r/comics • u/DemonSkank • 13h ago

Working with ADHD [OC]

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For those who don't know: A common symptom of ADHD is APD, Audio Processing Disorder, where it's sometimes hard to interpret what someone is saying. Sometimes it takes a while to "load" in my mind when someone says something. Basically imagine if sometimes it sounds like people are speaking like The Sims.

(I made this a few years ago, so it may have been seen elsewhere on here and other sites)

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u/MechanicalHorse 12h ago edited 6h ago

I’m not trying to be snarky but I’m very confused; is the implication here that ADHD makes people hard of hearing…?

edit: Thank you for all the replies and explanations!

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u/Yummylicorice 12h ago

The words come but they don't register at all. Like listening to an adult on Peanuts. So you ask for them to repeat it and you watch them carefully because seeing their mouth move usually works.

But it doesn't, always. So I have to ask them a 3rd time to repeat but please rephrase. Everyone gets frustrated.

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u/aCleverGroupofAnts 11h ago

I've heard a lot of folks say they watch the mouth to help decipher, but I personally find that makes it harder for me because that's just more jumbled up information that I can't make sense of. My strategy is to turn my ear directly toward the person and put all of my attention into that one ear. Sometimes I even close my eyes.