Processing Words

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Yeah, reading's tricky! The words move on the page and recede and advance and change color. It slows me down. Funny, though, the distractions on a computer screen are different than that in printed text. Hm.

I find reading books on a computer impossible.

Does the white of the page seem too white to you? Is it easier to read against a tinted background? Check out Irlen's Syndrome. It's neurological and found often in autistics. Photoscopic sensitivity.

Yes, often. Tinted does seem easier, too. Usually, I also keep the lights rather low in my room. That helps. I did look into Irlen lenses - I'd like to see some in person. On my computer (an iMac) I installed Shades, a program that allows you to really dim the display - way beyond the default settings. That was a life saver. Thanks for the info!

There's a link that will show examples of the kinds of distortions you can experience. When I read a paragraph against a typical white background, the spaces between the words jump out as "rivers" to me. It's funny, before I had even heard of it I often complained that sometimes it was hard to read because it was like light got in the way.

I have had this issue for as long as I can remember. I am deaf, and even at that I still say "what?" several times in a signed conversation. I actually pay attention to what was being said, and yet I tend to miss out some vital information most of the times. My ex-wife, my mom, my teachers, heck everyone can validate that one. My mom hates it so much that she gets snappy at me when I ask her that. I haven't brought up the concept of CAPD to her, and I don't think I want to. She doesn't like the fact that I have Asperger's, even though I can see that she has autistic traits.

I've had issues with subtitles sometimes, missing out on what was being said. Most of the times, watching the movie/TV show again tends to resolve what I had missed. I also thought I was the only one with the issue. Heck, I thought about being "the only one" about a great many things about myself for a long time.

Reading is also an issue for me. It's more of having stuff around each letter, or having some kind of phantom tiny yellow dots over the words as I read books. It happens quite frequently on a computer monitor too, especially on a white background. I have tried one of the tint software thingy (freeware) for Windows but it does not work right on Win 7. If anyone knows where I can find a working version of such software, let me know.

For some of the distortion samples:
http://irlen.com/distortioneffects.php

Yes a pattern of peaks and valleys on the audiogram is normal for CAPD. When I was diagnosed that was part of the testing.

Also it is possible to have a language-based processing problem that is not CAPD. My language processing issues give me way more trouble than CAPD does.

This.

Or listening to someone when I'm out shopping or other busy places, they sound like the adults on charlie brown, takes more seconds than it should for it all to sink in.

Oh yeah, I have this problem too!

have you had your hearing tested?

ruveyn

Pardon?

I don't think it's to do with how well your hearing is. I am the same as Ferdinand but my hearing is just fine.
Hearing and processing are different things.

I am deaf and I still have this issue.

I have this problem, and yes, I like having the volume turned up on the tv. I wouldn't mind subtitles, except that I'm prone to constantly looking away from the screen and I like to follow the bulk of whatever is I'm watching via listening.

They'll be times when, no matter how much attention I give to the speaker, I'm not processing a word they say. It's worse when the person talking to me is also the type that demands eye contact. I find it easier to listen when I'm looking away from a person, or at the least, anywhere but the eyes. I tend to look at people's mouths as well, which doesn't always help me to understand what they're saying, but sometimes it does.

The longer a person speaks, the worse it can get. If it's a short spiel, I can usually catch what they said, albeit delayed. I also have trouble reading computer screens, but not so much books, even if the print is smaller than what is usually on my screen. Mind you, now I'm going far sighted (on top of lifelong myopia), and that's complicating things a tad.

Background noises always kill my ability to hear conversation or stay focused. Even just a low hum can throw me, such as when I worked at a coffee shop years ago, and all the various appliances were humming away. I felt totally deaf there at times, even though my hearing is fine. I had quite a few customers get annoyed with me big time.

sometimes I have trouble understanding what is said to me for no particular reason whatsoever. It's almost as if I immediately forget what was said.

The OP was about processing stuff you hear on TV...I don't have much trouble with that, though I do if there are people talking in the room while the television is on. I have trouble processing verbal stuff in general, though. I get completely lost in lectures at school.