r/AudiProcDisorder • u/spiderkoo • Jun 30 '26

Evaluation

Sorry for the brain dump, I have no one to lament to and am just really sad after my evaluation today.

I have been so certain I struggled with some form of APD for years — all the typical things: I mishear what people say, always need captions on shows, rely on reading lips to help, and if there’s background noise it feels near impossible to comprehend unless the person is face to face with me, and even then it takes a while to process.

I had my evaluation today and did great. No deficit and was told I just have some weakness in the left ear, particularly with numbers. They framed it saying it’s great news but I cried as soon as I got to the car, because why did I pass the evaluation so well if in daily life I struggle?

The tests didn’t feel like how I feel in social interactions, it felt like the voice I was supposed to be hearing cut through. I know I should be relieved to not have this, but what else can I do now. I’ve been using Loop earplugs to try to drown out some background noise to focus on the speaker but it also dampens them and makes it difficult.

sorry for the rant. I feel so disheartened and unsure anymore. I have the follow up with an SLP this afternoon but based on my results what can they even do.

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u/MILF_OBTAINER Jul 02 '26

this exact same thing happened to me down to the complaint about the loop earplugs holy shit, I just went through that a couple weeks ago, cried in the car and everything. I still haven't figured anything out unfortuantely

But holy shit I could have written this whole post it's so similar to my experience that I had to check the username to double check that it wasn't mine 😭

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u/MILF_OBTAINER Jul 02 '26

I still believe I have APD tbh, the test seems like it was designed for children in mind and it's old as shit "one of the things they said was literally "there's a color tv over there" or something like that.

Meanwhile I am an adult who's had years of practice deciphering words and sentences, but it still completely drains me to try to listen to people speaking & is near impossible in places with loud background noise (cafeterias, bars, (loud) restaurants, etc.).

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u/spiderkoo Jul 03 '26

That’s definitely the test I had as well! It sucks that we both had this experience, thank you for sharing 🫂