What are /r/AudiProcDisorder's favorite Products & Services?

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I try to communicate using email/text/instant messenger as much as possible. If someone asks me for something, and if I can’t do it then and there, I ask for an email (also great for paper trails!). Subtitles on media. Otter.ai is an app that does both AI and live transcriptions, may be helpful in certain situations. Writing notes during the meeting and then sending them out to everyone as a ‘this is what I heard, can you confirm’ makes sure you didn’t miss anything - also shows you are on top of things.

If you are in college or plan on it in the future, talk to student services. Having lecture notes and/or a note taker can help! If you need to take a foreign language class, look into ASL. Student services may also let you take a linguistics course or even waive the requirement (depends on the school, work with them for options).

I’m being fitted for hearing aids soon, not to increase the sound, but to help filter out background noise so I can better pay attention to what a person is saying. They don’t help everyone, but may be an option.

I tend to have issues coming up with a specific word in a loud environment. It feels like the word is completely missing, even though I just learned the word. It is frustrating.

I was really young diagnosed with ADP. As I got older, I found that I was living my life making sure that everyone knew I was different and I wasn't reliable. After high school, I even went through a process to get disability, however, they told me I was able. I had to seek out advice so I can own my ADP. That is when I found this book that really helped me, "When the Brain can't hear" by Teri James Bellis, PH.D. . It was interesting and easy book to read.

What was interesting about this book was the author, Teri. She was already getting a PHD when she got into an automobile accident and damaged part of her brain. She was a different case of APD, that it has variables and different kinds of APD. The accident lead her to a different field of study to further understand APDs mysteries and she was able to explain it to us.

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If you feel that you need to be tested, there were others community posts on this thread that had listed sites that locate places where you can go to get diagnosed.

For non-custom plugs, I like these: https://www.amazon.com/DUBS-Noise-Cancelling-Music-Plugs/dp/B00NW1IZ5Q

I wear custom filtered hearing plugs in both ears every day. Reducing lower-decibel noise gives my brain a huge rest by cutting out a bunch of sound to process. They've allowed me to better understand conversation in loud and regular environments. I don't do anything without them.