#auditoryprocessingdisorder — Public Fediverse posts

@noodlemaz me, too! I couln't cope #AuditoryProcessingDisorder

- Inability to filter background noise. Ambient noise causes the brain central auditory processing systems to work significantly harder
- Because the brain must manually decode every sound instead of doing it automatically, extreme mental exhaustion after exposure to loud environments
- Constant exposure to high levels of #NoisePollution can trigger physiological stress response, increasing cortisol and adrenaline

#FuckDataCentres

@noodlemaz me, too! I couln't cope #AuditoryProcessingDisorder

- Inability to filter background noise. Ambient noise causes the brain central auditory processing systems to work significantly harder
- Because the brain must manually decode every sound instead of doing it automatically, extreme mental exhaustion after exposure to loud environments
- Constant exposure to high levels of #NoisePollution can trigger physiological stress response, increasing cortisol and adrenaline

#FuckDataCentres

The symptoms associated with trauma can also be found in a wide range of other conditions.

These include:

- Autism
- Schizophrenia
- BPD and other 'personality disorders'
- Depression
- Anxiety disorder (GAD)

And many others.

⬇️ (more info below)

#Autism #Trauma #Safety #Hypervigilance #Anxiety #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #PersonalityDisorder

The symptoms associated with trauma can also be found in a wide range of other conditions.

These include:

- Autism
- Schizophrenia
- BPD and other 'personality disorders'
- Depression
- Anxiety disorder (GAD)

And many others.

⬇️ (more info below)

#Autism #Trauma #Safety #Hypervigilance #Anxiety #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #PersonalityDisorder

#AuDHD time management:
I have an appointment at 17:00. It’s in a different town, to which I’ll go by a train, and to the train station I’d go by metro and then walk(when I booked the appointment, there was a direct train there from a nearby station that’s just about an hour walk from here, but it recently got temporarily suspended due to road works)
So, the train takes 30-35 minutes, and there’s 10 minutes walk to the address I need from the train station, so I need about an hour to come there, trains are going every six minutes, so, I guess, just to be on the safer side, I have to be on the train station no later than at 15:45.
It’s 40 minutes walk to the train station from my line of metro (I could have just transfer to another line, but that other line is old and makes me feel quite claustrophobic, so I absolutely definitely prefer to walk), so to be safe, I need to go out of metro no later than 14:50.
On metro, from my station to that station, maps say it’s 40 minutes, but based on previous trips I refuse to believe it’s less than an hour, and what if I will need to miss one train - no, I should count more than an hour. Ok, I guess, to be on metro at around 13:40 should be safe.
To the metro, there’s about 800m walking, so, I suppose, I need to plan to go out at 13:15. Which means I have to be already prepared at about 13:00 to have those 15 minutes to check that everything is ok. It takes anything from 10 minutes to an hour to get ready, so I am putting an alarm to start get dressed at 12:00. Oh, and I have to make sure all the documents are ready and I didn’t forget anything, so I have to set another alarm at 11:30 to have time for that.
I could go by taxi and the trip would take 45 minutes, but it would cost 40+ euro one way.

There is no direct bus, and I hesitate using buses with transfers due to a fear to get confused and go somewhere wrong - and generally I have stopped using them when the Covid pandemic began, and have used them just a few times since then, idk why, but I feel very uncomfortable in them compared to trains/metro

So, for an appointment at 17:00, the alarms start at 11:30. And in the morning I can’t start anything that takes uncertain time to be finished, so the day is basically gone.

This appointment could have been a phone call, but I al not ok with phone calls, and I don’t trust my APD to get everything right, and it’s just too important to have it by phone because I know I am always stressed so much by the very need to decipher things during a call that I totally forget about all the important stuff I wanted to clarify

Instead, I took a vacation day for today - with a single purpose to attend this appointment

I was told: you can’t have #ADHD, you are never late. That’s why. That’s why I am never late - because I manage every timed human interaction this way

I was told: you don’t have all these diagnoses, they are for people whose life is severely impacted, and yours is ok. That’s. That’s what happens inside when from outside it looks ok and not impacted.

#neurodivergent
#AuditoryProcessingDisorder
#anxiety
@actuallyautistic

#AuDHD time management:
I have an appointment at 17:00. It’s in a different town, to which I’ll go by a train, and to the train station I’d go by metro and then walk(when I booked the appointment, there was a direct train there from a nearby station that’s just about an hour walk from here, but it recently got temporarily suspended due to road works)
So, the train takes 30-35 minutes, and there’s 10 minutes walk to the address I need from the train station, so I need about an hour to come there, trains are going every six minutes, so, I guess, just to be on the safer side, I have to be on the train station no later than at 15:45.
It’s 40 minutes walk to the train station from my line of metro (I could have just transfer to another line, but that other line is old and makes me feel quite claustrophobic, so I absolutely definitely prefer to walk), so to be safe, I need to go out of metro no later than 14:50.
On metro, from my station to that station, maps say it’s 40 minutes, but based on previous trips I refuse to believe it’s less than an hour, and what if I will need to miss one train - no, I should count more than an hour. Ok, I guess, to be on metro at around 13:40 should be safe.
To the metro, there’s about 800m walking, so, I suppose, I need to plan to go out at 13:15. Which means I have to be already prepared at about 13:00 to have those 15 minutes to check that everything is ok. It takes anything from 10 minutes to an hour to get ready, so I am putting an alarm to start get dressed at 12:00. Oh, and I have to make sure all the documents are ready and I didn’t forget anything, so I have to set another alarm at 11:30 to have time for that.
I could go by taxi and the trip would take 45 minutes, but it would cost 40+ euro one way.

There is no direct bus, and I hesitate using buses with transfers due to a fear to get confused and go somewhere wrong - and generally I have stopped using them when the Covid pandemic began, and have used them just a few times since then, idk why, but I feel very uncomfortable in them compared to trains/metro

So, for an appointment at 17:00, the alarms start at 11:30. And in the morning I can’t start anything that takes uncertain time to be finished, so the day is basically gone.

This appointment could have been a phone call, but I al not ok with phone calls, and I don’t trust my APD to get everything right, and it’s just too important to have it by phone because I know I am always stressed so much by the very need to decipher things during a call that I totally forget about all the important stuff I wanted to clarify

Instead, I took a vacation day for today - with a single purpose to attend this appointment

I was told: you can’t have #ADHD, you are never late. That’s why. That’s why I am never late - because I manage every timed human interaction this way

I was told: you don’t have all these diagnoses, they are for people whose life is severely impacted, and yours is ok. That’s. That’s what happens inside when from outside it looks ok and not impacted.

#neurodivergent
#AuditoryProcessingDisorder
#anxiety
@actuallyautistic

Did the robot say "if you need anything else, gentlemen, use the beaver?" #Monsterdon #AuditoryProcessingDisorder

sometimes I wish it was possible to be like Hoshi Sato, just picking up entire languages in a couple days

I always watch stuff with subtitles bc I have some minor auditory processing issues¹

lately I've been watching a lot of dubbed² stuff³ and it's been really fascinating seeing the differences between the dubs and the subtitles meant as a translation for the original language

I mean, it's similar to the way subtitles meant for #Deaf and #HardOfHearing viewers are sometimes slightly off from what was said (which is an #accessibility issue)

#disability #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #linguistics

¹ it's worst over the phone, which is fun since that's my whole job, or if I otherwise can't see the person who's speaking, which sometimes happens in TV/movies
² I finished #Ranma12 and started #ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo
³ or, in the case of #StopHibariKun, both an anime and a manga with fan translations by different people

But Krisp and other (particularly AI-powered) noise cancelling technologies are particularly egregious in two big ways:

• One, they'll often (but not always) influence the threshold mechanism for transmitting. From a Gamer's perspective, this is good, because they can hug the smoke detectors in their home and nobody hears it...

... but it also means that if they're making any sort of noise while actively speaking, small sections of the meaningful audio just get disappeared never to be heard again.

• Two, most of these are actively altering the audio to try and subtract the spurious sound from the speech, and since it's not part of the averaged background (like with NC), this is a much more computationally involved task. Thus, leaning on AI.

... But its an imperfect and imprecise process, and swings for 'good enough' in an admittedly difficult problem-space. Speech is wholly altered; transients are cut or rounded, timing can be reinterpolated, etc.

Many (most?) people can work through this with little difficulty, but for people with an #AuditoryProcessingDisorder especially, the combination of these factors and the lack of visual cues like lip-reading to 'fill in the gaps,' it can turn what should be fun or productive time into frustration, depression, and disengagement.

@lnr For many many years I wondered "what the hell is a 'tetley tree'? until I read the lyrics and it made so much more sense. #auditoryProcessingDisorder

@lnr For many many years I wondered "what the hell is a 'tetley tree'? until I read the lyrics and it made so much more sense. #auditoryProcessingDisorder

但是我的听力信息理解缺陷却又有另一个特殊的功能，，我很能分辨和模仿不同的口音，，，还有哪怕我听不懂某种语言，我也能非常清晰明确地辨识出来不认识的语言中的某些词语音调口音、然后虽然完全不知道什么意思，，但是我能轻而易举地模仿对方说话。

我发现这个估计是因为，，语言对我来说不是“语言”，我觉得自己的学习机制是鹦鹉，，，我对声音音乐极其敏感，，，我是把语言当做了一种声音来模仿学习了。

对我来说我听不懂，是因为我的脑子处理这些听力信息，【我无法分辨语言和音乐、声音的区别】。

——这个是我最重要的发现！！！！ :pika:

对我来说，一个人在讲话和一个人在唱歌、是完完全全没有任何区别的！！！

我觉得我经过细密的推理已经破案了自己的障碍…………一切都是因为脑部神经非典型发育的缘故，是真的。

#神经多样性
#AuditoryProcessingDisorder

Funny thing last week with #accents — for context, my visual acuity and #ventral stream are stronger than average, but I've got some #AuditoryProcessingDisorder or auditory #agnosia so that listening to thick accents is like watching with subtitles that autocorrect.

An audio-only Welsh accent said "Cally Cook" but I heard the word "Kirk". Then it hit me that #CaptainKirk and #CaptainCook are both famous captains … COULD THEY BE the same name on purpose?

Guess what: James Cook, James Kirk.

Funny thing last week with #accents — for context, my visual acuity and #ventral stream are stronger than average, but I've got some #AuditoryProcessingDisorder or auditory #agnosia so that listening to thick accents is like watching with subtitles that autocorrect.

An audio-only Welsh accent said "Cally Cook" but I heard the word "Kirk". Then it hit me that #CaptainKirk and #CaptainCook are both famous captains … COULD THEY BE the same name on purpose?

Guess what: James Cook, James Kirk.

I was in a virtual meeting with a bunch of people once, and one of them had a very strong accent. She was talking about how it made her so angry that people couldn’t understand her when she spoke, and that they blamed her accent. I kept my mouth shut on the matter, but was thinking that because of my auditory processing issues, I frequently have a hard time understanding people with the same accent as me. Keeping my attention super-focused on only the person speaking is exhausting for me. I often hear everything going on around me with the same weight as the person speaking to me. It’s not intentional. It’s how my brain works. And if I’m tired or not feeling well, it gets that much more difficult. Adding an accent to the mix is just another obstacle for me to overcome. #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #ActuallyAutistic #Hearing #Listening #ADHD #AuDHD

I was in a virtual meeting with a bunch of people once, and one of them had a very strong accent. She was talking about how it made her so angry that people couldn’t understand her when she spoke, and that they blamed her accent. I kept my mouth shut on the matter, but was thinking that because of my auditory processing issues, I frequently have a hard time understanding people with the same accent as me. Keeping my attention super-focused on only the person speaking is exhausting for me. I often hear everything going on around me with the same weight as the person speaking to me. It’s not intentional. It’s how my brain works. And if I’m tired or not feeling well, it gets that much more difficult. Adding an accent to the mix is just another obstacle for me to overcome. #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #ActuallyAutistic #Hearing #Listening #ADHD #AuDHD

Anyone at #ARO2024 is very welcome to drop by my poster. M24.

#neuroscience #auditory #auditoryprocessingdisorder #hiddenhearingloss #audiology #speechinnoise

I have been said that I "missed out on all the fun" but...I didn't. I have #AuditoryProcessingDisorder so loud environments, like bars, are awful to me and I couldn't hear anything anyway. I get a #Migraine from flashing lights, so half of my body could get paralyzed and in insurmountable pain.

And it isn't fun for me, to drink and then feel awful in the morning. If someone can't have fun sober, it is a problem, not a pastime.

I don't want to put my little energy into hurting and drowning.

I have been said that I "missed out on all the fun" but...I didn't. I have #AuditoryProcessingDisorder so loud environments, like bars, are awful to me and I couldn't hear anything anyway. I get a #Migraine from flashing lights, so half of my body could get paralyzed and in insurmountable pain.

And it isn't fun for me, to drink and then feel awful in the morning. If someone can't have fun sober, it is a problem, not a pastime.

I don't want to put my little energy into hurting and drowning.

If it is important information, it needs to be given to students in MULTIPLE forms. You cannot omit important info from your slides, only speak that info verbally, test (in some form) that info, and then be surprised or upset when they don't do well. Some students have #AuditoryProcessingDisorder, others might be hard of hearing, others #ADHD, etc. The diagnosis & the #disability (official or not) do not matter; the #accessibility does. Your #teaching is not accessible.

#UDL #InclusiveTeaching

If it is important information, it needs to be given to students in MULTIPLE forms. You cannot omit important info from your slides, only speak that info verbally, test (in some form) that info, and then be surprised or upset when they don't do well. Some students have #AuditoryProcessingDisorder, others might be hard of hearing, others #ADHD, etc. The diagnosis & the #disability (official or not) do not matter; the #accessibility does. Your #teaching is not accessible.

#UDL #InclusiveTeaching

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#Neurodivergent #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #Autism #Autistic #AuDHD #deals

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#Neurodivergent #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #Autism #Autistic #AuDHD #deals #PrimeDays

@autistic_enby I hate how ‘modern restaurants' have no carpet now. ‘Back in the day' many did and it was WONDERFUL. But they also had smoking sections so... win some lose some. I was always distracted by projectors too in school. I would either hear the fans too loudly -- and they would sit me near them! Or I would get distracted by the dust particles floating…

#adhd #AuditoryProcessingDisorder

Best visualization of #auditoryProcessingDisorder lol.

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Alt text provided. #Neurodivergent #adhd #Autism #Autistic #AuDHD

Best visualization of #auditoryProcessingDisorder lol.

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Alt text provided. #Neurodivergent #adhd #Autism #Autistic #AuDHD

If annoying notification sounds bother you, as they do me. I saved these soothing alerts from being lost to the Internet. https://evenpace.com/soothing-alerts

#Neurodivergent #adhd #autism #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #auditoryProcessingDisorder

If annoying notification sounds bother you, as they do me. I saved these soothing alerts from being lost to the Internet. https://evenpace.com/soothing-alerts

#Neurodivergent #adhd #autism #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #auditoryProcessingDisorder

It’s been a while so here’s an updated #introduction ! My name is Andy (straight white cis male but total #ally to the #queer community! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️).

I’m a #maker from the #netherlands (originally British but have been living in #amsterdam for 11 years). I’m #neurodiverse (#adhd and #AuditoryProcessingDisorder ). I love to #travel and I’m a member of the #SatanicTemple 🤘

#design manager by day

#Follow me for #HomeRennovation , #3dprinting, #electronics , #diy, #accessibility and #parenting .

It’s been a while so here’s an updated #introduction ! My name is Andy (straight white cis male but total #ally to the #queer community! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️).

I’m a #maker from the #netherlands (originally British but have been living in #amsterdam for 11 years). I’m #neurodiverse (#adhd and #AuditoryProcessingDisorder ). I love to #travel and I’m a member of the #SatanicTemple 🤘

#design manager by day

#Follow me for #HomeRennovation , #3dprinting, #electronics , #diy, #accessibility and #parenting .

Tried to enjoy the Les Miserables musical.
I couldn’t understand 50% of what was said/sung…
Pretty sure I’ve got Auditory Processing Disorder 😥 made the whole experience miserable.

#lesmiserables #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #adp

Tried to enjoy the Les Miserables musical.
I couldn’t understand 50% of what was said/sung…
Pretty sure I’ve got Auditory Processing Disorder 😥 made the whole experience miserable.

#lesmiserables #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #adp

I just realized why I hate #remoteworking when everyone around me seems to love it: it fucks with my #AuDHD #masking.

I didn't realize until I was forced to WFH in 2020 just how much I rely on #bodydoubling to function: everything from assessing how hard I'm supposed to be working based on the people around me, to remembering to each lunch. I'm much better at conversation IRL - being on the phone constantly with people whose lips I can't see messes with my #auditoryprocessing, which makes me more socially anxious, which makes it harder to focus and retain information. It threw off the daily routine I was precariously managing. I can't just copy the emotional reactions of everyone around me = I don't know what the "appropriate" emotional reactions are for situations = I just default to constant anxiety.

I feel bad because so many #neurodivergent folks really prefer #WFH but I selfishly want y'all to come back to the office so I can unfuck my life 😩 Am I alone here, @actuallyautistic ?

#autistic #actuallyautistic #ADHD #actuallyadhd #autisticmasking #ADHDAutism #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #80hd #burnout #autisticburnout

I just realized why I hate #remoteworking when everyone around me seems to love it: it fucks with my #AuDHD #masking.

I didn't realize until I was forced to WFH in 2020 just how much I rely on #bodydoubling to function: everything from assessing how hard I'm supposed to be working based on the people around me, to remembering to each lunch. I'm much better at conversation IRL - being on the phone constantly with people whose lips I can't see messes with my #auditoryprocessing, which makes me more socially anxious, which makes it harder to focus and retain information. It threw off the daily routine I was precariously managing. I can't just copy the emotional reactions of everyone around me = I don't know what the "appropriate" emotional reactions are for situations = I just default to constant anxiety.

I feel bad because so many #neurodivergent folks really prefer #WFH but I selfishly want y'all to come back to the office so I can unfuck my life 😩 Am I alone here, @actuallyautistic ?

#autistic #actuallyautistic #ADHD #actuallyadhd #autisticmasking #ADHDAutism #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #80hd #burnout #autisticburnout

I have no idea if this is related to #AuditoryProcessingDisorder lmao but I'm beginning to think I might have some of this going on because most of the time I can't hear what someone is saying unless I'm focusing on their voice. like if it's out of nowhere I hear the sound but somehow I can't understand what was said. also can't comprehend with background noise etc. but it has gifted us with many laughs since it happened lol

Severe misophonia runs on both sides of my family. My mom feels pain at certain sounds, and so do I. My dad vomits when he hears certain sounds, and so does a cousin on my dad’s side of the family. I have strong visceral reactions to some everyday noises. It’s a testament to my tenacity that I can still function in society. #misophonia #SoundSensitivity #neurodivergent #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #synesthesia

I left an online lecture yesterday because I was unable to understand the speaker. Their accent was impenetrable for me, and coupled with the background noise in their house, I couldn’t understand anything. I feel bad, because the topic is of interest to me, but I was getting a headache from trying to follow along. I wish my auditory processing worked better than it does. #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #accents #Confusion

Someone giving me a long list of verbal instructions might as well be speaking Klingon because I'd probably understand them better. 😅

#AuditoryProcessingDisorder #ActuallyAutistic
#AskingAutistics

My ears feel weird.. sort of mucky? I'm hoping that I'm not getting sick with a sinus infection or ear infection, or something.

I've had my air conditioning and fan on over the last few nights, and I'm wondering if my ears are just feeling weird because my brain is trying to process the auditory overwhelm from the constant noise.

#audhd #autism #adhd #AuditoryProcessingDisorder

@rabbigabriel @mazeldon
Sounds fascinating. Halakhah around hearing loss has long been complex and troubling. Can you say more or point to some sources?

My interest here is personal and professional: I have a 50% #HearingLoss plus #AuditoryProcessingDisorder, and as a student I served a #Deaf congregation.