some character generators can enourage LOTS of noise. I HATE that! I wonder if others can hear THAT!

BTW MOST CRT monitors are upwards of 6" deep, or about as deep as they are wide if they are small, and MOST are not flat.

I feel like there should just be a diagnosis of "on the autism spectrum." Labels could range from very mild to very severe, but we're all on the spectrum. Now I feel that it is unfair that high functioning people on the spectrum often can't get an diagnosis, other than maybe "autistic tendencies", because they are "not autistic enough." I am fortunate that I don't require a diagnosis of severe autism, but I wish I could get some recognition. I wish I could legitimately explain to some people that I am "on the spectrum." Beyond that, I don't necessarily think there needs to be labels. Maybe there could be 2 spectrums - autism and aspergers, with the former characterized by delays and more intellectual impairment, and the latter being characterized with normal-above average intelligence but other problems.

I have no reason to ignore it; it doesn't annoy me in the least. I'm just consciously aware of the noise it makes and am fascinated by it.

*eyebrow scrunch* And you say that I'm the strange one...

am think it does matter what label the person has,if they need a specific level of support,accomodations etc.
But excluding all of that sort of stuff,am think it should not matter at all and am think it is bad when people leave others out just because they are autie,aspie or PDDNOS.
It should be judged on individual stuff first,not see just the label-every experience of it is unique so cannot be judged as all being the same beyond the minimum criteria.

Addendum: Considering autistic disorder and Asperger's are describing the same thing, I don't think it matters too much what label you have. Asperger's was added to lump in everyone who has autistic disorder with normal intelligence as a child; which is problematic as many individuals who're being diagnosed with autistic disorder now have a normal or above IQ as a child, and said cognitive restriction was lifted for autistic disorder.

If they find out there's no anatomical differences that can be picked up on brain imaging studies (the ones now are inconclusive), the term "Asperger's" is superfluous, and might just be removed.

has anybody listened to the new cell phone that supossedly only kids can hear? I read it on a news link then listened to it. If I hadnt seen the graph on the screen I probably would have sworn i Didnt hear it .
It felt a little like a dog whistle. Asort of mild pressure on yor eardrums.

I have no idea why they invented this thing if anyone does please PM me

Well, if you are in europe, read 50hz or 60hz instead of 60hz. Anyway, it IS a hum.

Huh, I just assumed everyone could hear fluerescent lights. It doesn't bother me, but I can hear them. I can see them flickering if I focus on them, but normally not. I can hear CRT monitors and TVs quite clearly. Again, it doesn't actually bother me particularly, but I can hear them. Low refresh monitors, anything up to about 65hz, I can see the refresh on them. That's a bit annoying, but nothing I can't deal with.
I find ticking clocks almost impossible to deal with. My grandfather used to have one. I would strip the sheets and duvet off the bed after everyone else had gone to bed when we were visiting, and move everything as far as I could to the other side of the house, and sleep there, with a pillow over my head, trying to block the noise out. He had a lot of clocks. I had to move the small ones around so they weren't near me. I used to wear a wristwatch, and I could hear that ticking the whole time I had it on. During the day, that didn't bother me (in fact, it was kind of nice), but I had to take it off at night, and I'd normally stuff it in a sock or something to dull the noise so I could sleep.

I can hear florescent lights a lot of the time, particularly when they are just turned on. I'm the same way about ticking clocks at night. or crickets. Any sound I sit and wait for, as opposed to a constant murmur of traffic, can keep me up all night. I sit and wait for the next tick, or for the next person to speak if there's a conversation going on in the next room. I have major issues falling asleep, and little noises can make it impossible.