I got my hearing professionally checked today and all is normal. But I have difficulty hearing people I am dining with, talking in restaurants. Is it me, or is the music just too damn loud?!

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
    27·
    5 months ago

    Hmm. Processing disorders are a thing.

    Some restaurants do have damn loud music, though. Most don’t where I live but that’s probably regional.

    • artyEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Everyone keeps mentioning them, but no one links to the information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_processing_disorder

      One of potential symptoms is indeed “Difficulty hearing in noisy environments”

      I have a nice workaround: good earplugs. They lower the overall volume, and all of a sudden I can understand spoken words again. Too bad they actually increase for me the sound of my own chewing.

      • Evil_incarnate@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        My work was evacuated once for a fire alarm (false) and we all kinda stood around waiting for the firemen to come and let us back in. While we waited we chatted. But I realised that I couldn’t understand what the people four feet away from me were saying. I could hear the noises coming from their mouths, but I couldn’t understand them. When the alarm was switched off, I could understand them.

        Brain is weird.

        • arty
          1·
          5 months ago

          Weird and impressive!

          The article for this condition in German Wikipedia mentions that there’s a training which can help, but I have not looked into this yet