Auditory Processing Disorder, etc...

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Do you guys think it's okay to say, "I have auditory processing disorder/issues" when you've never been diagnosed? I mean, I think it's pretty obvious that everyone who has replied has it....

I tell people I will gladly listen to whatever they have or want to say, but they must first get my full attention! Beginning to say something to me while I am doing something else is a complete waste of time ... yet some people still sometimes try to just go on ahead and begin talking anyway ... and when they do that, I sometimes just let them jabber on until I am able to take a break from whatever else I am doing and listen, and then I tell them I am ready to listen and to please begin all over again. And then for me to ultimately comprehend something said to me, I first need to be told what is going to be said (like "I am going to say there is something wrong with the car"), and then for whatever is going to be said to actually be said (like "The car is making some strange noises and will not move"), and to then be told what has just been said (like "The car seems to be broken and I need to go somewhere") ... and if someone cannot do that, I just go back to whatever I was doing unless someone wants to begin all over again. Other than in some kind of emergency or highly-emotional situation, I do not consider it my responsibility to try to figure out what someone who is familiar with me is trying to say.

sorry for all the double posts, I don't know why it's happening

Yep, i am a horrible note taker. I suck at multitasking.When i am trying to tell my mom something and the kids are loud nearby, i just have to yell and tell them to go in the other rom. I can't hear what I am saying and can't concentrate on what i am trying to get out. I think it is worse for me to talk and hear this noise than have someone talk to me and hear the same thing. Oh, and when someone talks to me, i have to look at their lips. I can listen better if i am matching their words to their lips. Weird. If i gazze at their eyes, i am almost lose my place at what they are saying so i have to jump back to looking at their lips.

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My kids say it is the co-existing conditions of CAPD and dyspraxia that they have the problems with, not as much the more typical AS features (though they will complain that I am non-social on occasion. )

I was just remembering back (quite a while ago) when someone posted something about a sort of disorder where you put words in odd order when typing/speaking. I have to really watch myself that I don't put my sentences together so that it's harder to read or understand. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, maybe something like "I'm going to the park today I think" instead of just saying "I think I'll go to the park today". I was just wondering if it's linked to CAPD... although I guess when it comes down to it it's all linked since it's all in how the mind is processing and relaying information. Just curious! I am still a bit surprised at how many others are like me, I never realized...kind of another revelation of "I'm not the only one" just like when I found out about AS.

Is it just me or do people on this forum just want to talk about their issues or problems. Identify that other people on this forum or other ASDians have the same problem's then go on with their lives. From where I sit very few people ever seem interested in trying to solve, remedy or work through the said problem. I am not trying to incite anger from people, just pointing out a general trend I think I have identified.

To the single person who did actually put their feelers out to try and identify a remedy to their CAPD. As far as diagnosis goes in this country (Australia) CAPD is very controvercial in mainstream medicine. Sorry folks as real as the CAPD is to you most mainstream practitioners will not hear of it. If people are interested in DX they would need to identify an Audiologist who advertises or is known by word of mouth to have expertise in DXing people with this issue. My first port of call would be organisations who deal with ASDian children or perhaps there's an Audiologist registration body that could help. Here the cost of DX is substantial and it is in no way covered by Medicare or health insurance............or my health insurance anyway

As far as treatment goes I have had success with my 2 DXed ASDian sons with Samonas sound therapy and a computer game called Earobics. However the mechanics of all of this may be totally different with adults than it is for young children so some expert advice could be fruitful.

Hope this helps.

I used to think my difficulties arose from not paying proper attention to what is being said, however I can be completely focused on the person talking and still not comprehend what is being said. This is most noticeable for me at work. My coworkers are convinced I am going deaf. I had my hearing tested a few years back and it came back well within normal ranges. My hearing is actually incredibly sensitive, I can hear sounds no one else seems to and I have to wear earplugs to drown out noises at night. I have tried explaining to people that I can hear them talking, its just that I have difficulty forming words out of the sounds I hear... I do do better when lip reading.

It has caused me extreme problems my whole life..
I identified that I had some sort of auditory processing difficulty long before I ever knew that such a thing existed conventionally....It is part of what I had previously perceived to be part of the "brain damage" I's always thought I had......but it was a long time before i ever identified that it was one of my underlying problems. I can hear really small noises from very far away that many would not pick up on...but I am perpetually mis-hearing what people say...and I have to sometimes dicipher it like a puzzle in order to identify what they have just said to me.

I don't use the phone for important or official things for this very reason. As soon as they finish saying something, it's out of my head completely.