Do people comment on your hearing?

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I either get told I have very good hearing, or very bad hearing. Like others on this thread, there are times when I'm overwhelmed by different threads of noise, particularly when on public transport etc. Sometimes when dining out I find myself trying to keep track of other people's conversations, and they blend in my head... then I find it impossible to keep track of the people I'm supposed to be talking to. Apparently I go "glassy eyed" and just eat on automatic pilot. I think hyperfocussing on human speech might be one of the reasons I'm good at languages. But I do wish I could switch it on or off at will.

So sometimes it will look as though I can't hear what's being said, when in fact I'm trying to process the fact that I'm hearing too much. On other occasions it's obvious I have a better range of hearing than others. For example, I can hear the buzzing of this computer... machines when switched on always make a noise.

Yup. I either get told I have very good hearing, because I'm bothered by small noises other people can ignore, or crap hearing, because I don't hear well over background noise. Go figure.

It depends. I get compliments on having a good musical ear. Comments on my hearing in general are mixed - on one hand, I hear about two octaves more than most people and hear little things that others miss; on the other, I have recieved negative comments on my hearing due to losing stuff in the background noise or the fact that I tend to space out and not notice if someone is talking to me.

I recieve comments on my sense of smell much more often than on my hearing. Generally people are in disbelief at how well my sense of smell is developed/accute - and I'm a smoker to boot.

Ive had people comment on my hearing before, particularly when Ive been around others - like in a crowd, or a restaurant. Though I have no problem with crowds and a lot of people, I often find it difficult to distinguish between the voice that Im trying to listen to, and everybody elses. It happens with a smaller group people as well..
I keep telling them its not a hearing problem, its more a processing problem. I hear everything fine, but its like blur of sound when there is several noise sources at once.

I turn the TV up if im eating, because I find it hard to distinguish the sounds of it, over the sounds of myself eating.
I can usually withstand it being quite low though.

As for music, I can hear it fine if its low, but I have preference for my favorite music to be louder because then I can lose myself in it and it feels great