#actually apd

[ooooooh]

I’ve never entered an establishment and thought “Thank goodness, they are playing loud music in here.”

[wheelie-sick]

had the question in my head

Deaf/HOH (i.e has hearing loss/deaf gain) do you think that hearing people with auditory processing disorder can use the term "hearing fatigue"

Deaf/HOH: yes, they can use the term

Deaf/HOH: I am indifferent on their use of the term

Deaf/HOH: no, I don't think they should use the term

hearing APD: I would like to use the term

hearing APD: I have never heard this term/don't know what it means

hearing APD: I don't have an opinion

hearing APD: I don't want to use the term/don't think I should

Nuance (share in tags/comments?)

hearing non-APD: I'm curious and want a button

Voting ended onMar 24, 2025

for those who have never heard the term before: hearing fatigue refers to the exhaustion that deaf and hard of hearing people experience when hearing for extended periods of time. hearing fatigue makes it harder to understand sound and can make it feel physically painful to try to understand speech.

[whimsical-extravagance]

my teacher keeps talking about my (plain text: my) 504 to other people, students, when i’m not even in the conversation? like what? you are NOT allowed to tell my diagnoses to other people, what???

[oldmanfuckerbrigade]

Auditory Processing Disorder shite cuz people don’t talk about it enough rip

* Getting frustrating when people don’t warn me before they talk so I can “turn on” my hearing. 

* Needing subtitles on movies and tv shows, not because I can’t hear it but because I can’t understand what they’re saying

* Hearing in perfect clarity what the teacher next door is saying and not a thing of what the kid I’m talking with is saying.

* Losing all concept of how to decipher language when more than one sound is playing

* Feeling like a dick for asking people with accents to repeat themselves so much (guys pls i swear im not racist i just have a hard time with speech guys pls-)

* Looking at people’s mouths when they talk, not because I can read lips or anything but because it just helps me figure out what someone is probably saying.

i hope this makes some modicum of sense kalsjdfakojwhepo

[ndcultureis]

APD culture is having 13/11/5 as one of your favourite Minecraft discs

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[sappho-was-onto-something]

My family: *compares me to every single autistic coded character to ever exist ever*

Also my family: oh you're not autistic!

[lago-morpha]

autism be like "sorry you're too loud and I can't understand you can you repeat that but quieter please 🥺 thanks"

[pixel3603]

Really got told to try train myself out of an auditory processing disorder today 😭 bestie I just want to know what accessibility options I have for a listening test