Hear something different

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I dont think this has anything to do with being AS. I didnt know where to post this. Does anyone else hear something different that comes out of someone elses mouth. Its a somewhat similar sounding word.

Some actual examples:

what was said: Lance lives in a gated community
what I heard: Lance lives in a gay community

what was said: thats not creepy, I live with Sam
what I heard: thats not creepy, I look at Sam

what was said: there is a deaf group on campus
what I heard: there is a death group on campus

I dont know if Im starting to have hearing problems or my brain just loves to f**k things up. Like I hear what I wanna hear kinda of a thing. This happen to anyone else?

Yes, it happens to me but not always. Perhaps it is central auditory processing disorder.

Yes, I've had many a moment where one word sounded like another to me. With noise it gets even worse. It's our brains desperately trying to process in real time something that dosen't make sense.

Once I had to to ask someone to repeat something three times. I was tired and overloaded. I could hear her just fine, but she sounded like she was speaking a language I didn't know. The hearing process is largely neurological. The brain has to process the sound waves and sometimes things go screwy.

CAPD, or attention or processing issues. Happens to me all the time. I've developed a ten second auditory storage bank to replay statements to deal with it.

Yes. For me, recognitions and understandings of words are dependent upon context to the point of not being able to comprehend a message or information being conveyed apart from one. Hence, similar sounding words can get crossed ... and off I go into complete misunderstanding or confusion.

Well that's interesting. I thought I was getting hard of hearing because of my age. The radio said that the Coast Guard had picked up a dozen humans - it was the next day when they repeated the story that I heard "Cubans." I've decided the hard-of-hearing phrases are more fun than dull reality.

it happens to me, because i have an auto-complete device in my head, it finishes sentences before they are spoken...and if the person says something different, i don't hear the actual word they said...;

It happens to me but I think it may be a problem with shifting my attention. If I am not fully engaged in what a person is saying, I won't always get it right.

Thats interesting. What normally happens for me, sometimes I dont hear something at first so I replay the statement in my head and then I know what was said later. Or due to the context of the conversation, I often know what I heard was wrong, so I will be able to fill in the word. Way to often i'll confirm what the person said but I feel like I should stop doing that so it doesnt annoy people, cause Im often able to fill in the correct word in my head.

Have you had your hearing checked? Some of the errors you mentioned could easily be because you are missing certain frequencies.

sounds like auditory processing dysfunction to me. Basicly that is where your hearing in your ear is fine, but when your brain translates the sound waves to information, things get mixed up.
They make hearing aids for that type of hearing problem: digital hearing aids, and they are expensive...mine cost 4,800 dollars for the pair...and I need to get them readjusted before the warranty wears out.

some insurance companies cover them though....mine did a little, but I had to take out a loan to pay the rest.

It is best to have an audiologist test you, not a hearing lab tech.

Jojo