#auditory processing

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Life in an Autism World

[foldingfittedsheets]

I usually struggle a little with auditory processing. I also struggle with inflammation in my inner ear canals which doesn’t help. In general my strategy is to focus on the words I did understand and try to make an educated guess on the parts I miss.

This usually works pretty okay, and I only sometimes need to ask someone to repeat themself.

But on this trip to Hawaii the airplane definitely effected my inner ear and on top of that we’ve been messing around in the ocean so my aural perception is waaaay worse than normal.

Which is why when sitting down to eat tacos with my beloved wife I was absolutely stunned when they handed me a fork and said something outrageous. I ran it through my head a few times in bafflement. I knew my wife wouldn’t say that but it didn’t sound like anything I could imagine them saying while handing me a fork.

After an extremely befuddled moment I asked, “What did you say?”

“I just said you’re welcome?”

I stared at them in further confusion.

“What did you think I said?”

“Here, slut.”

We both devolved into absurd laughter. My wife protested, “I would never say that!”

“I know, that’s why I was so confused!”

[incognitopolls]

Which of these best describes your subtitle usage for media in a language you know?

I always use subtitles because I need them

I sometimes use subtitles because I need them depending on variable factors

I don't NEED subtitles but I prefer to have them

I don't like subtitles and they detract from my enjoyment

I have no strong feelings about subtitles

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[owiebrainhurts]

when I was a teenager I thought the reason I struggled to understand what people were saying when they spoke was because I'd listened to too much vocaloid and jpop, which is obviously in japanese, and so I had maybe just got used to not being able to comprehend what I was listening to

In reality, my auditory processing just isn't great

both of the excessive vocaloid listening and the auditory processing problems are *probably* related to my autism. lmao

[r3golith2]

I'm so sorry that I asked you to repeat a question & answered it halfway through you repeating it.

It will happen again.

[prokopetz]

Hold on, I'm flipping the video to full-screen mode so I can hear the audio more clearly.

[charmingpickles]

[notabled-noodle]

normal vs disordered: auditory processing

normal: not being able to hear someone properly when it’s noisy or you’re “in the zone”

not normal: not being able to hear someone properly when you’re looking directly at them

normal: putting the subtitles on if it’s in a different language or the actors are being quiet

not normal: not being able to hear what actors are saying unless you have subtitles there

normal: mishearing someone when they’re talking too fast or mumbling or saying unfamiliar words

not normal: you have times when it feels like everyone around you is speaking a different language

normal: you can’t make out all the lyrics in a song the first couple times you hear it

not normal: you’re resigned to the fact that song lyrics will always be a mystery to you (unless you google them)

normal: it takes a couple seconds to realise someone is talking to if you’re currently doing something else

not normal: your brain feels like it’s “on lag” when taking in auditory input

if your hearing is otherwise “normal” and yet you’ve always struggled to understand what people are trying to say to you — that’s likely to be an auditory processing issue. it usually comes along with another disorder, such as autism or ADHD or SPD