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On improvements, how about incorporating the user's judgment of how busy/full the venue is? A quiet reading at 3pm on Tuesday in a restaurant is not helpful to somebody looking for a venue for a Friday evening dinner.
love that idea.
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My daughter was recently diagnosed with a similar thing, APD (auditory processing disorder). Her hearing is perfect, and she aced all the auditory tests except one - they played her the sound of a lot of voices talking in the background, and she had to listen to one of them. Despite being able to hear perfectly, something in the processing in her brain makes that an impossible task for her. The specific difficulty is…
This is super interesting to me! Thanks for posting. I may write about it in the future :)
I am one of those people. I love music, and my hearing has recently been tested as "perfect", but I got the hearing test at the request of my wife because she thought I had a hearing problem. For me, everything is good until I am exposed to a loud environment. People around me can talk/understand each other just fine, but I get overwhelmed. After discussing my problem with the audiologist, he recommended a neurologis…
My daughter was recently diagnosed with a similar thing, APD (auditory processing disorder). Her hearing is perfect, and she aced all the auditory tests except one - they played her the sound of a lot of voices talking in the background, and she had to listen to one of them. Despite being able to hear perfectly, something in the processing in her brain makes that an impossible task for her. The specific difficulty is…
I am one of those people. I love music, and my hearing has recently been tested as "perfect", but I got the hearing test at the request of my wife because she thought I had a hearing problem. For me, everything is good until I am exposed to a loud environment. People around me can talk/understand each other just fine, but I get overwhelmed. After discussing my problem with the audiologist, he recommended a neurologis…
Might it be misophonia? Might be if you have what seems like an extreme over-reaction to outsiders or haven't realized you may have Misophonia and can't figure out why you're feeling tension or "anxiety" for no apparent reason.