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Also get fast at notes and record when you’re feeling sluggish on a call where you really need to review the details later.
I have ADHD but with stroonng auditory processing disorder vibes. Like the other poster said, I write nearly everything down when someone is speaking to me. Strongly prefer video calls to phone calls, being able to see a face is a huge help for some reason. Repeat details back to the speaker throughout. If you have a close relationship, like I have with my boss, I frequently just say that I need a few seconds while he’s speaking - I just fit it in naturally to his pauses so as to not interrupt.
I was diagnosed and developed coping mechanisms at a young age. My hearing is fine. My working memory is fine. I was told I would never learn a foreign language but I’m fluent in French. So take tests and information with a grain of salt. Did you see an SLP or just an audiologist? My testing had a section where you have to try to understand what a voice playing in one ear is saying while another voice starts talking in the other ear. I think that was the worst part. I compensate by looking at people attentively while they speak when in person, and phone calls can be tough. Have you tried noise cancelling headphones 🎧 for these calls? There are some that I think let you modulate the settings so that the voice of the speaker is clearer. Also, you might want to look into SSP.
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Yeah definitely don’t think I’d trust any test done at a Cosco. Go to an ENT or similar. A real MD if you think something is truly off.
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My mom and my sister have one! I suspect I do too but was always the kid that worked way too hard to keep up. I share a lot of the frustrations you have. I use otter.ai to record and transcribe all of my meetings so if I need to refer back I can. I’ve struggled really hard in recent years with either not having PMs (client side) or having ones that don’t take notes. If you’re a PM reading this that sends out notes with decisions and action items after meetings, please know you’re extremely valued by the secretly learning disabled folks on your teams! I’m awful with retaining anything that’s not written down and often it takes me more time to look it up if it is documented but I’d rather be right and slow than fast and wrong. I do work more hours like I always have just to keep up and am in heightened alert for making mistakes, but it’s getting a lot better since I found otter.
My mom has to read lips if it’s loud or there’s other noise and she has to physically write out notes and action items. She also summarizes what she took away from the conversation at the end to confirm she’s hearing what the other person is saying. My sister finds that if someone tell her how to do something without physically showing her, she gets lost. She also struggles with reading instructions - hers is really severe. She’s a hairdresser and has found she needs to immediately book her appts in a calendar app and she documents each persons color formulas for each appt in a book, in other words she documents everything and the act of writing it down helps her remember.
Hope this helps!
Yes! And if you have a Pixel or can get your hands on one, the Google transcription app is hands down the best I have experienced by a mile. I mean, mileage will likely vary for video and phone calls but worth checking out!