#hearinglossproblems

My Joker Side, hours later: *You totally should’ve said it was aliens*

Hearing somebody just fine one moment, but having that one second of not hearing them, so that you think they didn’t respond to you, when they actually did-- and yet you’ve heard them just fine the rest of the time. Incident this comes from: Mom and I went to the library the other day, and I asked the (male; my HL is mainly low frequency) librarian to order a book for you. Meanwhile, Mom also asked him a question, and they got into a conversation. Minutes later, I realized he had (in my point of view) never mentioned whether or not he had looked up the book I wanted and/or ordered it. So I asked if he’d found the book yet. Mom: “He already answered that.” Me: *confused* “...What? No, he didn’t!” Mom: “Yes, he did!” Me: *feeling frustrated and in denial at that particular moment* “No he didn’t!” Mom: “He did too, you just didn’t hear him.” *turns to librarian* “She has a hearing problem.” Me: ......*sigh* (I was fine with her mentioning my HL to him, btw. It’s not like I was annoyed by that or anything. But what was kinda annoying was realizing that I actually hadn’t heard him at all when he answered my question-- especially considering I heard his conversation with my mom perfectly well even though I wasn’t paying much attention, yet when I had asked him a question myself, I literally didn’t hear the answer.)

P.E. class. Pep rallies. Indoor recess. Some awards ceremonies. Basically anything involving a noisy, echoing gymnasium.

That moment when the person across from you says a bunch of gibberish so you turn to your relative standing behind you and ask, “What’d he say?”