So apparently my hearing ability may be below average? And there is a tiny possibility that I may go deaf?
I am weirdly fine with this.
I need to get an actual hearing test done before I make any definitive statements, but according to Nova, what I thought was an audio processing disorder is more likely due to being hard of hearing that I've compensated for.
It's really hard for me to say, though, because - well - I don't really remember a time before my hearing was like this? Not saying I couldn't hear more when I was younger but that it may have been so gradual that I haven't noticed it. I compensate for it really well, but the major issue I have is hearing words over background noise.
I have to have a phrase repeated around three times before I can hear it even over a little bit of music in the room.