• DeadPand@midwest.socialEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This is how it is for hard of hearing & deaf ppl whose brains are lagging as they piece together whatever just got said

    • Zorque@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      My main problem is I can’t just ignore individual sounds. I either take everything in or ignore everything, and the latter is even difficult for me. I need time to sort through the information when people speak.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        Have you done any kind of ear training?

        I’ve been playing this game called Morse Mania lately, that basically teaches you morse code.

        It’s a very simple signal being processed, but based on what I know about neurology, and cognitive psychology, and meditation, I bet playing that game would help with that signal/noise processing.

  • squiblet@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    I feel like people who make sweeping comments about innocuous behaviors to accuse others of psychopathy are psychopaths.

    Also, why blur the profile pics but not the account handles?

  • ZOSTED@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I’ve taken to saying “uhhhhhh” with a stupid expression on my face until I’ve processed the sounds / their meaning

    • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
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      10 months ago

      I have a hearing defect that affects how I hear speech. It sometimes takes a second or two until the second level support in my brain could parse what was said.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    So, one way my ADHD manifests is that my brain will just fucking fumble incoming sounds, particularly if I’m not paying attention beforehand. I’ve been near someone who just turned on the radio to the middle of a song and the music made no sense to me at all, like, it was just really weird noise that sounded like it should make sense but didn’t, until it suddenly clicked and the music made sense again. With words, it happens all the time. Someone will just ambush me with words and instead of “hey, can you put the cap on the blender?” It becomes “hey, can you pole a cat fender?” Or sometimes it becomes just “dsfargeg”. I know that nobody would say either of those things to me, so I use a dual track strategy of both playing with what I think I heard to try and make it make sense as well as asking the other person to repeat themselves. Sometimes, I work it out before they repeat it, sometimes I don’t.

    • blargerer@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      100% agree that this is an ADHD thing. Doesn’t happen to me as often as it seems to happens to you. But sometimes I’ll be actively trying to pay attention to someone talking, and need to have them repeat themselves 3-4 times because the sound isn’t becoming words.

      • Damage@slrpnk.net
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        10 months ago

        Are you guys saying that’s why I have more trouble than my fellows in understanding people despite having perfect hearing?

        • Zorque@kbin.social
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          10 months ago

          It’s definitely one possibility. I wouldn’t diagnose yourself based on a social media thread, though.

    • Mr. Satan@monyet.cc
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      10 months ago

      I have this with languages. If I don’t know what language to expect chances are I’m just gonna hear: w̶̛̫̥͚̎̾̍͋̏̽̀̊̉̈́h̴̘̯̜̖̘̦͈̺̍̾̐͆̿͒̂̔̉̒̀̿̈́̓͊͐͝ę̸̪̹͙̣̣̩̝̖͈͚͋͆̎r̵̫̪̲̬̫̾̓̓̑͊͒̈́̾̀̌̀̋̔̚̚͝͝͠e̵̦̤̲͎͑ ̸̲̪̜̒̈̂͝a̴̛̼̬͙̋̐̊̒̅̆͐̀͆̃̋̎͝ṛ̶̹̫̼̦̦̰̠̹̲͎̳͐̿̋ě̵̜͎͎̠̗͐̀ ̸̧̨̨̖̙̭͈̹̺̪̻̹̟̦̺̰̦̍̾̂̑̓̽̔̓͋́̎͑̉̔̏̇͘ẗ̵͓̙̰́̉̇́̊̌̔̄̅̄͛͒̔͒͠͠͠ḧ̶͎̗̯͉̟͉̘̗͈̜͎̝͙̺̙͉̠́̀̉͑̅͐͘͜͝ͅë̴̺͙͎̩̝̞͕̦͎̝͖̹̫͔̬̦̩́̆͒̄͆͆̍̉̍̈͒͌̚͜ͅ ̸̡̙̠͇̱̙̤̺̀̈̇̂̀̍̉̋̕ͅc̶̢̲̣̻͉̬͕̩̣͇͐̅͛̕̕̚ͅa̸͈̱͇̪͋̐̈̿̃̇̋̀̅̊̓̀̐̈̍̕͠ḃ̷̧͇͔͎͉͇̙͓͇͆̉̽͗͒̑b̴̗̬̺̤̳̈́ͅã̶̧̩̠̹̞̯͔͑̓̓̀̅̀̎͒̓͝͠g̸̨̧̧̱͉̱̲̗̬̟̘̟̩̉̋̇͒̎̇̿̋͌̓e̴͈̦̍̅s̸͓̎͆͛̾́͂̚ͅ.

  • Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip
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    10 months ago

    I do this. It’s An ADHD thing. The words don’t load fast enough sometimes.

    I tried just letting people repeat it but waiting it out is torture.

  • Zorque@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    People who just ask a question out of the blue without engaging first:

    How the fuck do you expect us to react? I gotta load the social processing module first.

    • Sabata11792@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      I have to load up the listening module first, if you catch me off guard I litterally hear gibberish the first sentence.

  • NaoPb@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Sometimes it’s because their brain wasn’t set to receiving mode.

    If someone says “hey” or my name before starting a sentence, I am paying attention. When they just start talking without doing that, I tend to miss the first part of the sentence.

    Then I’m like “huh?”. And sometimes I’m able to guess what they meant. Other times, not so much.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I say it at a way of signaling that next time they should establish a connection before just dumping the body of their message onto the line.