Hello everyone,
I stumbled across this board as I was researching auditory processing disorder, something I was recently diagnosed with. I'm still in the process of testing, so I have no concrete numbers yet, but I do struggle to make sense of speech when there is background noise (and often fail), and I misunderstand speech enough that it's annoying. As is apparently common with APD, my hearing test results show near-perfect hearing; the problem is in my brain. I'm new to this, so I appreciate all the people who have posted here on the topic.
That probably wouldn't have been enough motivation to join, but I also happen to be an ASL student. My interest in the language began when I was invited to several interpreted Deaf events. I enjoyed the events, but during the social time after, I felt like an idiot because I couldn't sign, and I didn't want to slow the conversations down by asking the person who invited me to interpret for me, so I just hung out in the background. But no more! Next time I go to an event, I'll at least be able to participate a little, and it'll only get better as I practice.
I look forward to meeting you all.
I stumbled across this board as I was researching auditory processing disorder, something I was recently diagnosed with. I'm still in the process of testing, so I have no concrete numbers yet, but I do struggle to make sense of speech when there is background noise (and often fail), and I misunderstand speech enough that it's annoying. As is apparently common with APD, my hearing test results show near-perfect hearing; the problem is in my brain. I'm new to this, so I appreciate all the people who have posted here on the topic.
That probably wouldn't have been enough motivation to join, but I also happen to be an ASL student. My interest in the language began when I was invited to several interpreted Deaf events. I enjoyed the events, but during the social time after, I felt like an idiot because I couldn't sign, and I didn't want to slow the conversations down by asking the person who invited me to interpret for me, so I just hung out in the background. But no more! Next time I go to an event, I'll at least be able to participate a little, and it'll only get better as I practice.
I look forward to meeting you all.
