AS and Central Auditory Processing Disorder.

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Ugh, it's so frustrating to have to constantly ask people to repeat themselves. I swear, 85% of the time someone says something to my, my first response is "huh?". It's worse if I actually answer them before they repeat themselves. My family used to always scold me for saying "huh?" and then answering, like I did it for fun or something. But no, the words had to bounce around in my head first and sort themselves out.

My hearing is very good- annoyingly good- but I can't understand people for s**t. I watch movies with the subtitles on.

I am right there with you folks....I was calling it an "auditory processing" problem before I had ever heard the term used by other people....HORRIBLE at meetings....and school.....gads....

Flakey used to complain that I was "slow on the uptake" since it took me so long to absorb anything he said to me....clever way of calling me dumb..i guess....he doesn't do it anymore...

it is the origin of my slight echolalia....if I understand something on the first try, I will say it back to them.....(not always...just sometimes....)

I am pretty sure that I have CAPD too. I have been wondering lately if maybe I'm not on the spectrum at all and maybe all I have is auditory processing issues. Not understanding what others say on a regular basis definitely has a negative effect on my socializing. I'm constantly asking people to repeat themselves because I couldn't process the words fast enough, the words got all scrambled in my mind, or someway or another (but not because of hearing problems) the info doesn't get from point A to point B.

Outside the classroom, my friends/acquaintances usually get frustrated with me if I make them repeat something too many times or if I try to fake understanding them (Something I've learned to do recently) and they ask for a response from me requiring that I understood them, and I'm not good enough at faking to slide by when this happens.

In the classroom, poor auditory processing is the main reason I have gotten so frustrated in school and failed so many classes.
I simply cannot understand the directions, and since classroom assignments are usually reliant on following spoken direction, I have turned in very little class work. Also, the directions for homework are usually given verbally too, so I've turned in very little homework. I realize now that this is the main reason I am so much better at tests than any other assignments. All the directions are very clear and on paper.

But, very recently, CAPD has begun to affect me in the test-taking realm because I am now in college. In one of my classes, the tests are still written, but some of the answers are not in the book or any of the notes. The answers are only given in the lectures!

I'm in trouble, I'm in trouble, I'm in trouble.......

A definitely do this. At times, no matter how many times someone says and repeats themselves, I cannot understand them. I have to either ask them to re-word what they are saying, or to spell it out. i am also constantly saying "what?", and many find it very annoying.

I had always wondered why others seemed to have no problems understanding song texts, where my brain just had formed nonsense words - and I still have a hard time picking the right words when I hear a song for the first time.

And I was always amazed e.g. in a gathering of some people where all sit around a table and people start talking in small groups of two or three and seem to have no problem understanding each other even if sitting a couple of meters away and over all those other conversations and music running in the background, where I even can't understand the person right besides me. I always have the urge to jump up and scream "dammit, why can't you all just speak one after the other ?"

Autism itself is distinguished by auditory processing difficulties (as well as visual); CAPD is there for individuals who don't have any other symptoms of autism.

My cousin's son has CAPD, he fails to respond to his name many times, as well as the other symptoms of such (especially at school); I failed to respond to my name too when I was little, and I experienced all of the other symptoms too, but I had the rest of the autistic symptoms.

Not everyone with autism and Asperger's have the auditory processing difficulties, but you'll find that the majority do.

Oh, I SOOOO have CAPD! I'd always had issues with hearing, but all my hearing tests were excellent. Everyone was always telling me to pay more attention, which was frustrating as hell. I figured out several years ago that it was a processing problem, and called it auditory dyslexia. I googled that several times over the years, figuring that even if it wasn't really called auditory dyslexia, surely SOMEONE else would use that phrase to describe it, but all I ever found were websites about dyslexia which just happened to use the word auditory.

So anyway, i knew I had this condition, but only found out what it was called when I learned about Prosopagnosia, and the author of a face blind website mentioned having CAPD as well. So, the first neurological disorder I self-diagnosed was the second one I learned the name for.

If you have CAPD and want to experience shear aggravation, work as a cashier in a Taco Bell drive-thru.

*me* "What was that? You want Young Jeezy's belt?"

*irate customer* "No I said I want a cheesy-beefy melt!

I have to deal with this on a daily basis at my job. I hate it, I've had to asked more than twice. What gets me is they raise their voice. I have sensative hearing and can hear real well but not their diction. It's like they're slurring their words together. Other than that, loud noise irks me.

who here has been tested for it and how much did it cost?
it seems I might have it ut I don't think it's serious.
it seems like it could be confused with ADD.
I often can't understand songs and say "what?" to people a lot but lately i try think of what was said and a few secs later realized what they had said.