Anyone else that much receptive to sound

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Whenever I change the volume, wether its from 1 to 3 or let's say 60 to 62, I'll always notice that the sound has changed, even if 60 to 62 is almost nothing. I've tested it w/ multiple devices and headphones so its not just that. I can also watch something with almost no sound like 2-4 and I'll hear it super well.

I once had a hearing test in a sound-proof isolation booth.
Well, sound-proof for NTs, anyways.
They told me to raise my hand when I heard a sound in my headphones,
so I did, whenever I heard a beep.
After the last beep, I left the sound-proof booth.
The lady giving the test looked at me ... she was amazed and surprised and said,
"You weren't supposed to hear that last beep, that was the alarm outside the
sound-proof booth signalling that the test was over!"
My hearing at the time verged literally on the super-human.

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Yes, and living in an apartment its a curse. I have the most insensitive, thoughtless trash for neighbors and they drive me batty with their racket. They have kept me up literally all night with their loud music thumping on my ceiling. Its got my nerves so frayed, every little noise, even traffic in the parking lot, has become physically painful. Its like I can no longer tune anything out, because my nervous system is in a constant state of apprehension, waiting for the next barrage of obnoxious noise.

It is indeed a curse to live in an apartment -- my neighbors have LOUD sex, last night being the most recent occurrence. I couldn't get to sleep and I don't like earplugs as I feel vulnerable in bed at night unable to hear if my own place is secure.

I swear, at one point the woman's weeping and wailing during all this sounded like she was being murdered.

No, I can't detect minute sounds or be able to listen to a recording at all if it's on extremely low volume like 2-3 even with my hearing aids operating. I'm as deaf as a post. But if I have my hearing aids in and they're plugged into my laptop, I can tell if the volume has decreased or increased from say 27-29. My ears are very sensitive to sounds (which probably sounds weird to you guys).

Yes, I am extremely sensitive to sound. Most people who I tell think it's awesome... Like having a superpower but it's not. I go to college and have to work in classroom full of 20 people. All of those people are making sound. I can hear their conversations, the music they listen even though they are using earphones, the scratching of pencils, the clicking of mice and the tapping of keyboards... Not to mention I can hear the people in the classroom next door to mine. With all of this noise going on, I'm expected to focus on my work. It's awful. Even with my sound cancelling headphones with the music turned up to a volume that won't deafen me... I can still hear it all. It causes me to just burst out in tears sometimes.

One time this boy in my class kept whistling randomly. The teacher is almost deaf and so didn't tell this idiot to stop and my LSA was too busy. So I just burst into tears and started hurting myself because I was so angry and stressed by the whistling.

I feel bad for my mum and her husband because I can hear the television and their conversations all the way from my bedroom... I constantly shout at them when it gets too much for me. It's really hard living with me.

Dude! From 1 to 3 on a TV is noticeable. Personally, I kinda hear what I want to hear. Sometimes I mix songs and every decibel (the measure for sound) counts. And the funny thing is if the neighbours are continuously banging on something really loudly but continuously, I'll barely notice it...

Yes, I can relate to this, Coda.

That's interesting ... and unfortunate if you couldn't come up with a clear score with all the distraction, RoadRatt.

What sucks about it is that when my mother goes at the neighbor's (I live in an appartment) I can distinguish them talking from them having sex, I hear it briefly with my headphones on but without it I hear it echoing in my head even though nobody else seems to hear it

I listen to things on low volumes too & always heard every beep on the hearing test I had in school. I was born with a rare low vision disorder thou so perhaps my hearing is better to help compensate. Living in a townhouse apartment with my hearing is kind of a pain sense I have loud neighbors on both sides. One is half death & they yell & I hear em banging furniture around often. The otherside has a kid who crys loudly alot & runs around making banging noises alot. It also doesn't help that I go to bed really late & get woken up by the noise sometimes. I kind of tune a lot out but it still bothers me.

Your original post reminded me of how I hate stereo systems in newer cars.
I can have the volume at "7" and decide I'd like it a little bit louder, but turning it up to "8" makes it much too loud for me.


I have pretty good hearing, and I notice a lot of sounds most other people don't. Especially high frequency noises.
It's why I refuse to drive new Dodge Darts at work. I found out the first time I started one up that they make a really high-pitched noise whenever they're on. It started to give me a headache within seconds.

My hearing is a little better than the average dog.

I drank alcohol for about 35 years straight. What that did was make me a little more sociable and also muted sounds and lights so they were tolerable. Now that I've quit drinking, sudden loud noises make me jump out of my skin like never before. In fact, some devices sound so unbelievably loud that it's like I just happened to come into contact with the loudest of their kind. I need to keep vigilant so I don't wear ear plugs. I guess I'm naturally paranoid.