I got my hearing professionally checked today and all is normal. But I have difficulty hearing people I am dining with, talking in restaurants. Is it me, or is the music just too damn loud?!

  • Evil_incarnateEnglish
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    3 months ago

    My work was evacuated once for a fire alarm (false) and we all kinda stood around waiting for the firemen to come and let us back in. While we waited we chatted. But I realised that I couldn’t understand what the people four feet away from me were saying. I could hear the noises coming from their mouths, but I couldn’t understand them. When the alarm was switched off, I could understand them.

    Brain is weird.

    • arty@feddit.org
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      3 months ago

      Weird and impressive!

      The article for this condition in German Wikipedia mentions that there’s a training which can help, but I have not looked into this yet