I find it funny how they are talking about how it is hard trying to listen with background noise while they are playing music in the background of the video, messing with my head. lol
Sandra Timmons wow me too. I am also 52 and someone in the deaf community mentioned this to me about 0 minutes ago for the first time i heard this. And when i went to look it up on line i wanted to cry and felt wow no one believed me when i say what i hear though i hear loud enough . I’m so frustrated with people and not being heard or believed about health issues.
yesssss... She speaks so much about how back ground noise affect someone who has APD and their you go adding this annoying background that has my attention while I'm trying to listen to what she's saying. He or the editor if it's the same person VERY clearly was not paying attention.
Sometimes I just never get someone's name because I can't make it out. I prefer to listen to music during "quiet study time" because music is organised and predictable so I don't have to process the auditory info because I've heard it so many times whereas the slight background noise is random and confusing. In class I pretty much always have to ask someone beside me what the homework was or what the teacher said.
+Jack Carton Interesting comment Jack, you just made me realise why I have always enjoyed old and familiar music so much. Regards and thanks for adding your comment.
Same here, although sometimes the music does distract me because I get tired of listening to old music and then decide to do listen to new music. Or even when I use the shuffle function on my music player, so I made a special playlist with mellow and calm and simple music. I also noticed that certain binaural beats help me concentrate. One time I listened to one and it removed my headache and it felt like it opened a knot in my brain that I didn't even know about.
Bro same. So many times the teacher would be just casualy speaking with the class so the room would be a bit noisy, then suddenly the teacher says something funny and the entire classroom starts laughing, but i didnt hear it cus of the background noise. And when i would try to ask what was it the teacher said that made everyone laugh they just get annoyed and brush me off
I was diagnosed in the 90's with (C) APD. I was already 25 years old, and it was a roommate that initially pointed out that I rely way too much on lip-reading in order to hear someone, so I finally had gone to a specialist with my symptoms. My exam and testing resulted with my having a major case of (C)APD and was surprised that I had gone this far in life without diagnosis. They were surprised that my teachers throughout my school years never noticed it. Once I got the diagnosis, I did a lot of research, and learned I had a lot of obvious symptoms that should have pointed it out. Some of those symptoms included: - Late speech development in childhood. I even to this day remember my private speech therapy lessons. I didn't start to really talk until I was 4. - I am a loud talker, and only really hear well when I am listening to a loud talker. - I had a difficult time in language classes, particularly with foreign languages. Math was my jam, but language... not so much. - It was IMPOSSIBLE for me to hear people talking in a restaurant or other loud environments. Even the food chewing sounds in my mouth/head would interfere. Meal times were difficult growing up. - I constantly ask people to repeat themselves, because I never hear the first part of the sentence. By the time I am able to 'tune in' to a person talking, I already missed the first half of what they said. - Talking on the phone is extremely difficult. I usually have to put it on speaker and turned all the way up. - I would Hyper-focus on an activity and I just 'tune out' outside noises.... for HOURS! (like puzzles or crafts etc) Someone would practically have to yell my name to snap me out of it, and get my attention. If someone WAS talking to me, it would sound like someone talking low from another room- all muffled, almost like how adults sound on Charlie Brown animations, so I wouldn't look up or mentally acknowledge that someone was talking to me. - when something is said to me in an environment with background noise, if I cannot see their mouth, it sounds like they are speaking a completely different language. - During my youth, my mother would be angry with me claiming I had 'selective hearing' as if I was doing it on purpose. - I need CLARITY in statements spoken to me, so, many times I follow up with a bunch of questions regarding to their comment to ensure I heard/understood them properly. Sometimes I simply try to repeat what was said to me to ensure I heard them right. Scarily enough, many times I would have it TOTALLY WRONG. Funny how my brain will 'fill in the blanks', no matter how wrong it can be. After additional follow-ups, the 'audiologist' pointed out why i was able to get that far in life without a diagnosis. Apparently, I developed a major coping mechanism... and that was lip-reading. I didn't realize how much I depended on watching someone's mouth to 'hear' what they are saying. Apparently, I became very good at it, and I had no idea that others didn't do it to the extent of what I had been doing. So now it's been 25 years since my diagnosis, and have learned additional coping mechanisms. The best thing I do when I am in a group environment, socially or otherwise, Once I notice I have been asking people to repeat themselves (usually more than once or twice) I quickly follow up by saying "I apologize, I have an auditory disorder so I cannot make out speech at times". Everyone seems to be quite forgiving once they know and/or understand. My poor husband, he knows to repeat himself whenever I ask. Here's the kicker... I am now living in my second foreign-language country, so working on my third language. The struggle is real, but at the same time it really helps train my brain to listen. I am sure I would be a lot more advanced in this language if it wasn't for my disorder. I have a disorder, but it doesn't hold me back. I plug through and purposely challenge myself to hone my much needed additional skills to overcome my shortcomings with APD.
Your life story is inspirational. I have only just recently found a name to this APD and wondering if this is why I struggle and it is disheartening to hear people with APD shut down language learning as impossible. I also would agree that language learning has helped listening skills and memory.
I shout a lot without knowing and at school in a silent hallway I saw my teacher and shouted HI MISS but luckily she knew I have APD so I was let of the hook.
I could not even deposit money into a drive-up with the music on to enter my code had to shut the music off. Everyone says I don't listen, but now I know.
Your comment really means a lot to me. Some of the things like being in trouble for selective hearing and getting lost in crafting for hours really, really hit me. Thank you for taking the time to write this.
i feel you, the confusion that made me think that i might have a hearing problem or im just stupid. or whatever it is that i have, i finally have the answer to my problem. it feels good and bad at the same time
Samee, when i was small and came to school , my friends would yell at me from a few metres to say hello, or to say where they were, and i didn't hear them, because there was so much other noise. This would also happen with my vision, my friends wore bright blue jackets, and my eyes swept over them, but couldn't see them. Because of this, they would often say that was scatter-brained, and it honestly felt like i was. Now there is maybe because of apd (and/or vpd) i felt so confused all the time.
Same here, I literally can't hear people and have to close one ear and got closer to them. I have to have them repeat it like 8 times, sometimes I just give up
TIME FOR TUBBY BYE BYE yes!! And I’m an insurance adjuster and am on the phone all day and have the hardest time especially when people have accents and go home every day utterly exhausted and have a headache most days.😭
A lot of phones sound bad these days. Highly compressed digital audio vs. analog audio like all the phones were a couple of decades ago. The newer 'HD' voice on cell phones is a good step in the right direction.
I usually say,”what” a lot even though I here them I just didn’t process it,sometimes not often when a person talks it sounds like gibberish, and I misinterpret some words with background noise or don’t hear some words in the sentence
Also, people that talk fast are a huge headache for me. Spoken directions that have lots of steps are also a nightmare for me. Driving directions are impossible when spoken. I ask people to write things down.
Most of my problem is at work. People are always telling me I talk too low, I also yell inappropriate times without meaning to. Also, there is so much noise people think I am ignoring them when it's literally I can't hear them unles I am expecting someone to talk to me! So annoying
And then people think I'm socially retarded because I don't react to jokes, simply because I can't understand the tones in peoples voices, especially sarcasm.
Your best friend will be email. That is how you should communicate vs mainly verbally. Don't feel like you have to explain your condition to everyone, just stick to the written word vs verbal for communication.
I find it easier to process what someone is saying when I don't have to look them in the eye. If I'm uncomfortable, I also have a bad time focusing as well as when there is a pressure to focus like in a classroom setting.
I don't understand if you're trying to help people with auditory processing disorders why would you have random music playing in the background that makes it hard to listen?
I was evaluated by a dr. who put background noise on and I asked her to turn it off. She said that was done on purpose to find out if I had one. Fascinating.
I can hear a pin drop in the woods, hear everything around me when we are working there BUT I can't hear people talking when in civilization. I was diagnosed with CAPD years ago and told nothing could be done about it, given no help, and sent out into the world which I couldn't understand most of the oral communication, and expected to thrive without help. Of course it was obvious to people I can hear but they didn't and still don't understand it's voices and not the background noise. Recently this caused havoc at a doctor's office and hospital. I'm 66 years old and I was treated like a bad little kid because my voice is loud because I could not follow the conversation. That earned them a report to the medical society, and I am working on a Justice department complaint form right now. After years of abuse just because I can't hear properly, I'm done accepting that people will abuse me over this. I will take action every time a professional person does this under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Refusing someone the modifications needed to communicate in a professional setting is ILLEGAL in the USA. I won't put up with it.
In loud environments I find that putting in ear plugs really helps, I haven't tried this at a club where listening and being social is more important. I do allot of industrial construction and drowning out as much back ground noise as possible helps, but its still difficult for what people are saying to register in my head. My current foreman has a really raspy voice that is very distinct and pierces through background noise which is really helpful.
This makes so much sense. Consistently having to stop whatever I'm doing to listen and watch lips to understand, asking people to repeat themselves not because I couldn't hear them speaking, but I couldn't hear what they were saying, hating phone calls and audio books because I can't see their lips; I can't count how many times I've I've asked someone to repeat themselves and specify to not raise their volume. Tone was actually super important growing up, since if I couldn't catch their words, I could piece together by their tone. I loved learning but had the hardest time listening. In regards to the noise from passing time, I just shut off my focus. I "zoned out", focusing on where I was going, not what I heard around me.
And, yes, that background music is just enough to create problems for me. At first I thought I was imagining it. Closed captioning is a blessing to me. Sometimes when I hear music, I keep hearing it for a while after. Same thing with sirens, I keep hearing them after they are off.
Listening to and playing music may be of help. I just found out very recently that I was diagnosed with APD about 20 years ago. I am 33 years old. When I was 13 my parents suspected that I had a learning disability, more specifically Attention Deficit Disorder, as I was struggling with school. I didn’t have ADD but I was diagnosed with APD. I always felt bad when people would say I was a bad listener. I am a musician and I just realized APD is probably why I became one. I would often listen to music as a way to self-sooth before I picked up my first instrument. I grew up in a dysfunctional family and had anxiety when I was younger. There is a therapeutic feeling I get when learning or playing an instrument, as it gives me the gratification of controlling a singular sound, or putting multiple sounds/instruments together to create a singular sound. I figured I should share this as it has always helped me cope and maybe it can be helpful for others with APD. Cheers
Melissa Hahn when I’m driving I need loud music to focus. Music helps me at work too but I’m on the phone all day and can’t listen to music while working.
I’ve never related so hard to one of these disorders I just learned about. It would explain a lot because I’ve known for a long time that I have excellent hearing but being able to parse out what you’re saying from all the other noise I hear is so difficult. Also, subtitles for movies and TH-cam videos are sometimes a must.
I have audio processing disorder. it doesn't effect me much now that I am almost fifty, but I still take people literally. I think I can tell when a person is being sarcastic. I am a little slow at understanding jokes. what I remember about being a kid was how tiring school was. (I was diagnoised with capd at age 22) I also remember that to get the c-/d+ gpa needed graduate, I employed cheeting on exams, especially in spelling tests. there just wasn't enough hours in the day to do all the homework assigned. my only regret was that I didn't drop out of school at age 16 to attend comunity college. at 18 when I attended community college, my gpa shot up to a b+ average. it makes sense now. those classrooms were quiet. it didn't take as much effort to follow along. also, the pacing of the classes were quicker and in more depth. and I didn't have to employ devices like cheeting or bringing crib-notes into class to pass exams. I took a lot of math-science courses.
I can recall standing in the hallway while my 6th grade teacher tried to send me on an errand. She handed me a sheaf of papers and tried to tell me what to do with them. The class was noisy and I swear she was speaking gibberish. It was humiliating. No matter how hard I try to listen I end up "tuning out". I avoid talking with people because I know I will miss half of what they say. Meetings at work are torture. My hearing tests normal. ADP? This is a revelation!
Wow this is interesting; one of my symptoms is that I often have a hard time recognizing sarcasm, but somehow I’m also very adept at understanding the “gist” of what’s being said in a foreign language solely by listening to inflection and pitch and relating it to contextual clues. Maybe it’s because my brain isn’t trying to process everything that’s being heard when it hears a foreign language, so it can focus *just* on the tone/inflection alone?
Ive done hearing tests over and over again, ive been called lazzy and stupid my hole life even my mother thinks im autistic... but that test wasnt it ither.. no its this an APD! This make so m7ch sence to me. When she talked about feeling overwhelmed and exhausted after spending hours TRYING to listen, it made sense. This is ME.
I am diagnosed with A.P.D. and music is abit different. It helps me focus! Especially if its loud! It's busy noise that is the problem! When my music is loud it helps me complete tasks! Especially paper work it is not easy for me to do! I also have A.D.D. music always helps me! Driving my loud music helps me focus!
Yes the background noise makes me not hear all of what she is saying. I think that back noise was intentional to prove their point . I need to get checked because I may very well have this problem and most likely had it as a child and just was never diagnosed.
Awesome! Most videos about apd have terrable sound quality like echos in the room making them difficult to listen to so I turn them off. Thank you for bothering to have clean sound, it makes all the difference.
I have APD and my teachers thought I was never listening in class. It was so hard in school. I am homeschooled now and its way better since I can have 1 and 1 with my teacher.
I have this disorder. I never realized it as a child, but discovered it when I started working with children who have this disorder. One of the occupational therapists asked me questions and helped me realize that CAPD was the cause. My disorder causes a delay in what is said. I get easily "lost" in a big group meeting. In school, I excelled at my school work, but I asked a zillion questions. I also forget or miss what was just said. At work it can be hard at meetings. People don't understand.
That internal rage I get when music is playing in the car, the AC is on full blast 💥, I can hear the tires 🛞 rolling on the highway and someone is telling me a story then asks me why I’m not “paying attention.”🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can’t do it
In someone with APD I wonder if background noise can disrupt a persons “train of thought” and/or focus as well as understanding speech with background noise.
Doing homework is the easy part. It's not a visual processing disorder it's auditory. The hard part though is learning how to read since the speech behind it is taught through auditory means. But once you develop those skills you can fall back on visual learning and memory. This is coming from someone who has lived with it their whole life. I spent years in speech therapy, was held back in 1st grade, and was in special ed. Once I learned how to cope with the disorder my grades went up, I graduated from college, and now I have a very good job at an IT consulting company.
I found it odd that in a video meant largely for people with CAPD, they included subtle background music which interfered with my ability to concentrate on and understand her.
Thank you for this video. Again, it is interesting to note that I have trouble concentrating on this video because of the slight "drumming" in the background. At the same time, in many ways it helps me to realize that I really do have this disorder.
As @suadela87 points out, “parsing” seems to be a major hurdle, maybe exacerbated by background noise and other social conditions (bad domestic/neighborhood scene, diet, etc.), the “serial position effect” (what the student will or won’t remember) is a fascinating angle-thanks for including it. My suspicion is that the stress activates their amygdala more than is healthy (thinking about long-term effects from mental exhaustion (2:07)) as it relates to cardiovascular health, while they don’t even know that they’re the proverbial baboon in the “U. of Pennsylvania experimental lab”--nobody even knows they’re there. THEY don’t even know they’re there, and probably assume everyone else has the same level of difficulty as they do. Students should be made aware that this could be happening to them so that testing can be done. A record of head-trauma patients could be a place to start. This series of videos is beyond brilliant; thanks for posting.
Why are they playing background music??? I'm here because I am concerned about my son but listening to this was so hard with the music in the background. Suddenly memories from my own auditory processing difficulties are flooding my mind.
Wow, this is great. I have a very mild case of APD and it has caused me no end of aggravation in my lifetime, mainly in social situations, like you, because of the "delay" effect. I wish I had known about it before!
I have same issue for a long time now.when I was in college and I couldn't listen to my teacher I'd just sit on front bench and ask teacher to. Write the name of the topic we r learning and I would go home and revise it again ..so passing the degree was double work for me😁.I still have hard time while I talk with a group of people and also when the celing fan or the wind is blowing
my mom was a few classes away from getting a degree in Audiology in the early 80's. Did they know about auditory processing disorder then? or did they assume that hearing comprehension issues could be rooted in a processing issue? I had so so many of these symptoms but she (and no one else) never noticed. I even was taken to get a hearing assessment at one point and when I passed the assessment they were like "seems like your hearing is normal" and didn't listen to me when i said i had a hard time understanding people talking to me. My mom was like "you do fine in choir, how could you have a hearing problem?" it hurts to know that maybe i could have felt less isolated/dumb with a combination or accommodations and training/therapy, but here I am at 33 finding out there is a way to help me with this. I missed out on so much because i couldn't really understand what was going on around me as good as others. Guess it is better to something about it now than never..
no wonder why my friends would always get mad at me because they had to repeat the same word like three times so i could undrestand it..... and the noise its all true, this is affecting my college life :
Explains why it would be so difficult in highschool. Teens may use different tones which may be easily missed by others. Also why university lectures can be hard to focus on. Explains a lot.
I could pay attention to this when I watched it on my tv but when I watched it again from my phone with headphones all I could hear was the annoying music. Couldn’t pay attention this time.
Love this video. Only issue is that people with (C)APD also have trouble with accents so processing UK accents are also difficult. I have short term memory loss as well as (C)APD and its just so rough putting two and two together. It's such a process everyday. Sometimes I wish I could just switch my hearing off for the day. Concentrating all day every day is exhausting.
Oh so this really is a thing. I have always been struggling to understand people. So very often I have to say 'sorry, what did you say?'. And if the person repeats the same thing exactly the same, if he or she doesn't vary anything in the speech (speaking more clearly, or slower, or using other words), then i sometimes just can't understand it no matter how many times it's repeated to me. Cool to have a name for it now. People get so surprised when I say that I have trouble with understanding speech even in my mother language (not english).
I 100% believe I have this. I never thought I was deaf, even though I was called that many times however I've gathered that I have majority of the symptoms of APD. It's really frustrating when I'm not able to understand people and have to keep saying 'what?' Embarrassingly.. especially when someone cracks a joke and my brain doesn't process it so now I'm smiling because they're smiling. Ah. I've also realised why I would get A's in Spanish GCSE but would always have a difficult time trying to listen to the person talk in the listening exam. It's not that I didn't understand the sentences, but it's the fact that their words sometimes were muffled to me.
I remember in school, all noise was terribly distracting. A kid tearing sheets out of a notebook or pencil sharpener etc. They need total quiet. Even a small fan running can be distracting. It isn't just speech that confuses you, it is any noise.
I'm 17 (going on 18 in a few days, and it's still a pain in the ass to keep up with a simple conversation. My mom (every fucking time) tells me to talk to people in school; I can't bring myself up to speak, and I still consider myself 'socially awkward'. This also applies to family events with all the hooplah going on. Not only this, but I'm a complete disorganized person with everything. Swim practice is also Hell.
This in combination with learning disability... and it was expected to have a job on the side. And now people expect me to still be able to live adult life. I was burnt out at 13 already 😔
The background noise is very distracting in this video. I remember in school it is exactly as she describes. But it affects you as an adult too and you're self esteem. You think you're dumb and forgetful and you get frustrated with yourself which is very sad and unfair on yourself. It affects you professionally. Working in retail was a complete nightmare you have to be able to multitask, answering phones then face to face, writing a list helped but you'd forget in two seconds what you wrote or forgot numbers for stock or have to ask customers or colleagues to repeat themselves it annoys everyone. I flat out had a colleague turn to me and asked if I was dyslexic. And then another job my boss asked me if I had been tested because of my memory. Then relationships. At family dinners I can't keep up with them because they all talk so fast and are loud and talk over eachother and I forget what was said even though im trying so hard to listen. Then my relationship with my hubby especially when we have arguments its very difficult to hear the other person and understand. I have trouble reading his emotions and tone I have to ask him to slow down his speech so I can write things down in an argument. If we're in a noisey place like the shopping mall I have to step aside and force myself to listen or we have to step outside to the carpark. It's very hard. But being aware of it now and taking steps makes it easier. And if I want to write my book or draw I have to do my hobbies late at night when its quiet and there's no outside noise or I shut the windows and doors draw the curtains and hope its going to be a quiet day. I read why it occurs. Chronic ear infections, premature birth, malnutrition, mother smoking and drinking, head injuries. 26 weeks early prematurebaby here and my mother would punch her womb when pregnant with me ive been told. and she also smoked and drank. I was raised in a very violent and abusive upbringing and was neglected as a child so as a 27 year old woman not only am I dealing with the emotional side of things from that, my upbringing also harmed my development. It's a constant fight with yoursef. :( Also im still prone to ear infections bad ones so I take as many precautions as i can
My APD got really bad in college. I have great hearing, but sometimes I can pay very close attention to what someone is saying and my brain just processes it as noise, not as words. It affected my grades and a bit of job performance. I have to write everything down. I can’t listen to music, especially not with lyrics, when I need to write or read. Background noise gives me anxiety too. I wonder if there’s treatment, or if I’m just screwed :/
This is a great video apart from the background music which makes it really difficult to concentrate on what she's saying. I have Auditory Disorder and listening was hard work!!!!
They are talking about children but this still effects adults. It’s very difficult to be someplace where there’s music playing with words and someone is also talking to you. When you ask if they can turn it down people say, can’t you block it. They don’t understand and think you’re being difficult when you’re not. So now we have to explain it to people! So random people like the employees at a clothing store etc. Now complete strangers have to receive an explanation of your personal information in order to turn some music down!!
I have enough trouble tuning out noises (I have ADD), but I still struggle even when I'm in a quiet environment. Whether it's spoken, written or I have to figure it out on my own, I fail to grasp the concept. I have problems with terminology as well: "get on the plane"? How about "get in the plane"? "The alarm just went off." Don't you mean "it just went on"? "25% off all blouses." Does that mean 25% less material or 25% discount on the cost? Those electronic paper towel machines that reads "If no towel, pull handle. Now why would I pull a handle when there's no paper? It just goes on and on. I'm dealing with disabilitism on a daily basis, especially when I'm looking for a job . . . or even volunteering.
Your welcome. The noise you are referring to is more than likely the air conditioning in the office, which was quite loud at the time of recording and could not be switched off. But, as you say, people who suffer with this condition are the most likely to be distracted by it. If there are particular areas of auditory processing disorder you would like to know about, let us know as we use this feedback to generate more videos.
I thought it was just me!! YES, that background music is incredibly distracting. And yes, I've only recently realized the symptoms where related and classified as APD
there is some music in the background and it was very hard for me to understand what you were talking about because my brain was paying attention to that noise so this wasn't helping me at all.
pens clicking and papaer flipping during a test I'm stressed out for just gives me panic attacks, and I can't sleep if I can hear the T.V. downstairs when I'm trying to fall asleep with my music...anyone else?
I seriously didn't hear a difference when she was saying, "That was smart." I'm just realizing at age 47 that this is what is going on with me. I do find it ironic that you have really enjoying background music playing in this video. I couldn't tune it out and kept realizing I wasn't hearing the words.
Haha yeah that music is distracting, but I never really understood how to explain to people how I learn I couldn't ever find the right words to tell them, but ever since elementary school they've thought I've had this && now I'm almost 23 and finally getting testing for it. I had never done the research before until now & all I can say is wow. everything they say clicks and I can relate I knew that I had a learning issue but I could never explain it to people. We need more awareness thank you!
In addition to the horrible background music, there is a loud hum or some type of roar in this video that is extremely distracting. It may be a fan or air conditioning unit, but it seriously interfered with my being able to focus on what is being said.
I shout a lot without knowing and at school in a silent hallway I saw my teacher and shouted HI MISS but luckily she knew I have APD so I was let of the hook.
Turn off the background music. Don't stress my auditory processing the entire time - I already know about Speech To Noise ratio. I'm looking for educational material for my son's teacher who probably has her own auditory processing problems.
I can't hear anyone saying anything if there's a small background noise like a fan sound or sth of the kind in the background. However if the background noise is not like that but for example bird tweeting then I have no trouble hearing the person talk. Is that a form of auditory processing disorder or do I just have bad hearing?
What about deafness’s in high pitch noises People don’t understand no sound temporary then hearing goes back normal? To scream ing for a bit What is that about would think it’s apd???
i know this video is old but yeah growing up and thinking you're stupid because you don't get things and don't remember things that were just told to you was very depressing. Everyone always thinks your slow or not smart. Also yeah talking to people all day or trying to focus all day on what people say is exhausting. My job requires a lot of social interaction and man am I tired after a day at work but yeah wish people understood this more or it was talked about more. Now days I try to work with my disorder and make myself seem funny like I hear things wrong so I repeat what I hear and they laugh because it had nothing to do with anything. One more thing the mono tone voice yeah people think that's hilarious which I'm glad I can make people smile. But always remember as a kid it can be depressing, as an adult it does make life hard at times but can be used sometimes to make others happy.
I find it funny how they are talking about how it is hard trying to listen with background noise while they are playing music in the background of the video, messing with my head. lol
they just said its hard for people with this to understand stuff with background noise, and they play background music while she talks.
michelle johnson I have auditory it’s not exactly like that it’s different
I came here to say this
kitty cat hahahaha!!!!
kitty cat llol
@@fastraspberries6013 I agree
At 52 years old I'm just now seeing what it was that I struggled with so much in school! I still struggle socially with this. Wow!
I am younger than you but I still feel the same.
Sandra Timmons wow me too. I am also 52 and someone in the deaf community mentioned this to me about 0 minutes ago for the first time i heard this. And when i went to look it up on line i wanted to cry and felt wow no one believed me when i say what i hear though i hear loud enough . I’m so frustrated with people and not being heard or believed about health issues.
I’m 58 and just learning about it.
Omg I now realise all these years how I struggled I am 59 this year & I feel like crying as especially at school I really thought I was dumb 😭 😪
Thumbs up if the backround music is pissing you off.
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The Physicist Haha! yes, the first thing I noticed, it's quite annoying and does not let concentrate as well as without the sound. Quite ironic
Lol, EXACTLY! As I was trying to listen I was thinking, WTF?! Irony personified!
And if we don't struggle to listen all ready
yesssss... She speaks so much about how back ground noise affect someone who has APD and their you go adding this annoying background that has my attention while I'm trying to listen to what she's saying. He or the editor if it's the same person VERY clearly was not paying attention.
Sometimes I just never get someone's name because I can't make it out. I prefer to listen to music during "quiet study time" because music is organised and predictable so I don't have to process the auditory info because I've heard it so many times whereas the slight background noise is random and confusing. In class I pretty much always have to ask someone beside me what the homework was or what the teacher said.
Dude that's so true for me too. I always ask what the homework is and shit and people just get annoyed it sucks sometimes
+Jack Carton Interesting comment Jack, you just made me realise why I have always enjoyed old and familiar music so much.
Regards and thanks for adding your comment.
Same here, although sometimes the music does distract me because I get tired of listening to old music and then decide to do listen to new music. Or even when I use the shuffle function on my music player, so I made a special playlist with mellow and calm and simple music.
I also noticed that certain binaural beats help me concentrate. One time I listened to one and it removed my headache and it felt like it opened a knot in my brain that I didn't even know about.
Jack Carton I'm terrible at names unless I've heard the name every day and see the person to identify who it is
Bro same. So many times the teacher would be just casualy speaking with the class so the room would be a bit noisy, then suddenly the teacher says something funny and the entire classroom starts laughing, but i didnt hear it cus of the background noise. And when i would try to ask what was it the teacher said that made everyone laugh they just get annoyed and brush me off
I was diagnosed in the 90's with (C) APD. I was already 25 years old, and it was a roommate that initially pointed out that I rely way too much on lip-reading in order to hear someone, so I finally had gone to a specialist with my symptoms.
My exam and testing resulted with my having a major case of (C)APD and was surprised that I had gone this far in life without diagnosis. They were surprised that my teachers throughout my school years never noticed it. Once I got the diagnosis, I did a lot of research, and learned I had a lot of obvious symptoms that should have pointed it out.
Some of those symptoms included:
- Late speech development in childhood. I even to this day remember my private speech therapy lessons. I didn't start to really talk until I was 4.
- I am a loud talker, and only really hear well when I am listening to a loud talker.
- I had a difficult time in language classes, particularly with foreign languages. Math was my jam, but language... not so much.
- It was IMPOSSIBLE for me to hear people talking in a restaurant or other loud environments. Even the food chewing sounds in my mouth/head would interfere. Meal times were difficult growing up.
- I constantly ask people to repeat themselves, because I never hear the first part of the sentence. By the time I am able to 'tune in' to a person talking, I already missed the first half of what they said.
- Talking on the phone is extremely difficult. I usually have to put it on speaker and turned all the way up.
- I would Hyper-focus on an activity and I just 'tune out' outside noises.... for HOURS! (like puzzles or crafts etc) Someone would practically have to yell my name to snap me out of it, and get my attention. If someone WAS talking to me, it would sound like someone talking low from another room- all muffled, almost like how adults sound on Charlie Brown animations, so I wouldn't look up or mentally acknowledge that someone was talking to me.
- when something is said to me in an environment with background noise, if I cannot see their mouth, it sounds like they are speaking a completely different language.
- During my youth, my mother would be angry with me claiming I had 'selective hearing' as if I was doing it on purpose.
- I need CLARITY in statements spoken to me, so, many times I follow up with a bunch of questions regarding to their comment to ensure I heard/understood them properly. Sometimes I simply try to repeat what was said to me to ensure I heard them right. Scarily enough, many times I would have it TOTALLY WRONG. Funny how my brain will 'fill in the blanks', no matter how wrong it can be.
After additional follow-ups, the 'audiologist' pointed out why i was able to get that far in life without a diagnosis. Apparently, I developed a major coping mechanism... and that was lip-reading. I didn't realize how much I depended on watching someone's mouth to 'hear' what they are saying. Apparently, I became very good at it, and I had no idea that others didn't do it to the extent of what I had been doing.
So now it's been 25 years since my diagnosis, and have learned additional coping mechanisms. The best thing I do when I am in a group environment, socially or otherwise, Once I notice I have been asking people to repeat themselves (usually more than once or twice) I quickly follow up by saying "I apologize, I have an auditory disorder so I cannot make out speech at times". Everyone seems to be quite forgiving once they know and/or understand. My poor husband, he knows to repeat himself whenever I ask.
Here's the kicker... I am now living in my second foreign-language country, so working on my third language. The struggle is real, but at the same time it really helps train my brain to listen. I am sure I would be a lot more advanced in this language if it wasn't for my disorder. I have a disorder, but it doesn't hold me back. I plug through and purposely challenge myself to hone my much needed additional skills to overcome my shortcomings with APD.
Your life story is inspirational. I have only just recently found a name to this APD and wondering if this is why I struggle and it is disheartening to hear people with APD shut down language learning as impossible. I also would agree that language learning has helped listening skills and memory.
Thank you for writing this all out, I learned a lot reading your comment!
I shout a lot without knowing and at school in a silent hallway I saw my teacher and shouted HI MISS but luckily she knew I have APD so I was let of the hook.
I could not even deposit money into a drive-up with the music on to enter my code had to shut the music off. Everyone says I don't listen, but now I know.
Your comment really means a lot to me. Some of the things like being in trouble for selective hearing and getting lost in crafting for hours really, really hit me. Thank you for taking the time to write this.
I honestly want to cry of happiness. this explains so much for me!
i feel you, the confusion that made me think that i might have a hearing problem or im just stupid. or whatever it is that i have, i finally have the answer to my problem.
it feels good and bad at the same time
Samee, when i was small and came to school , my friends would yell at me from a few metres to say hello, or to say where they were, and i didn't hear them, because there was so much other noise. This would also happen with my vision, my friends wore bright blue jackets, and my eyes swept over them, but couldn't see them. Because of this, they would often say that was scatter-brained, and it honestly felt like i was. Now there is maybe because of apd (and/or vpd) i felt so confused all the time.
And i will now hopefully talk to someone about it
Same here, I literally can't hear people and have to close one ear and got closer to them. I have to have them repeat it like 8 times, sometimes I just give up
Also at work, I have to have people get my attention and I have to repeat what they said because I won't even hear or see them if alot is going on.
I'm 21 and still have this problem. Respect to others who struggle with this!
Literally every time i listen to someone on the phone they sound like the damn adults from charlie brown.
TIME FOR TUBBY BYE BYE yes!! And I’m an insurance adjuster and am on the phone all day and have the hardest time especially when people have accents and go home every day utterly exhausted and have a headache most days.😭
YES OMG
A lot of phones sound bad these days. Highly compressed digital audio vs. analog audio like all the phones were a couple of decades ago. The newer 'HD' voice on cell phones is a good step in the right direction.
I usually say,”what” a lot even though I here them I just didn’t process it,sometimes not often when a person talks it sounds like gibberish, and I misinterpret some words with background noise or don’t hear some words in the sentence
Gio my life.
Also, people that talk fast are a huge headache for me. Spoken directions that have lots of steps are also a nightmare for me. Driving directions are impossible when spoken. I ask people to write things down.
Slant Six I'm an adult that still struggles with this... is that a thing or is it only for children?
No, it is lifelong. Some ways that I have found to overcome it is by using shooters ear muffs. You need quiet to concentrate.
Most of my problem is at work. People are always telling me I talk too low, I also yell inappropriate times without meaning to. Also, there is so much noise people think I am ignoring them when it's literally I can't hear them unles I am expecting someone to talk to me! So annoying
And then people think I'm socially retarded because I don't react to jokes, simply because I can't understand the tones in peoples voices, especially sarcasm.
Your best friend will be email. That is how you should communicate vs mainly verbally. Don't feel like you have to explain your condition to everyone, just stick to the written word vs verbal for communication.
I find it easier to process what someone is saying when I don't have to look them in the eye. If I'm uncomfortable, I also have a bad time focusing as well as when there is a pressure to focus like in a classroom setting.
I don't understand if you're trying to help people with auditory processing disorders why would you have random music playing in the background that makes it hard to listen?
ironic right, so annoying
I think it helps illustrate it for us.
I'm so tired of people getting mad at me for asking "what?" 5 times before I can comprehend them and then giving up on speaking with me
I was evaluated by a dr. who put background noise on and I asked her to turn it off. She said that was done on purpose to find out if I had one. Fascinating.
that sounds mean. I would not like the dr. doing that. I am not going to get tested or do any further evaluation than the orig.
I can hear a pin drop in the woods, hear everything around me when we are working there BUT I can't hear people talking when in civilization. I was diagnosed with CAPD years ago and told nothing could be done about it, given no help, and sent out into the world which I couldn't understand most of the oral communication, and expected to thrive without help. Of course it was obvious to people I can hear but they didn't and still don't understand it's voices and not the background noise. Recently this caused havoc at a doctor's office and hospital. I'm 66 years old and I was treated like a bad little kid because my voice is loud because I could not follow the conversation. That earned them a report to the medical society, and I am working on a Justice department complaint form right now. After years of abuse just because I can't hear properly, I'm done accepting that people will abuse me over this. I will take action every time a professional person does this under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Refusing someone the modifications needed to communicate in a professional setting is ILLEGAL in the USA. I won't put up with it.
In loud environments I find that putting in ear plugs really helps, I haven't tried this at a club where listening and being social is more important. I do allot of industrial construction and drowning out as much back ground noise as possible helps, but its still difficult for what people are saying to register in my head. My current foreman has a really raspy voice that is very distinct and pierces through background noise which is really helpful.
This makes so much sense. Consistently having to stop whatever I'm doing to listen and watch lips to understand, asking people to repeat themselves not because I couldn't hear them speaking, but I couldn't hear what they were saying, hating phone calls and audio books because I can't see their lips; I can't count how many times I've I've asked someone to repeat themselves and specify to not raise their volume.
Tone was actually super important growing up, since if I couldn't catch their words, I could piece together by their tone.
I loved learning but had the hardest time listening. In regards to the noise from passing time, I just shut off my focus. I "zoned out", focusing on where I was going, not what I heard around me.
What were they thinking with that music?
And, yes, that background music is just enough to create problems for me. At first I thought I was imagining it. Closed captioning is a blessing to me. Sometimes when I hear music, I keep hearing it for a while after. Same thing with sirens, I keep hearing them after they are off.
Listening to and playing music may be of help. I just found out very recently that I was diagnosed with APD about 20 years ago. I am 33 years old. When I was 13 my parents suspected that I had a learning disability, more specifically Attention Deficit Disorder, as I was struggling with school. I didn’t have ADD but I was diagnosed with APD. I always felt bad when people would say I was a bad listener.
I am a musician and I just realized APD is probably why I became one. I would often listen to music as a way to self-sooth before I picked up my first instrument. I grew up in a dysfunctional family and had anxiety when I was younger. There is a therapeutic feeling I get when learning or playing an instrument, as it gives me the gratification of controlling a singular sound, or putting multiple sounds/instruments together to create a singular sound.
I figured I should share this as it has always helped me cope and maybe it can be helpful for others with APD.
Cheers
Who else had to rewind so many times during this video because they kept missing major points.
Anyone else have just as much trouble with the "loudness" of complete silence? I do better with music or TV noise to focus "against."
I can only get back into the zone and focus with something on headphones usually, speakers and stuff for it are more distracting.
Melissa Hahn when I’m driving I need loud music to focus. Music helps me at work too but I’m on the phone all day and can’t listen to music while working.
Melissa Hahn yep
background sound while discussing auditory processing problems!
I’ve never related so hard to one of these disorders I just learned about. It would explain a lot because I’ve known for a long time that I have excellent hearing but being able to parse out what you’re saying from all the other noise I hear is so difficult.
Also, subtitles for movies and TH-cam videos are sometimes a must.
coincidentally... they add background music.
I have audio processing disorder. it doesn't effect me much now that I am almost fifty, but I still take people literally. I think I can tell when a person is being sarcastic. I am a little slow at understanding jokes. what I remember about being a kid was how tiring school was. (I was diagnoised with capd at age 22) I also remember that to get the c-/d+ gpa needed graduate, I employed cheeting on exams, especially in spelling tests. there just wasn't enough hours in the day to do all the homework assigned.
my only regret was that I didn't drop out of school at age 16 to attend comunity college. at 18 when I attended community college, my gpa shot up to a b+ average. it makes sense now. those classrooms were quiet. it didn't take as much effort to follow along. also, the pacing of the classes were quicker and in more depth. and I didn't have to employ devices like cheeting or bringing crib-notes into class to pass exams. I took a lot of math-science courses.
I can recall standing in the hallway while my 6th grade teacher tried to send me on an errand. She handed me a sheaf of papers and tried to tell me what to do with them. The class was noisy and I swear she was speaking gibberish. It was humiliating. No matter how hard I try to listen I end up "tuning out". I avoid talking with people because I know I will miss half of what they say. Meetings at work are torture. My hearing tests normal. ADP? This is a revelation!
Hallelujah
Wow this is interesting; one of my symptoms is that I often have a hard time recognizing sarcasm, but somehow I’m also very adept at understanding the “gist” of what’s being said in a foreign language solely by listening to inflection and pitch and relating it to contextual clues. Maybe it’s because my brain isn’t trying to process everything that’s being heard when it hears a foreign language, so it can focus *just* on the tone/inflection alone?
Ive done hearing tests over and over again, ive been called lazzy and stupid my hole life even my mother thinks im autistic... but that test wasnt it ither.. no its this an APD! This make so m7ch sence to me. When she talked about feeling overwhelmed and exhausted after spending hours TRYING to listen, it made sense. This is ME.
*The background music
i have APD disorder and all the things this lady mention i have done at some point. this is a great info vid for me thank you.
I'm 1 minute into this video and she has just described me EXACTLY!!!
Sweet. I have HFA and Auditory Processing Problems so I needed to know what it was
I am diagnosed with A.P.D. and music is abit different. It helps me focus! Especially if its loud! It's busy noise that is the problem! When my music is loud it helps me complete tasks! Especially paper work it is not easy for me to do! I also have A.D.D. music always helps me! Driving my loud music helps me focus!
Hi just a few weeks ago my son, 7 years old was diagnosed with APD... Your video has been very helpful to me and my family. please keep informing us.
Yes the background noise makes me not hear all of what she is saying. I think that back noise was intentional to prove their point . I need to get checked because I may very well have this problem and most likely had it as a child and just was never diagnosed.
I have this problem and it’s nice to not feel alone
Awesome! Most videos about apd have terrable sound quality like echos in the room making them difficult to listen to so I turn them off. Thank you for bothering to have clean sound, it makes all the difference.
I have Auditory Processig disorder and Autism. I love this video but the background noise is so annoying!
I have APD and my teachers thought I was never listening in class. It was so hard in school. I am homeschooled now and its way better since I can have 1 and 1 with my teacher.
I have this disorder. I never realized it as a child, but discovered it when I started working with children who have this disorder. One of the occupational therapists asked me questions and helped me realize that CAPD was the cause. My disorder causes a delay in what is said. I get easily "lost" in a big group meeting. In school, I excelled at my school work, but I asked a zillion questions. I also forget or miss what was just said. At work it can be hard at meetings. People don't understand.
Thank you so much for posting this!
I love listening to Australian voices :) Make me feel at home.
The high pitch quiet music in the background made this video somewhat difficult to listen to. Good info though. Thank you.
I might have some kind of APD. I can do some of the things though. I just can't make sense of people all the time.
The video has captioning. You have to turn the setting on. I could understand what was said with captioning on.
That internal rage I get when music is playing in the car, the AC is on full blast 💥, I can hear the tires 🛞 rolling on the highway and someone is telling me a story then asks me why I’m not “paying attention.”🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can’t do it
In someone with APD I wonder if background noise can disrupt a persons “train of thought” and/or focus as well as understanding speech with background noise.
Doing homework is the easy part. It's not a visual processing disorder it's auditory. The hard part though is learning how to read since the speech behind it is taught through auditory means. But once you develop those skills you can fall back on visual learning and memory. This is coming from someone who has lived with it their whole life. I spent years in speech therapy, was held back in 1st grade, and was in special ed. Once I learned how to cope with the disorder my grades went up, I graduated from college, and now I have a very good job at an IT consulting company.
murph1329 reading this helps me feel better for my daughter she is 10 and is now being evaluated for processing disorder
I found it odd that in a video meant largely for people with CAPD, they included subtle background music which interfered with my ability to concentrate on and understand her.
Going to be 49 this year and this is the reason why I struggle with so many things.
Thank you for this video. Again, it is interesting to note that I have trouble concentrating on this video because of the slight "drumming" in the background. At the same time, in many ways it helps me to realize that I really do have this disorder.
Have you found any solutions?
As @suadela87 points out, “parsing” seems to be a major hurdle, maybe exacerbated by background noise and other social conditions (bad domestic/neighborhood scene, diet, etc.), the “serial position effect” (what the student will or won’t remember) is a fascinating angle-thanks for including it. My suspicion is that the stress activates their amygdala more than is healthy (thinking about long-term effects from mental exhaustion (2:07)) as it relates to cardiovascular health, while they don’t even know that they’re the proverbial baboon in the “U. of Pennsylvania experimental lab”--nobody even knows they’re there. THEY don’t even know they’re there, and probably assume everyone else has the same level of difficulty as they do. Students should be made aware that this could be happening to them so that testing can be done. A record of head-trauma patients could be a place to start. This series of videos is beyond brilliant; thanks for posting.
I zoned out..
I couldn’t keep track of what they are saying because of the music
Anyone finding it interresting that theres a background track in this video that makes it unwatchable for people with APD?
Why are they playing background music??? I'm here because I am concerned about my son but listening to this was so hard with the music in the background. Suddenly memories from my own auditory processing difficulties are flooding my mind.
Wow, this is great. I have a very mild case of APD and it has caused me no end of aggravation in my lifetime, mainly in social situations, like you, because of the "delay" effect. I wish I had known about it before!
I have same issue for a long time now.when I was in college and I couldn't listen to my teacher I'd just sit on front bench and ask teacher to. Write the name of the topic we r learning and I would go home and revise it again ..so passing the degree was double work for me😁.I still have hard time while I talk with a group of people and also when the celing fan or the wind is blowing
my mom was a few classes away from getting a degree in Audiology in the early 80's. Did they know about auditory processing disorder then? or did they assume that hearing comprehension issues could be rooted in a processing issue? I had so so many of these symptoms but she (and no one else) never noticed. I even was taken to get a hearing assessment at one point and when I passed the assessment they were like "seems like your hearing is normal" and didn't listen to me when i said i had a hard time understanding people talking to me. My mom was like "you do fine in choir, how could you have a hearing problem?" it hurts to know that maybe i could have felt less isolated/dumb with a combination or accommodations and training/therapy, but here I am at 33 finding out there is a way to help me with this. I missed out on so much because i couldn't really understand what was going on around me as good as others. Guess it is better to something about it now than never..
no wonder why my friends would always get mad at me because they had to repeat the same word like three times so i could undrestand it..... and the noise its all true, this is affecting my college life :
Explains why it would be so difficult in highschool. Teens may use different tones which may be easily missed by others. Also why university lectures can be hard to focus on. Explains a lot.
I could pay attention to this when I watched it on my tv but when I watched it again from my phone with headphones all I could hear was the annoying music. Couldn’t pay attention this time.
Love this video. Only issue is that people with (C)APD also have trouble with accents so processing UK accents are also difficult. I have short term memory loss as well as (C)APD and its just so rough putting two and two together. It's such a process everyday. Sometimes I wish I could just switch my hearing off for the day. Concentrating all day every day is exhausting.
Oh so this really is a thing. I have always been struggling to understand people. So very often I have to say 'sorry, what did you say?'. And if the person repeats the same thing exactly the same, if he or she doesn't vary anything in the speech (speaking more clearly, or slower, or using other words), then i sometimes just can't understand it no matter how many times it's repeated to me. Cool to have a name for it now. People get so surprised when I say that I have trouble with understanding speech even in my mother language (not english).
I 100% believe I have this. I never thought I was deaf, even though I was called that many times
however I've gathered that I have majority of the symptoms of APD. It's really frustrating when I'm not able to understand people and have to keep saying 'what?' Embarrassingly.. especially when someone cracks a joke and my brain doesn't process it so now I'm smiling because they're smiling.
Ah. I've also realised why I would get A's in Spanish GCSE but would always have a difficult time trying to listen to the person talk in the listening exam. It's not that I didn't understand the sentences, but it's the fact that their words sometimes were muffled to me.
AMAZING !! We have 2 grand kids that may have this ! Are there some kind of hearing aids that block all the background noise?
I remember in school, all noise was terribly distracting. A kid tearing sheets out of a notebook or pencil sharpener etc. They need total quiet. Even a small fan running can be distracting. It isn't just speech that confuses you, it is any noise.
I'm 17 (going on 18 in a few days, and it's still a pain in the ass to keep up with a simple conversation. My mom (every fucking time) tells me to talk to people in school; I can't bring myself up to speak, and I still consider myself 'socially awkward'. This also applies to family events with all the hooplah going on. Not only this, but I'm a complete disorganized person with everything. Swim practice is also Hell.
This in combination with learning disability... and it was expected to have a job on the side.
And now people expect me to still be able to live adult life. I was burnt out at 13 already 😔
The background noise is very distracting in this video.
I remember in school it is exactly as she describes. But it affects you as an adult too and you're self esteem. You think you're dumb and forgetful and you get frustrated with yourself which is very sad and unfair on yourself.
It affects you professionally. Working in retail was a complete nightmare you have to be able to multitask, answering phones then face to face, writing a list helped but you'd forget in two seconds what you wrote or forgot numbers for stock or have to ask customers or colleagues to repeat themselves it annoys everyone. I flat out had a colleague turn to me and asked if I was dyslexic. And then another job my boss asked me if I had been tested because of my memory.
Then relationships. At family dinners I can't keep up with them because they all talk so fast and are loud and talk over eachother and I forget what was said even though im trying so hard to listen.
Then my relationship with my hubby especially when we have arguments its very difficult to hear the other person and understand. I have trouble reading his emotions and tone I have to ask him to slow down his speech so I can write things down in an argument. If we're in a noisey place like the shopping mall I have to step aside and force myself to listen or we have to step outside to the carpark. It's very hard. But being aware of it now and taking steps makes it easier.
And if I want to write my book or draw I have to do my hobbies late at night when its quiet and there's no outside noise or I shut the windows and doors draw the curtains and hope its going to be a quiet day.
I read why it occurs. Chronic ear infections, premature birth, malnutrition, mother smoking and drinking, head injuries. 26 weeks early prematurebaby here and my mother would punch her womb when pregnant with me ive been told. and she also smoked and drank. I was raised in a very violent and abusive upbringing and was neglected as a child so as a 27 year old woman not only am I dealing with the emotional side of things from that, my upbringing also harmed my development. It's a constant fight with yoursef. :( Also im still prone to ear infections bad ones so I take as many precautions as i can
My APD got really bad in college. I have great hearing, but sometimes I can pay very close attention to what someone is saying and my brain just processes it as noise, not as words. It affected my grades and a bit of job performance. I have to write everything down. I can’t listen to music, especially not with lyrics, when I need to write or read. Background noise gives me anxiety too. I wonder if there’s treatment, or if I’m just screwed :/
This is a great video apart from the background music which makes it really difficult to concentrate on what she's saying. I have Auditory Disorder and listening was hard work!!!!
They are talking about children but this still effects adults. It’s very difficult to be someplace where there’s music playing with words and someone is also talking to you. When you ask if they can turn it down people say, can’t you block it. They don’t understand and think you’re being difficult when you’re not. So now we have to explain it to people! So random people like the employees at a clothing store etc. Now complete strangers have to receive an explanation of your personal information in order to turn some music down!!
I have enough trouble tuning out noises (I have ADD), but I still struggle even when I'm in a quiet environment. Whether it's spoken, written or I have to figure it out on my own, I fail to grasp the concept. I have problems with terminology as well: "get on the plane"? How about "get in the plane"? "The alarm just went off." Don't you mean "it just went on"? "25% off all blouses." Does that mean 25% less material or 25% discount on the cost? Those electronic paper towel machines that reads "If no towel, pull handle. Now why would I pull a handle when there's no paper? It just goes on and on. I'm dealing with disabilitism on a daily basis, especially when I'm looking for a job . . . or even volunteering.
JoAndra Van Dowall Oh my gosh! I thought I was alone with having trouble with concept. I say the same kinds of things and it is frustrating.
Wow no wonder I have a hard time in school I have all the symptoms
Your welcome. The noise you are referring to is more than likely the air conditioning in the office, which was quite loud at the time of recording and could not be switched off. But, as you say, people who suffer with this condition are the most likely to be distracted by it. If there are particular areas of auditory processing disorder you would like to know about, let us know as we use this feedback to generate more videos.
I thought it was just me!! YES, that background music is incredibly distracting. And yes, I've only recently realized the symptoms where related and classified as APD
there is some music in the background and it was very hard for me to understand what you were talking about because my brain was paying attention to that noise so this wasn't helping me at all.
the loud background noise is a tadbit ironic.
Can you remove the background music please? Very hard to listen and understand.
pens clicking and papaer flipping during a test I'm stressed out for just gives me panic attacks, and I can't sleep if I can hear the T.V. downstairs when I'm trying to fall asleep with my music...anyone else?
I seriously didn't hear a difference when she was saying, "That was smart." I'm just realizing at age 47 that this is what is going on with me. I do find it ironic that you have really enjoying background music playing in this video. I couldn't tune it out and kept realizing I wasn't hearing the words.
Haha yeah that music is distracting, but I never really understood how to explain to people how I learn I couldn't ever find the right words to tell them, but ever since elementary school they've thought I've had this && now I'm almost 23 and finally getting testing for it. I had never done the research before until now & all I can say is wow. everything they say clicks and I can relate I knew that I had a learning issue but I could never explain it to people. We need more awareness thank you!
That's what I was thinking - what's up with the background noise?!.
In addition to the horrible background music, there is a loud hum or some type of roar in this video that is extremely distracting. It may be a fan or air conditioning unit, but it seriously interfered with my being able to focus on what is being said.
Jeeeeeeze, APD video and the background “music” is beyond distracting!! Wooo just another nail in the coffin, I’m already tired and I’m only 3:21 in.
I shout a lot without knowing and at school in a silent hallway I saw my teacher and shouted HI MISS but luckily she knew I have APD so I was let of the hook.
Turn off the background music. Don't stress my auditory processing the entire time - I already know about Speech To Noise ratio. I'm looking for educational material for my son's teacher who probably has her own auditory processing problems.
Background noise on a video about auditory processing disorder. Irony.
I can't hear anyone saying anything if there's a small background noise like a fan sound or sth of the kind in the background. However if the background noise is not like that but for example bird tweeting then I have no trouble hearing the person talk. Is that a form of auditory processing disorder or do I just have bad hearing?
I'm convinced that I have this disorder.
I have normal physical hearing but I have this disorder along with aspergers syndrome. Its like my brain is not able to hear.
What about deafness’s in high pitch noises
People don’t understand no sound temporary then hearing goes back normal?
To scream ing for a bit
What is that about would think it’s apd???
it's too bad they added background music.
They have background noise and it's bothering me so much trying to watch this 😅
Do you suggest home school for a child with ADP? My son feels like the quiet environment at home would help him achieve his scholastic goals.
So background noise interferes with processing?
Yes.
Then why are you playing background noise on the video?
i know this video is old but yeah growing up and thinking you're stupid because you don't get things and don't remember things that were just told to you was very depressing. Everyone always thinks your slow or not smart. Also yeah talking to people all day or trying to focus all day on what people say is exhausting. My job requires a lot of social interaction and man am I tired after a day at work but yeah wish people understood this more or it was talked about more. Now days I try to work with my disorder and make myself seem funny like I hear things wrong so I repeat what I hear and they laugh because it had nothing to do with anything. One more thing the mono tone voice yeah people think that's hilarious which I'm glad I can make people smile. But always remember as a kid it can be depressing, as an adult it does make life hard at times but can be used sometimes to make others happy.