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Post by probioticgirl on Jan 31, 2014 16:37:00 GMT
I always thought I had great hearing, but in the last few years, I have noticed that if there is extra background noise, what I hear becomes a bit of a 'wall of noise' with no voice standing out. A muddy sound.
I had my hearing tested 6 weeks ago because of this, but all tested as normal.
I think I always used to be able to pick out a voice quite well with background noise going on, but nowadays, it's rubbish. Maybe it's a concentration issue, or a processing issue?
Has anyone else here had issues with perceived hearing problems??
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Post by Kathymel on Jan 31, 2014 17:31:32 GMT
Absolutely. I had my ears tested last year for the same reason. I was really worried cos everyone else in social situations seemed to be having no problems hearing. Turns out my hearing is WAY better than average on all frequencies, so I was a bit confused the next time I went to the pub and still couldn't hear what was going on.
It's something to do with not being able to filter, or about all noises being in the foreground to an ADHDer.
There is a thread on here about it somewhere, but it might not be easy to find.
I'm currently listening to Edward Hallowell's Driven to Distraction and he mentions something about hearing, I think. I'll see if I can dig out the relevant bit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2014 17:50:55 GMT
You could be 'normal for age' - your hearing loses treble every year of adulthood which means it gets fuzzier and more difficult to pick things out.
It might be tinnitus, that never helps and gets worse with age.
Your cognitive functions start their slow decline at about twenty five.
And you have ADHD with its associated processing/cognition issues. But that shouldn't be getting significantly worse unless you're stressed.
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Post by Kathymel on Jan 31, 2014 18:35:56 GMT
My hearing is above average (off the scale, actually) for any age.
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Post by jimmymaximum on Jan 31, 2014 19:45:49 GMT
Anyone looked into auditory processing disorders?
I know that my 'hearing' is fine in terms of frequencies and wot-not, but I'm still convinced there's a problem with it.
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Post by Kathymel on Jan 31, 2014 20:14:34 GMT
This is what Hallowell has to say about auditory processing disorders in Driven to Distraction. Obviously, this is quite an old book now, so It's probably well out of date in some areas. It just happens that I listened to this bit yesterday. Hmmm, never added a screen-shot as an attachment before ... it works rather well. Attachments:
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Post by acanthus on Feb 15, 2014 4:20:04 GMT
I have always had difficulty in loud social situations and other distracting environments, processing conversation and speech. I think my inability to process language is linked to my dyslexia. So I fully related to the quote from Hallowell, thanks Kathymel for academic reference.
As I have got older I am now intolerant of noisy situations and will not conduct a work conversation in a noisy environment as I am distrustful of my understanding of what's being said. Having grasped this I now have the confidence to just walk out on the conversation. I get into less trouble over agreeing to things I had previously misunderstood when trying to cope in these situations.
I am pretty sure my spelling, porcessing speech and aadd are all linked. I am for the most part tone deaf as well - no idea if that is linked.
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Post by DKL - darkknightslover on Feb 15, 2014 12:56:58 GMT
I have had the same issues, and have dyslexia as well. I also had a hearing test when I was 20 and again when I brought up adhd with a GP for the first time. I think it might have helped me convince the second GP,who has a special interest in mental health, that I had something neurological going on that wasn't just dyslexia.
Ultimately these names of neurological/mental health conditions are based upon the symptoms you see and the treatment that helps those symptoms. Other conditions have had more suitable technology to be analysed with for longer and so are more likely to be Catagorised and named by the underlying processes.
Now we're starting to get higher resolution MRI machines and the like, the processes of people with difficulties of the brain will be better studied and recognised, which will lead to an evolution of the understanding of them and may even cause some conditions to be abolished and /or totally new ones, or sub -conditions, to be discovered.
My point being we have weird chemical things going on and weird wiring. You are far more likely to have dyslexia, dyspraxia and/or autistic spectrum disorders of you have ADHD (and vice versa) and they happen to have these labels at the moment.
To say that sound and language processing difficulties is caused by dyslexia or ADHD isn't quite right as not everyone with these conditions have the same symptoms. It would be more accurate to say "I have brain differences that cause adhd, dyslexia and hearing issues ".
It would be similar to saying "I have a virus that's caused this cough" instead of "I have a cough" as a cough is a symptom of an which could be viral, bacterial, fungal, chemical, genetic (cystic fibrosis), environmental/deterioration (COPD), or even cancer.
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Post by clubby on Jul 28, 2015 8:41:12 GMT
I have auditory processing problems undiagnosed but undeniable. My father was the same. Between us, we called it SLINTERN which stood for Slow
Internalisation. When I am reading or listening to someone, I have a delay in comprehension which messes with the natural flow of language.
Speaking on the phone is extremely difficult and any surrounding noise totally blocks out the voice on the other end of the line. Appointments
professionals are difficult. I hear what they say but come out with confusion and anxiety. My brain frequently makes up what it thinks it has
heard as it tries to compensate. When I watch a film, I get upset if I don't know the context of the film. Its as if my brain needs the context
to fill in all the bits it doesn't register. I have no problem with music and when I listen to public speakers or teachers the only thing
that keeps my attention is their poetic vocal ability which can be quite mesmerizing.
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Post by Mouse on Aug 3, 2015 6:05:57 GMT
I have really good hearing when I need to be alert to danger (being caught by security when urbexing) but in daily life I pick up all background sound and hate social situations such as being in a pub or at a party or worst of all a modern restaurant with music and a hard floor.
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Post by Babble on Aug 3, 2015 12:08:43 GMT
I had no idea there was a link! Explains a lot though. Usually I have brilliant hearing, but sometimes its like I'm hearing sounds without actually understanding the words. If someone says something to me when I'm doing other things, or they catch me unaware, then I always have to ask them to repeat themselves - which I'm very aware makes me come across as gormless lol.
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Post by tessaract on Aug 3, 2015 12:36:01 GMT
When I brought up my ADD with my mum she told me the techers thought I might be a bit deaf because I wasnt really registering when the teachers were calling me and I was brought for a hearing test at a young age. Turns out my hearing was fine and all these years later it makes sense after my now diagnosis of ADD and Dyscalculia.
Normally in loud social situations I end up becoming really exhausted from trying to filter out all the background sounds. In restaurants etc I end up hearing every conversation perfectly all around me. It makes me so tired and I zone out to give my brain a rest.
hmm got a bit distracted there, meant to be writing a new thread...
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Post by clubby on Aug 3, 2015 14:54:02 GMT
I had my tonsils taken out when I was 5 because the doctors thought I might be a bit deaf. I was simply zoning out!
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