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Which part of language comprehension gives you the most trouble the most of the time?
I have no language comprehension trouble that I'm aware. 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
I mishear words a lot. 5%  5%  [ 3 ]
I hear language and I know it's language but often it just sounds like noise. 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
I have trouble hearing language through background noise. 15%  15%  [ 8 ]
I have a low vocabulary of words I understand. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I take things too literally. 20%  20%  [ 11 ]
I can spot metaphors and other nonliteral language but can't understand the real meaning. 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
I have trouble noticing language involving double meanings. 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
I go by strict dictionary definitions and can't figure out language that doesn't match the dictionary. 5%  5%  [ 3 ]
I have trouble or it takes time translating language into pictures or other kinds of thought. 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
I spend most of my time far beneath language or idea, with no clue these could exist. When I hear words while in that realm I may hear the tonality and music of the voice, but not the meaning or even the possibility of even a strictly literal meaning. 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
When I hear a string of words, it gets all tangled, jumbled, and out of sequence. Then I have to piece it together. 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
I understand language only by the pattern of what situation I have heard what sequence of words in, in the past. I would have real trouble defining or understanding most single words, or words without context. 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
I understand language easily (or easiER) at first, but the more tired I get the more it sounds like gibberish. 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Whether I manage to interpret it or not, the very act of trying to understand language makes my brain, ears, or eyes hurt. 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
I have trouble because when someone says a sentence, the more words I hear, the more words from the beginning drop out of my mind so I have trouble holding the whole sentence in my head and understanding it all at once. 11%  11%  [ 6 ]
Other. (Please explain if possible.) 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
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15 Feb 2011, 7:05 pm

I have trouble hearing what people are saying when there's background noise. Even when there's not background noise I sometimes have trouble figuring out what people are saying. I can hear them clearly (I have no problems with my hearing) but I have issues sorting sounds into words. This is especially a problem when I'm not familiar with the person's voice.

I also have some issues figuring out implied meanings and nuances. I can pick these up when I'm reading a book, but not in a real-life conversation. I'm pretty much oblivious to flirtation, irritation, and so on if these things are subtle.



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15 Feb 2011, 8:27 pm

Several of these apply to me. Language turns into gibberish but as a teenager I started reading lips and the problem is less of an issue these days. If there's background noise it all falls apart, especially if I can't see someone's mouth.



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16 Feb 2011, 9:43 pm

one more:
i find it almost impossible sometimes to understand people with foreign accents. even or especially english speakers with a heavy brogue.

and i do stutter sometimes if i didn't mention it.

and if i pay attention to trying to appear as if i'm paying attention, i find myself just saying "ok. ok" and not hearing anything really.


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