hearing problems?

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That's true. I guess I didn't think it was lipreading because it isn't enough alone (if I'm watching TV with the sound off, for example, I usually still don't know what someone said even though I watch his lips).

I found this a good way to explain it too.

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/process_deficit/living_working.html[/url]

Everytime I hear a song I cant understand a word they are saying.

I think there are probably two main reasons, when that quote applies to someone with APD -

> It might be difficult to understand the lyrics in the first place, BUT
> With the music against it, that makes it doubly difficult.

I find I can sometimes have a guess at what the lyric might be, from what I can make out and what probably makes sense, but it's mostly guesswork. And often wrong lol! So if I find a song that I like (ie for the music) or I think that I probably like the lyrics (from what I've guessed) then I make a point of finding the lyrics in written form. Lol, when I go round my friend's she often says 'oh I think you'll like this song' so I have to ask her to 'translate' - fortunately she doesn't mind!

I have tinnitus in my right ear, but I can distinguish it from other high-frequency noises, often ones that others cannot hear. Trying to hear any one thing in a crowd of (noisy) people has always been difficult.

Another me-too.

I'm doing a simple trick that helps me avoid speech comprehension issues and short-term memory problems at the same time: I point my eyes onto an arbitrary point in order to reduce the sensory overload, and then visually imagine the letters and words the other party is saying as they're coming in.

When the other party is done talking, I simply "read" the sentence written out in my mind - even a few times if necessary. This usually does the trick, but a downside to it is that I can process very little "actual" visual information while doing this.
This lead me into some extremely dangerous situations while behind the steering wheel...

I think this was brought about by a very serious head trauma I suffered while I was around 10 years old or so - got ran over by a speeding car. I honestly don't remember having any hearing issues before the incident. Also, my personality had changed quite a bit since, I used to be an outgoing, hyperactive, bubbly kid, but the concussion gradually turned me into a socially avoidant recluse.

I'm not sure if the personality change was brought about by the blow itself, or the imposed inability to properly communicate with other people.

Oh well.

Wow I couldn't do that! I think I may ahve said before, but I can't remember whether I have or not - if I can't lip-read then focusing on a random spot does help me to concentrate, but there's no way I can visualise words / letters as they're being spoken - I can only ever visualise (when I try hard enough) if I'm thinking about saying the words.

You must listen to alot of Nirvana.

Hearing problems with Aspies?

Wow, maybe that's why I can't hear my friend everytime we walk through the hallways at school. She gets mad at me for it, and I had no clue why. I just thought it was a guy thing since men usually see better and smaller things and women hear better.

Everyone used to think I had a hearing problem, me too. I always think everyone is mumbling, I can never tell which direction any sound is coming from, especially indoors. I can understand very close friends that I talk to a lot if they're speaking one at a time, but I can't understand a word a stranger says, I just turn to a friend like I'm waiting for a translation from a more familiar person... but it's really that when the stranger speaks, I'm too preoccupied with them being a stranger to listen to them or process any sounds they're making in my general direction or I don't care what they're saying because I don't know them... can be a few things I guess.

I've had my ears tested though and it's NOT them, so it's all processing quirks in my case. Lipreading helps me focus as a last resort if I have to listen and comprehend a stranger speaking so at least that helps but usually if I'm alone with a stranger (cornered in the hall say) everything they mumble at me will go in one ear and right out the other anyway, even if I miraculously understand it.