Aspergers auditory sensitivity12/5/2023 ![]() Decreased sound tolerance (DST) as a collective term for hyperacusis, misophonia and phonophobia ( Jastreboff and Jastreboff, 2001) is used within this manuscript. ![]() ![]() There is a body of published work linking auditory symptoms such as tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance (DST) to ASD, largely within the neurodevelopmental literature. I do find other noises soothing however, like the regular sounds of a city, certain cars, etc.Atypical responses to the auditory environment in individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are not a new observation ( Rosenhall et al., 1999). Sometimes I'll mutter to myself "I wish she/he would shut up" and only a few times have I actually hit something. I feel like a nut because I discussed the issue on another forum and got mocked for it.ĭuring the day, when I'm trying to relax or something, loud background noise like talking and clanging dishes and a loud TV frustrate me to no end. It's very hard for me to sleep when they're noisy and I've tried talking to them about it, as politely as possible, only to get, you know, your typical responses like get over it or close your bedroom door (which does not help). I'm still in grade school and live with my family and they're very noisy, even at night between 12-2 when I usually go to bed. I have pretty bad misophonia, and it's getting worse every month it seems, but I have similar problems to yours. Likewise, I actually found the loud whirr of my computer and traffic outside my window comforting.Īnyway: I'm mainly wondering if anyone else experiences this and, if so, how do you deal with it? I'm moving again tomorrow and I'm scared I could want to flight again or get depressed if my new house share if people are 'noisy'.Īll I've tried are earplugs, but as they're not actually soundproof it doesn't help as the sound still gets through. A friend with Asperger's struggles in loud crowds for example, but it's no such problem for me. (I have borderline without proven coping mechanisms so that doesn't help my responses.) (Sometimes music can help drown it out, but I'm not always in the head space for music, and sometimes it's when I want to sleep.) At worst, I'll self-harm, or have depressive episodes, or shout about it. It feels like an intrusion of my personal space.Īt 'best' I'll find it distracting and struggle to continue with what I'm doing. I've moved around quite a bit, and always get really quite distressed by, particularly, other people's voices and other people's music. I, basically, find it very hard to tolerate background noise caused by other people or neighbours where I live. I posted in r/misophobia about it earlier but I'm keen to seek advice here as it seems to tie in here better. It causes me a lot of problems, specifically at home. In advance of that and the support I'll get, though, I could do with some advice on noise sensitivity. I'm a most likely autistic female in her 20s - I'm awaiting formal assessment and diagnosis but it's starting to look like it's only a matter of time until the label is medically applied (they bring it up enough in my appointments now).
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