When I am in a room, I can hear cars down the street, every clock ticking, birds chirping out-side, people talking out-side, house noises, some one walking, people talking, quiet phone videos and every thing else, almost all the time, it is annoying and distracting, and I feel like there is no such thing as “quiet”. I heard that autistic people often “can not filter-out sounds,” so, I wondered what non-autistic people hear.
Non-Autistic People, Do You Not Hear Background Noise Unless You Are Paying Attention to It, or Always Hear it, But Can Ignore It?
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Im an autistic person (and testing for adhd too) and im the complete opposite. I dont find sounds distracting but more that I barely register them unless they have my focus. Someone could say my name and be talking to me and it wouldnt even register to me unless that person already had my attention in conversation.