Re: Do people have trouble hearing you during conversations?

[Guest guest]

I must speak loud enough because I've never been told otherwise.

and the zoo.

environmental1st2003 wrote:

>

> People tell me I don't speak loud enough.

>

> It seems to me that with the few (suspected) Aspies I've congregated

> with that we all talk softly.

[Guest guest]

Raven, your experience matches mine. The Aspies I've met have been either

the soft-spoken type, or rather too loud and not able to regulate voice

volume to suit the circumstances.

I think I'm rather soft-spoken initially, but once I warm up and get excited

about a topic, I think I can be rather loud too, and may not notice if I

inadvertently entertain half a restaurant or train car (until someone points

it out). :-)

Inger

> Perhaps misguided moreso than prejudicial. Both my child and I can

be quite ... um ... " loud " when we're excited, and this has been my

experience with a number of others who are on the spectrum.

> On the other hand, I have also been known to be exceptionally

(according to NTs) soft spoken, especially when I am particularly

agitated over some boneheaded, stupid situation created by one or

more idiots in my environment. I've learned over the years -- quite

by accident -- that this sort of reaction is quite unnerving to NTs

as they are expecting firework reactions and do not understand how

to react to the quiet, logical, methodically oriented Aspie mind

dealing with some boneheaded, stupid situation created by one or

more idiots.

Raven

>

> People tell me I don't speak loud enough.

>

> It seems to me that with the few (suspected) Aspies I've

congregated

> with that we all talk softly.

>

> I am wondering if NTs are hard of hearing (I know my hearing is

> quite sensitive) or if they all just talk loud as a matter of

social

> custom.

>

> Or am I being prejudicial here?

>

> Tom

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