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Do you ever not hear something someone said, ask them to repeat it, but then straight after, you realise what they said? Like, when you first hear it it just sounds like a constant monotonous voice with no recognisable words, but by the time you've asked them to repeat it, it all makes sense and you actually know what they've said??

Yeah I do. Never thought much of it, but it happens a lot. I notice that it's usually when I'm driving or engaging my sight in some other way. I have a very hard time listening and looking at something at the same time.

I just recently read that the signals from all of your 5 senses reach your brain at different speeds, and there's a part of your brain that actually slows down the processing of certain signals to give us the effect they are happening simultaneously, which they are, but our biology is flawed in recording that. I figure that part of my brain is likely defective. I also read that this function can be hindered in autistics, schizophrenics, and people with ADD/ADHD. At least one, if not two or all apply to me.

I found this information while looking up the psychology of time perception, as time seems to drag fpr me very intensely to the point where I want to punch myself sometimes.

Yeah, everybody does that.

I have that problem a lot. I assume it's due to my dyslexia, ADD & alittle bit of Sensory Processing Disorder.

Yes, often I hear every syllable, but have to have it repeated to make sense of it. Cognitive delay.

Someone with AS did a YouTube video on this.

Yes.

I have issues with my short term memory, this happens quite a lot, it even happens to my own train of thought at times, my mind just goes blank and then I slowly piece my thoughts back, I'll remember a small part of it and then the rest seems to pop back again. In my case I think its more of an ADD thing than dyslexia, it happens when I'm non-verbal too..

Actually, yes. I just never say anything about having this happen. It's too embarrassing to tell people to repeat themselves and then be like, "Wait, I just realized what you said right after I told you to repeat yourself."

Of course, if someone has to repeat themselves, I either wasn't listening properly or they weren't clear enough. I often make people type what they said if it's a voice conversation over Skype instead of a face-to-face interaction, because I also have trouble hearing certain things until I see them written down. It's kind of annoying.

My delay is long enough that an assessor measured it with an old-fashioned mechanical stopwatch!
Google: APD "Auditory Processing Disorder"
and specifically,
Auditory Processing Delay
- it is a subtype of the other APD. Neurologically, it is almost perfectly analogous to dyslexia for the eyes, where the timing of signals from the sense organs gets delayed in the area that processes language & the pieces (phenomes in this case) get scrambled out of order & even overlapping. The most common workaround taught is to learn to listen not directly to the outside world, but to the sound replaying in your head right after it happens, on a somewhat continual basis. It's fatiguing to do for long periods but works great for a short time in a simple environment, especially if you tune in and out to give yourself breaks.