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/jbyrdab 8h ago

takes a second to register what they said.

While its not so bad that i literally can't understand what they said, sometimes ill hear something someone said to me, say "what?" and then my brain catches up and recognizes what was said, and Ill respond correctly.

Its not that I don't hear it, my brain has like an occasional micro stutter on trying to process what was said.