hearing problems?

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I wonder, is it possible to practice this somehow? You might probably say, practice it by trying harder when in such a noisy environment, but then it's already hard enough to concentrate on communicating with friends. Would it be possible to practice this at home?

I'd love to know if there was a way to practice this as well. I have the same problem, and it annoys the hell out of me.

Yes, I've found it helps with this exact problem. I've become quite proficient at lip-reading over the years.

Trouble is, my NT partner tells me that people think it's rude/weird to look at people's lips whilst they are talking! Apparently, the norm is to look at somewhere between the eyes and break contact every now and then. It should go without saying that I have no idea whether or not this is true!

You just can't win sometimes...

I was accused of ignoring people when they spoke to me and in school was tested for deafness ( which has developed on selected frequencies since) but there was no physical problem. I just tune in/out to what I want. Background noise I can't deal with, on the few occasions I attended works night out the fact that people chose to go to places where you could not hear anything, couldn't get a seat, has to wait an eternity to get to the bar, etc,etc as a means of "socialising" really got to me. Predictable noise is OK, my neighbour can play his music as loud as he want and I don't hear it if I'm doing something, but when there are 2 neighbours doing it its unbearable, even if the volume is much lower.

At partys I go to I have difficulty in hearing what people are talking about. So I usally get bored and people tell me to chill. I also have to ask people to repaet they are saying to me at partys.
I thoughts because the noise was distracting and drinking, despite other people seemingly speaking well.
The whole interupting people is common for me. I often begin talking when I think some one has finished what they are saying only to discover they hadn't finished. I some times answer other peoples questions in class.

So I guess this is typical of some with Aspergers.

Me too. Other people can't hear that TV noise? As for noisy environments, if there's any other noise around me at all, a person can be right beside me talking to me - I can hear that they're talking but I can't understand a word they're saying. The background noise doesn't get filtered out - my brain by default seems to want to focus on all that other noise instead of what I want to be listening to. It's called CAPD, Central Auditory Processing Disorder and it seems to be quite common among aspies.

I have a similar issue, I can't hear low noises if there is back ground noise.

I have no problems with hearing,my ears are very good,but sometimes I misunderstand what people are saying.

-SpaceCase

I am completely deaf in my right ear. I can't hear noises on my right side or from behind very well, I can't tell what direction a sound is coming from, and I mind as well be completely deaf when I'm in places with lots of background noise. I don't hear hight pitches all that well in my left ear, and maybe it's an AS trait, but I seem to be overly sensitive to bass, and even feel it. I seem to have an auditory processing problem where what people say often sounds all garbled to me like they are under water unless I match what they are saying to the movement of their mouth.

*dies from happiness to have found people who understand it exactly*

Yup, known as CAPD / APD / OAD. I can hear the TV noise when others can't (in fact it hurts because it's so high) but I know for certain I can't hear 18kHz or above, or 50Hz or lower. Background noise? I'll hear the TV but not make out anything else. Lip-reading is a lifeline - I can't rely solely on it but from the little I can actually *hear* I can couple them up and have a chance of knowing what people are trying to say. Often though in really noisy places when I cannot hear anything at all, it's time to revert to the smile and nod motto

I do have a hearing impairment too, but there are some things I feel I am almost immune to, no matter how loud I turn up the volume on the radio I still cannot hear radio 4, it's nonsense!

I got into the habit of doing that - and found that with some people as long as I kept gazing at their mouths they carried on talking, sometimes for hours! The things women tell me about themselves ....! !!

I've always had very bad hearing. To me it just seems as if people are mumbling all the time. I feel like telling people to speak clearer. I've been known my whole life to say "what" or "huh?" when I didnt hear what someone said, or couldnt understand what they said rather. My friends mostly just thought I was stupid and didn't understand, regardless that I told them many times I just couldnt hear them.Although Im in no way good at lip reading, just watching someone talks does help a little when trying to figure out what theyre saying. I wish sometimes I could lip-read better, would save a lot of hassle asking people to repeat themselves.

When Im trying to go to sleep, im very sensitive to noise, and can hear the tinyest of sounds. I hear a TV across the house even on a low volume, and it drives me absolutly bonkers. I need almost complete silence in order to be able to sleep, yet somehow I find the ticking of my clocks soothing :l I keep several loud ticking clocks because I like the sound. I often hear sounds no one else can hear. I also have a mild case of tinnitus, so I hear a loud pitched squeel in my ears all the time. (hear it now in fact). My sister teases me that I can hear the buzz of the TV that no one else hears, but not what she just said. oh well.

This is all very familiar to me too. I've always had trouble understanding what people were saying in a noisy environment and no one has ever come up with a good explanation why other than to tell me I need a hearing aid. It doesn't seem like this would help as I can hear very soft noises, I just can't determine the direction or distinguish speech. I used to hear the TV sound too (I'm 40 so my high frequency hearing has degraded due to natural aging).

The funny thing is that I used to mix the sound for our church. When I started, everyone raved about how great it sounded. I told them I just adjusted everything so I could hear it clearly and it seemed to work for everyone else too.

Have you been to a doctor about your hearing? There may be something that can be done; if not then at least there's a chance you'll know why you can't hear people talking very well. And also, I don't know whether your tinnitus gets on your nerves (mine tends to when I'm trying to concentrate at school) but if it does you can get help for that.

WOW cool! I thought I was the only person who could hear that high pitched whine of the tv!
Sometimes if I eat lunch in the food court, I find myself hearing all the conversations and it is interesting because I can hear them all at once, and see them. However when people are talking to me either in person or on the phone it is difficult to attend and I space out.
As far as the interrupting goes I do it all the time, It is so frustrating because I can't control it, and I am not saying impulse control, I just think the other person is done.
It is funny when I am on the phone with my son, he will just up and say "ok bye" in the middle of what I am saying. I end up calling him back and saying that you have to wait for a cue...like the other person might say they have to go or something. He doesn't interrupt too much though.