Is it possible to have a listening comprehension problem?

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
I've always had problems concentrating, or listening to what people have to say. I just figured it was ADD or some variant of it.

I suck terribly at concentrating too when listening. Even if I'm wide awake, I always start thinking about something else. Then again, who the hell can really listen to someone talk about math for 2 hours straight. Other times, I got 5 hours of sleep (like today) and I just "can't" listen. However, even in some interesting classes or general conversations, I forget stuff. Almost daily I ask what's for dinner, get an answer, but have to ask again an hour later cause I remember that I asked sans answer.

Same thing happens when I'm reading. I can't read for more than a few minutes before I start just "reading" for reading's sake and absorbing nothing. Don't know if I'm ADD or not, cause I've thought about it, but I do not show any of the classic signs and my grades are not plummeting. Maybe I'm just stupid...

Edit: Grammar and very important "not"s not included.

 

[funkymatt]

i suck are remembering names and what people tell me, I've started carrying around a notebook and recording stuff that could be important.

 

[theknight571]

I have a somewhat similar problem, however for me the background noise drowns out the person talking to me.

They could be sitting next to me, yelling, and I would still not be able to hear them over the background noise.

This could be at a noisy bar (would make sense) or a quiet resturant (makes no sense).

 

[nakedfrog]

I'm almost certain my oldest daughter has some sort of listening disability.

 

[lyssword]

Maybe you guys should get more sleep? 8+hrs. When I don't have at least 7hrs of sleep I seem to "float away" more frequently. But I'm not a doctor so you can just ignore what I said.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: theknight571
I have a somewhat similar problem, however for me the background noise drowns out the person talking to me.

They could be sitting next to me, yelling, and I would still not be able to hear them over the background noise.

This could be at a noisy bar (would make sense) or a quiet resturant (makes no sense).

I have this exact same thing. If there's multiple audio sources coming at me, my brain always wants to focus on the one that I'm not supposed to be paying attention to. Then I get glared at for not listening, even though I'm trying dammit, but that stupid Comcast commercial is on, and I don't care that it's Comcastic, but for some reason my brain really wants to hear that. And more glaring and complaints that I don't listen, that I never listen, or at least I think that's what's being said, because I honestly couldn't process it as my brain was singing along to the theme from Scrubs which just started.

It throws me off at the worst times. My girlfriend likes to listen to music while we're doing the sex, and it just completely throws my groove off to have the music. Pretty soon I'm singing along, which apparently ruins the mood, even though she's the one who suggested music in the first place.

I've completely given up trying to pay attention to anything at large gatherings where 4 conversations are happening at once, cause I don't know who is saying what. It's embarrassing when someone asks you a pointed question about a conversation they assume you were having with them and you have to just make something up. You could always go with a tried and true classic like "Oh, I completely agree," or "I think there are valid arguments for both sides," but it's more fun to mix it up by throwing out something very specific without knowing whether it relates in any way shape or form to the discussion, such as "Lemurs are one of the few primates that live in matriarchal societies."

I've lost track of where I was going with this, but the point is that yes, having listening issues is a tremendous pain in the ass.

 

[mrkun]

I kind of have this issue in English (my native language), but it's mainly an active "listening" issue (i.e. not paying attention). However, I speak Spanish decently (learned as a teenager), but I still have to concentrate much more on what's being said in Spanish compared to English in order to understand.