Auditory processing disorder and Aspies?

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So I got my hearing checked recently, and my hearing was perfect. Yet for some reason, I never hear things right. It's a sound discrimination thing, where I hear everything, but it all sounds like similar words. For instance, someone said good morning to me the other day, I thought he said something about gluten. I often hear words that rhyme with each other too, and repeat 'what about the glass hume?' when people mention the bathroom. Does anyone else have issues with this? The audiologist said it was APD, and that there is no real 'cure.' It might just be another Aspie/spectrum symptom.

I often have to ask people to repeat things even if I'm paying close attention... I never really made the connection to being an aspie before now... Maybe there is something... This has given me something to think about for sure, this is quite interesting. I'll do some reasurch and tell you if I find anything.

Last edited by scmnz on 15 Oct 2011, 2:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Interesting. I hear this way too. Is there a connection?

I have a friend who takes Trazodone every night to stay asleep.

Every time he says, "I need to go take my Trazodone," I hear, "I need to go take my trousers down."

No matter how many times he says it, that's still what I hear.

I think it is a common co-morbid with AS but is not exclusive to it. I have had trouble with it off and on my whole life, especially if I'm very tired or distracted. Some of the "thought you saids" can be pretty funny though.

I have it and it can be a difficult thing to deal with. I make a lot of small screw ups at work because of it. It makes me very stressed out in noisy places.

I was diagnosed with Auditory Processing Deficit also, when I was a kid.

Actually this auditory processing issue has recently become a problem for me. I had it before, but the it seems to be getting worse lately. I thought I was just going deaf, but this seems to be a possibility.

when i listen to the washing machine on its agitation cycle, i hear it saying "pizza pizza pizza pizza etc." but so far it has not made my stomach growl.

This is why I always watch DVDs with the subtitles turned on. I often hear speech clearly and yet the words don't sink into my brain, if that makes sense. I was calling it "audio dyslexia" before I found out that it had a name (CAPD) and that it's common for people with Asperger's.

i HATE dvd's that lack subtitles. certain producers refuse to include them because they don't believe people with perceptual difficulties have any business watching their oh so haut arte productions.

Huh, I just took it for granted that auditory processing disorder was a part of having autism for a high percentage of folks.

I have subtitles on ALL the time too, except for sports (get in the way of the action). I can hear it, it just helps me not to miss things and to hear it correctly. Damn Netflix instant viewing for not having subtitles.

Me too. That is why I have problems speaking and understanding foreign languages while at the same time excelling at reading and writing. It was much worse when I was young though. I hear something different to what's been said all the time and I can't ever get people's names right when they pronounce them, I must see them printed or written down.
I did a lot of self-teaching in 'hearing correct when listening' the last 3 years and things improved quite a lot, but I still can't rely on my own auditory language processing system and I doubt it will get any better.

I will always remember in 8th grade when my best friend was talking to me... I often will be listening to what a person is saying but I either wont hear it right or it doenst make sence to me so I will say 'what?'... This happened when my friend was talking to me and for some reason I kept asking her 'what?' finally she said 'are you deaf?' of course she was joking but in all seriousness I had one of my moments that i automatically asked 'what?'...

So is there a way that auditory processing can get fixed or healed?