Noise argument

[becky41060]

I don't know wether it is just me, but I detest listening to 3 things at once I.e the tv I'm concentrating on, people with phone noise and conversations it drives me potty, n I don't want to go upstairs to watch what I wanna watch, else I'm being classed as rude, I'm not here to win..

[Guyb]

Get an iPad Pro 12" celluar and watch it any where there's a signal it's nice on a warm day im using mine now only 9.7" though

[paxo05]

Hi Beck,

I have the same problem. Even if I am watching TV and others around are talking I find it hard to filter their conversation out. If I join them I then find it hard to get back into the tv.

I do tend to watch a lot of catch up tv.

Cafés are a problem as I have a simular problem filtering surrounding tables. I find facing a wall away from the main area helpful.

Pax x

[bingbing75]

Yep, after a SAH, 17 years ago, I still have problems with hearing and understanding over background noise! I cannot watch tv if people are talking and social events a nightmare, I can't tell what anyone is saying and need to concentrate really hard. Sometimes a noisy situation becomes overwhelming

and need to take a quiet break uto let my brain recover a bit,and if can't have the break I start to get quite anxious and angry! There is nothing wrong with taking time out when you need to!

[DTBI]

Happens to me regularly. Tempted to pause whatever I am watching, which encourages the wife & daughters to finish waffling. If that doesn't work best to record it & switch over to something that is irrelevant. Good luck!

[Hidden]

Yep I have issues with noise too whistling is one of the worst things for driving me insane but a lot of noises affect me and invokes fatigue. I'm actually at the hospital this week to see if I can get any help with the noise intolerance. X

[Tortie14 in reply to Hidden]

And how noisy are hospitals nowadays? The idea of peace and quiet being healing was lost along the way.

[Trudi-Cox in reply to Tortie14]

Hospitals are SOOOO noisey, ear-plugs and an airplane eye-mask, definite requirements

[becky41060 in reply to Hidden]

U will have to let me know on that one

[Trudi-Cox]

I totally agree. Parties become a nightmare, I can only last an hour, I have to concentrate hard on the person I'm talking to, after an hour my speech starts to slow, and I can't find words. I try and find a quiet room to move into, after a while my husband comes up and says, 'We're going', and I say, 'Why?', he replies, 'You're getting that glazed look', and oh, the relief, when we get into the car and there's QUIET

[Hidden in reply to Trudi-Cox]

Oh my gosh my husband says exact same thing to me about the glazed look. We went to a wedding reception the other night ...sat in the corner of the room and I kept going for a wander to get away from the noise. We were there about 2 hours, had 2 Shandy's and spent all next day in a fog like state. 😔

[Trudi-Cox in reply to Hidden]

I so agree! then sleep for 14 hours that night! Then, the next day, keep having to go back to bed for like catch-ups. Two hours after breakfast, 2 hours after lunch, then back in bed after supper by 8.30 - talk about miss party-girl - NOT!!

[Tortie14]

Noise phobic now - background music is a nightmare, busy cafes or restaurants (I try to meet friends at in-between times when it is not too busy). But earplugs are my salvation when on public transport. People on their mobile phones even with earplugs!

[Trudi-Cox]

Yes, earplugs on public transport are a god-send. But can one wear them at a party?? Big yellow foam things sticking out of your ears, not the best look!! I might try them, can you keep a conversation going? Or do you end up shouting?

[sca2013 in reply to Trudi-Cox]

I use these and they seem to block the noise to a good degree, yet let me hear what I need to hear in conversations. I got these from Amazon.com- Killnoise Sound Protecting Earplugs for Concerts, Festivals, Motorsports, Hunting (Black, Medium / Large) I never leave home without them. I also carry some foam ones that block out about 95% of the noise when I need them.

[Trudi-Cox in reply to sca2013]

Thank you ! I will have a look on Amazon, definitely worth a try!

[Vick77]

Hi wow im not alone i have no tolerance to noise source either any more than 1 source of noise is trauma for me and i find myself frantically wanting to escape it shut it off. once at that point no information is absorbed digested processed etc... Getting people to understand this is more difficult than anything.. ive even took clocks out of rooms i spend most time in

Vic

[Matt2584]

I can understand your problems. My hearing has got worse because of my BI and I hate loud environments sometimes like pubs dor instance. In loud environments I seem to be much more quiet, I can be a pretty quiet person anyway but in a pub I can be even more quiet. I can hardly here what people are saying and if I do speak back I can rarely hear what I am saying!

I sometimes find that if I am at a table with some other people, I can usually hear the conversation more if I sit back a bit rather than in closer.

I think my BI has altered the volume of my voice because sometimes I can say something which I can clearly hear but the recipient can't and if I said something which sounds to me like I am mumbling the recipient can hear it clearly!

I am much more into natural remedies rather than modern, man-made medication because basically man-made meds is out there to make money but I read not long ago about improving your hearing by eating red grapes or even drinking red wine. Apparently there is something in the skin of red grapes that could help with your hearing.

I have been eating some red grapes hear and there for a few weeks now and I think it may have helped me a little with my hearing. Ican't say for sure if it has been the help of the red grapes but I am willing to bet on it :).

[spideyman]

If im watching TV and the phone rings i have to put the TV on mute.

The hard bit is when youre on the phone and someone stands next to you telling you what to say

[RogerCMerriman]

I can cope with volume, but it's the clatter of lots of different sounds that I struggle with, which both gets worse as I tire, and tires me out quickly!

A nite out with my work lasses even going home at 9:30 I was shattered the next day!

[Mikey48]

Yep, I can identify with most of these comments. I find I can't deal with more than one or two sound sources and when one of them is chatter I have to make a conscious effort not to show my irritation.

[pleyland]

I can't watch much television but if people are talking it's no way!

The thing I find the worse is radio 4 that my wife loves.

Sounds like irate conversations about pompous subject matters

[Gee54]

Hi I know exactly what you mean I had a brain hemorrhage in 2003 and I still find if I am watching TV and someone is talking in the same room I get annoyed I can only concentrate and follow programs when it is quiet and I have got better at explaining this to my family but don't cope with it in a social setting I can not have a conversation with someone say in a pub because of all the background noise so I don't tend to go out

[Hidden]

Think this is pretty common with BI, we find it hard to deal with more than one noise at a time. If we are in a room where there are people talking and there is a TV on or music and someone asks us a question we may not respond, simply because we cannot cope with the noise and our brains are trying to separate the sound they need to be focusing on. We are not being rude , we are just overloaded with stimuli. Yes, I have to leave the room sometimes too and I haven't watched TV for years. I always have Radio 4 on (never music radio) and can hear music I love played loud , including going to gigs and on my iPod but TV - nah