Why can I hear but not understand?

Auditory processing disorders (APD)
For some people, hearing but not understanding may signal an auditory processing disorder (APD). This means the nervous system—not the ears—struggles to make sense of the sounds coming in from the ears.

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Why can't I understand what someone is saying?

Aphasia is a disorder where you have problems speaking or understanding what other people say. It usually happens because of damage to part of your brain but can also happen with conditions that disrupt how your brain works. There are also multiple types of aphasia.

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Why do I sometimes not understand words?

Aphasia is a language disorder that affects how you communicate. It is caused by damage to the language centers of the brain, usually in the left side of the brain, that control understanding, speaking, and using signed languages.

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Why does my brain not process what I hear?

Auditory processing disorder (APD), also known as central auditory processing disorder, is a hearing issue that makes it hard for you to understand what people are saying. The condition often starts in childhood, but adults may develop it from having certain diseases, getting a head injury or growing older.

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Why does it sound like everyone is mumbling?

Your ears hear a wide range of sounds (from 20Hz-20,000Hz!). Your hearing may have decreased at some pitches, but still be normal at others. This can make it sound like everyone is mumbling. This is known as tinnitus.

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Why do I speak muffled?

The most common cause is inflammation or infection of the vocal cords due to a cold or sinus infection, which often clears up after about two weeks. Another of the most serious causes is laryngeal cancer. Other common causes can be: Gastroesophageal reflux.

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Why do I sound weird when I hear myself talk?

While some of the sound is transmitted through air conduction, much of the sound is internally conducted directly through your skull bones. When you hear your own voice when you speak, it's due to a blend of both external and internal conduction, and internal bone conduction appears to boost the lower frequencies.

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What is auditory dyslexia?

Auditory dyslexia — also called dysphonetic dyslexia or phonological dyslexia — is a subtype of dyslexia that refers to children who struggle with reading because they have problems processing the basic sounds of language (phonemes), sounds of letters, and groups of letters.

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Why does my brain feel muffled?

Brain fog can happen for various reasons, including a medical condition, stress, poor diet, a lack of sleep, or the use of some medications. If symptoms result from a medical condition, they may improve with treatment.

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Is it ADHD or auditory processing disorder?

In general, children with ADHD exhibit inattention, distractibility, and hyperactivity in any environment. Children with APD, on the other hand, usually don't have difficulty focusing and paying attention in a quiet space. But many children with APD are exquisitely sensitive to sound.

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What is it called when a person can hear words but can t understand?

Auditory Neuropathy is a condition where someone with or without hearing loss experiences problems with perceiving speech. They hear the words, they just can't process them correctly. They may be able to hear sounds just fine, but still have difficulty recognizing spoken words.

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Why am I suddenly struggling to understand things?

When the body experiences too frequent stress responses and the body becomes overly stressed, the brain can experience problems with rationalizing, remembering, and recalling information. The learning impairment symptom is an example of this.

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Why do I confuse words when I speak?

When stress responses are active, we can experience a wide range of abnormal actions, such as mixing up our words when speaking. Many anxious and overly stressed people experience mixing up their words when speaking. Because this is just another symptom of anxiety and/or stress, it needn't be a need for concern.

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What is it called when you can't understand someone's words?

The term unintelligible refers to speech that is very difficult for others to understand due to factors other than voice volume.

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What do you call it when you can't understand?

synonyms for difficult to understand

Most relevant. bewildering. confusing. enigmatic. incomprehensible.

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What is it called when you can't get your words out?

Aphasia is when a person has difficulty with their language or speech.

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Why do I feel spaced out and weird?

While spacing out can simply be a sign that you are sleep deprived, stressed, or distracted, it can also be due to a transient ischemic attack, seizure, hypotension, hypoglycemia, migraine, transient global amnesia, fatigue, narcolepsy, or drug misuse.

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What are the signs of dull brain?

Some characteristics of brain fog include:
  • feeling “spacy” or confused.
  • feeling fatigued.
  • thinking more slowly than usual and needing more time to complete simple tasks.
  • being easily distracted.
  • having trouble organizing thoughts or activities.
  • forgetfulness, such as forgetting daily tasks or losing a train of thought.

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What is auditory autism?

About auditory processing in autism

They describe a person with autism as having atypical perception and response to sounds, such as feeling overwhelmed by noisy environments or frequently covering one's ears even when no abrasive noise is present.

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What is auditory aphasia?

Auditory aphasia: Impairment in the understanding of auditory language and communication. Sounds are heard but they convey no meaning. The 20th century Russian composer Vissarion Shebalin had auditory aphasia after a stroke but remained an outstanding composer.

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What are the 4 types of dyslexia?

The 4 types of dyslexia include phonological dyslexia, surface dyslexia, rapid naming deficit, and double deficit dyslexia. Dyslexia is a learning disorder where the person often has difficulty reading and interpreting what they read.

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Is my voice in recordings your real voice?

When recorded, you might hear your voice sound shallower than you're used to. This is because the recordings are not affected by the internal resonance and bone conduction that affects how your voice sounds. However, the way your voice sounds on recordings is the way people perceive it in real life.

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Why do I hear a voice in my head talking to me?

Stress or worry – you may hear voices while feeling very stressed, anxious or worried. Bereavement – if you've recently lost someone very close, you may hear them talking to you or feel that they are with you. This experience is very common and some people find it comforting.

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