i can hear flourescent lights for first time

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i can hear them in my room with Cochlear Implant for first time i got confused but i know they don't break sometimes bothers NT people and Autistic buzzing noise i can hear it not that loud its sounds same volume as Crickets in distance about 20m away but this light its bout 2.5m above me thats how loud even when i stand up its louder is that what Aspie does? or louder then NT hearing?

Some people have observed that people with cochlear implants (occasionally even just people with hearing aids) seem to have superior hearing to people with just regular, natural hearing. I've never read anything about differences in hearing between autistic and non autistic people. I would like to- it's an interesting idea.

A long time ago I worked in a factory and they would periodically test our hearing to make sure the sound levels in there were okay. People generally don't have any idea that their hearing is worse or better than anyone else's unless a group of people like that all get tested and compare results. Unless their hearing is really really good or bad of course.

You know, whether NT people can hear lights or not has never come into my head. I'll have to ask my mother tonight.

I am confused... Are you telling me that most people don't hear them?

I can hear fluorescent lights... I also hear CRT monitors when they are powered on (this includes old tube style TVs) and cold cathode tubes...

I believe most NT people don't hear flourescent lights or noise from CRTs and other electronics.

When I was in schools in the 1970s and complained about the noise the lights and electronics made, this was seen as some kind of extreme case of hypersensitive hearing or even auditory hallucination.

Just last year I had the unnerving experience of having to explain this to a counselor at a special program my daughter was attending. This program supposedly specializes in autism (and every other set of behavioral and emotional issues a kid might have, which should be a warning) but they had no idea that harsh light an noisy devices might be a problem for a client on the spectrum.

They thought she might be delusional or have synesthesia because she said "the sound of the lights" made her feel sick. Lights make light, not sound, they explained. They were really shocked when I explained that the lights do make a sound that is very disturbing to people who are sensitive to it. It was also a particularly nasty color.

Should they be able to tune cochlear implants in some way to filter this?

REALLY?? This does explain a LOT... I had no idea that they couldn't hear it... It's always seemed loud and incomparably distracting...

This is interesting. Can someone post up a recording of the noise radiating from Florescent lights? I didn't realize lights produced sound? I haven't personally heard it.

All fluorescent lights have what is called a "ballast" in them to regulate the current going into the bulb. Some of these ballasts are ether "electronic" or "magnetic". The body of the magnetic ballasts will give of a noticeable 60Hz hum(50Hz, if your in Europe.) that can be easily herd by most people. The electronic ones are not suppose to make any audible noise, but can if they are wearing out or made cheaply.

Most people on the spectrum that have SPD issues, like me, can actually hear the noise in are heads from just seeing the flickering from the lights. Which is always caused by a magnetic ballast or can be caused by a faulty electronic one.

So to answer your question. It is not uncommon for any one(NT or ASD) to hear electrical noise from a fluorescent light.