Does anyone have this hearing issue?

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I dunno if I have asked this before.


I have troubles with pitch. I was playing a video game last night and I had to hit these things (I do not know what they are called) but they make music tunes as I hit them. But I could not tell which was the lowest sound and the second lowest sound. So I had to have my boyfriend help me out there by telling me which one was the lowest and which sound was the highest. I just could not tell them apart. I have the same problem with peoples voices too, I cannot always tell when someone's tone of voice is different. People giving me advice about how to tell when someone is being sarcastic just by listening to their tone of voice, doesn't work with me because I can't tell the difference. It sounds the same as their regular voice.

Is this a hearing issue or a autism or aspie issue?

I have the same problem with people's tone of voice. I have always had trouble understanding what people "really mean". I have always had hearing problems, which has gotten a little worse with age. I may eventually need hearing aids. However, I have never thought that my hearing problem was the reason for my inability to interperate someone's verbal tone. Good question...now you've got me thinking.

I have Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) which makes it hell to be in bars and resturants

I am NOT tone deaf, yet Chinese people have expressed tonal differences to me, SWEARING they were doing so, and I couldn't detect the difference.

In any event, many people that earlier couldn't hear have a similar problem, because there is an odd tone in the voice. It isn't bad, etc... but, if someone loses their hearing prior to say 3, and then regains it, after a few years, you can tell they were deaf.

I think that might have more to do with your early hearing loss, than autism. Heck, many autistic people have the OPPOSITE effect. My senses are merely skewed(I don't think I have any real improvement in RANGE), but I CAN hear things others can't.

I DO have the CAPD, but that is really a different sort of thing. And if voices are TOO close to one another I can have some trouble picking them apart. I took Spokane Girls problem to be more extreme, based on how she described it.

Could this have to do with my hearing loss too?


I was at work yesterday and someone was talking to me, I scooted close to her so I can hear her because the cafeteria was so loud. Everyone was talking. The lady asked me if I am deaf and I told her "no I can't hear you because the room is too noisy."

I've actually never had such an issue from my understanding. My hearing issue revolves around toning people out and then I get yelled at "Did you hear me!!" (I'll say no) then do whatever task my mom wanted me to do.

Do you or your family members remember if you had a bad ear infection as a small child? A serious infection could have caused damage to your eardrum and as a result you might not be able to hear certain tones. I know I have a problem with certain tones, but I know exactly when the damage occurred - when I was fifteen and stood right beside this towering speaker at a Monsters of Rock concert in California. My ears rang for days and I still have mild tinnitus because of it, 26 years later.

Noise bothers me. Background noise in loud environments can make me nonverbal. Many sounds are painful to me. This has INCREASED with age. In a few years, unless something is done, I will be effectively deaf. I have looked into Audio Integration Training, but it is much too expensive for me. I am currently looking for technical information on Audio Integration so that I can wrote a computer program and use it to train myself. Of course, I will release it to the world GPL and free of cost.

Audio Processing Disorder is sometimes associated with AS. The manifestation is usually the inability to hear conversation in a noisy environment like a restaurant. Or the inability to listen to a lecture, and write down what was spoken. Frequently your sig other will say "WHY don't you listen to me!!" The sounds are garbled, or mis-interpreted. I realized this in Uni, where classes that were lecture based were quite difficult, but classes based on reading and writing essays were easy...

I think everybody who is autistic have Auditory Processing difficulties. I certainly do for example being in a car full of people with the windows rolled down. It's almost impossible to comprehend and keep up with what they are saying.