Comment by jdeaton
10 months ago
Maybe shes wearing those noise canceling headphones because of her auditory processing condition and not the other way around??
This seems like basic speculative attribution error- no research here.
10 months ago
Maybe shes wearing those noise canceling headphones because of her auditory processing condition and not the other way around??
This seems like basic speculative attribution error- no research here.
This would be my guess as it sounds similar to what I experience and have been experiencing for decades long before any king of noise cancelling headphones. I find it very difficult to process noises when there are too many occurring at once and adding voices into the mix will make it look like I am lagging trying to respond. I have no idea what the underlying condition is, but I consider this problem to be called "misophonia". I think it is about not being able to filter sounds well.
Thankfully I'm not regularly in an environment that force me to wear noise cancelling headphones.
Sometimes I believe this was caused by my childhood bedroom being soundproofed, but I still went to noisy public school so who knows.