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if you& #39;re not hard of hearing but people laugh at you for being & #39;deaf& #39;: first of all, that& #39;s really mean of them but also, give this a read 
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if you relate to these experiences you may have auditory processing disorder (APD)
if you relate to these experiences you may have auditory processing disorder (APD)
- you ask people to repeat themselves 300 times a day
- your TV is mega loud but you still can& #39;t hear it
- song lyrics? no thanks i& #39;ll just make up my own words that sound vaguely similar
- your TV is mega loud but you still can& #39;t hear it
- song lyrics? no thanks i& #39;ll just make up my own words that sound vaguely similar
- you can hear electricity buzzing in the wall
- phone calls stress you out - your connection is fine and the volume is loud but you still don& #39;t understand what the other person is saying
- group conversations make you zone out because trying to keep up is too exhausting
- phone calls stress you out - your connection is fine and the volume is loud but you still don& #39;t understand what the other person is saying
- group conversations make you zone out because trying to keep up is too exhausting
- no subtitles? lmao good luck.
- you heard this all the time as a child: "there& #39;s nothing wrong with your ears, you just need to pay attention"
- your friends all laugh at your apparent & #39;deafness& #39; (you laugh along but worry you& #39;re actually losing your hearing)
- you heard this all the time as a child: "there& #39;s nothing wrong with your ears, you just need to pay attention"
- your friends all laugh at your apparent & #39;deafness& #39; (you laugh along but worry you& #39;re actually losing your hearing)
- finding your way around and following directions is a nightmare
- *is introduced to a bunch of people* sorry, i don& #39;t know ANY of your names even though you told me them less than 6 minutes ago
- forgot your shopping list? don& #39;t expect to remember anything on it. at all.
- *is introduced to a bunch of people* sorry, i don& #39;t know ANY of your names even though you told me them less than 6 minutes ago
- forgot your shopping list? don& #39;t expect to remember anything on it. at all.
- you worry that you seem like a bigot when you don& #39;t understand someone& #39;s accent
- more than one step in instructions means you& #39;ve forgotten the first step by the time you& #39;ve been told the last one
- going out makes you nervous because there& #39;s just Too Much noise everywhere
- more than one step in instructions means you& #39;ve forgotten the first step by the time you& #39;ve been told the last one
- going out makes you nervous because there& #39;s just Too Much noise everywhere
- i& #39;m going to pretend i heard you and hope that my reaction isn& #39;t wildly inappropriate to what you just said
- volume control? never heard of her.
- "can you repeat that?" again and again until the other person gets bored and decides it "doesn& #39;t matter"
- volume control? never heard of her.
- "can you repeat that?" again and again until the other person gets bored and decides it "doesn& #39;t matter"
- audiologists get annoyed because "your hearing is fine" and they see you as a time waster
- background noise seems to bother you far more than everyone else
- "what is that noise?" = either something really obvious or something obscure no one else can hear
- background noise seems to bother you far more than everyone else
- "what is that noise?" = either something really obvious or something obscure no one else can hear
