Hearing

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I believe I read that people with aspergers have a hard time sometimes hearing what people are saying. So I was just wondering if anyone else has had a easy time when watching tv hearing all the sound effects and they seem loud to you but when you are hearing talking sometimes you it seems very quiet or hard to understand.

I have auditory symptoms. I think it's probably a combination of two things. Part of it's a difficulty in deciphering what people are saying. Probably the main part, though, is filtering out background noise.

If someone's talking and I'm in a nightclub, my chances of hearing them are close to zero. Even if it's just the TV in the background, I can have difficulty.

I thought for a while that it was just dodgy hearing, but NTs with way worse hearing than me manage to pick up what people are saying quite naturally.

Yep, especially when I was just in my head or am either in a very noisy area or listening to multiple people speak at once. But I can discern almost any other sound (sometimes too well).

I need to have people shout when there is a TV going or a dishwasher or anything else going. When I am in a room full of people talking, I get real close to the person I am talking to so i can hear them as they are speaking. At work someone once asked me if I was deaf and I said no and it was because I got real close to her so I could hear her. I told her I couldn't hear her because the room is loud and I can't hear her over the other people. I notice how no one else doesn't need to put their heads close to the people they are talking to when they are listening. I find it frustrating when my bf won't shout so I could hear him.

That happens to me constantly. I've come to realize that it's probably because I have trouble screening out noises in the background. But it annoyed me so much when this friend I had made a point of talking very slowly and loudly whenever I was around.

This only happens to me in loud environments. I used to think it was just the noise blocking the conversation, but NTs do better than me.

Once I was in a Greek restaurant with my mother. The bouzoukis washed out everything she was saying. Or was it all in my head?

To make things more interesting, I have perfect pitch and sensitive hearing. I can even hear the high-pitched teen ring tone. I easily learn unfamiliar sounds in other languages. I then use them regularly.

I guess I have a hard time comprehending speech..

I hear it but I don't always understand what's coming out. I've listened to some songs on my ipod 500 times and I still don't understand all of the lyrics.

My hearing has always been very keen, but when I was really young it was even stronger. One time I was in my room probably rocking or whatever, but the door to my room was closed.. and my mother was in the kitchen which was not only in the lower level obviously but not below my room. She peeled a banana and I heard it in my room with the door closed.. so I ran down the stairs and went right into the kitchen. I wanted a banana, but too bad I couldn't exactly say that at the time.

I’ve noticed that sometimes people mumble but still others manage to understand them. There seems to be certain expressions or statements that when uttered in certain familiar settings or postures are popularly or collectively understood almost without the use of any words. There is an almost melodic or lyrical quality to these phrases that is mutually recognized and in this way practically eliminates the need for the use of any intelligible words. The way they seem to do this is by the use of or heavily depending on intonation. If you are not familiar with these intonations you are relegated to deciphering mutterings.
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I struggle to filter out any background noise, so i'll need the TV really loud or i'll need subtitles on. I don't have sensitive hearing though, if anything it's under-sensitive. If i think a room is too quiet i have been known to make noise myself to compensate.

I have trouble when there are multiple conversations going on around me. I also have trouble with loud noises. I was at a luncheon this week with some colleagues and someone had invited a small band to provide live music. The music was fine, and everyone else seemed to enjoy it, but it seemed so loud to me that it was unpleasant. I can also hear noises that are very soft to others -- like that high-pitched whine some televisions make -- but sometimes have trouble hearing voices in the normal speaking range. However, I've also heard that last is common for people once they begin to loose their hearing at middle age.

Regards,

Patricia

a list of the most common things to come out of my mouth would have to have "what?" at the very top.


at the same time, i often find myself having to explain why i'm laughing when i'm out to dinner with my fiance or friends because i listen in on conversations across the room. it's difficult to explain to people who don't know me because "what?" is such a common theme to my side of a conversation.

Do you guys also have trouble reading if there alot of noises in the room or the tv is on and you can see the flashing light?

I have trouble reading if the room is quiet, i need stimulation to function.

I can't block out other noises to focus on conversations and often find myself noticing little noises instead of listening to what the person is saying.