Comments on: Loud noise feedback

By: James

James — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:22:03 +0000

I know what you mean about Clapham Junction station – it is rarely quiet.

It’s good to hear that it’s not just me that gets the mental pain in experiences like this.

I suppoise the real question is do typical people experience this as well, or is it an ASD trait?

By: James

James — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:18:03 +0000

Aha! So it isn’t just me that gets the odd buzzy noise.

In my pre-AS-realisation days I just assumed it was something that everyone experienced. In my rather more elightened state these days I’ve learnt to question lots of little things like these, because I’m finding that more than I expected are turing out to be non-typical.

The time taken to get to the mental-pain stage varies a lot for me depending on the situation. Lots of verbal noise gets to me quicker than music does. A really noisy bar can often affect me within 30 minutes or so.

By: Soph

Soph — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:57:41 +0000

I occasionally get a buzzy noise, like the one that sometimes comes out of amplifiers, but I put that down to having mucous in my ears.

I’m not as affected by noise as the previous commenter. I tend not to feel that mental pain until after a couple of hours of exposure.

By: leica

leica — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:16:09 +0000

Happens to me all the time. Trains screeching along the track at Clapham Junction cause me to start to double up in pain until I get my wits back enough to remember to put my finger in my ears.

The timbre of some dogs’ barks, kids screaming, some particularly loud dynmiac laughter, can all cause me to get that the pain as well.