No doctor, but you and rms may have an Auditory Processing Disorder http://www.inpp.org.uk/intervention-adults-children/help-by-diagnosis/auditory-processing-di

No doctor, but you and rms may have an Auditory Processing Disorder http://www.inpp.org.uk/intervention-adults-children/help-by-diagnosis/auditory-processing-disorder/ http://www.inpp.org.uk/intervention-adults-children/help-by-... Auditory confusion: This can occur when there is difficulty locating and isolating individual sounds in an environment where there are multiple sources of conflicting noise. “Cocktail party deafness” is one example of auditory confusion when background noise competes with foreground. Auditory stimulus bound effect: Stimulus bound effect describes the ability to ignore irrelevant auditory stimuli in the immediate environment. Individuals who suffer from stimulus bound effect are easily distracted by irrelevant auditory stimuli.