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It may not be the hearing, as such. In my case, at least, it's "Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)", which is somewhat of a catch all. For me specifi

It may not be the hearing, as such. In my case, at least, it's "Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)", which is somewhat of a catch all. For me specifically, I have a heck of a time picking out one voice when there are more than one going. Parties are just noise to me. My hearing itself is well within normal sensitivity when tested (well, it's getting worse, but even that's normal as I age). It's just whatever processing people do to turn sound into parsed language is difficult for me. Even people's houses that have a TV going 24x7 are problematic for me to have a conversation.

nocoiner 4y ago
Huh, didn’t know this was a thing. You’re pretty much describing me exactly. My hearing is basically normal but parties, or even dinners with more than, say, four people, are hell for me to keep up with. If I focus on a single person, I can usually have a normal conversation with them and them only, at the expense of blocking out literally everyone and everything else. So, could be worse, but it would be nice to be able to keep up in crowded rooms more easily.