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^^ Ditto, precisely! Now I have a name for the problem I have been struggling with for years. At its worst in a crowded pub with echoing acoustics. Oddly, I can still hear a sparrow fart at 200m+ in quiet countryside and am always first to hear people talking in a woodland, is this consistent with you guys? Pardon? What?
ColinTheBald-
Exactly the same here but additionally hampered by a hearing deficiency in the frequency range of the female voice. I have had ear infection problems and few hearing tests that all show this deficit but also very acute hearing in other ranges. When tired I get snappy if I have to keep saying “sorry/what/ or please make sure you are looking at me when talking to me”. There have been a number or occasions when I am told I have been told something. Probably I had just assumed that if what I was hearing being mumbled in another room over other noises had been important the speaker would have ensured I had actually heard an understood the message.
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My partner has the same, super acute hearing but can't make out what people are saying in noisy places.
I got my ears (well hearing, how do you test ears?;) tested, they are fine. So when I don't hear people it's a case of my brain going "meh, attention somewhere else"
dancing james
JWestland
I have noise induced deafness, means I can’t hear much when there is any background noise. My family know this but they still expect me to hear them asking something from two rooms away whilst the washing machine and the radio are on in the kitchen.