AboutDr. Jerry Martin Jr. Expertise I am deaf myself and I do know what is like as a deaf person, how we communicate on the different levels (Reading Lips, American Sign Language, English Sign Language and etc.).
I will be able to provide you advice about this topic from range childhood to adulthood. Please do understand that I will not give you any advice regards medication because I am not a medical doctor.
Experience
Past/Present clients I had has worked with both deaf and hearing clients (Children and Adults) in the past 20 years.
Question I'm a 25 year old female and do not have any health problems, my problem is that I sometimes do not hear someone talking to me or trying to get my attention if I'm tuned out thinking about something else or engrossed in a conversation. It's not that i don't pay attention, its that i do not hear them speaking to me at all, no matter how close they are. Also, sometimes i hear something being said and then ask the person to repeat what he/she said and before they do i realize what they had said. It's like it takes a while for me to receive the information or absorb it. I've noticed it happening more frequently lately but it's always been there. What could be the reasons for this? Could it be physical or is it just the fact that I'm not focused?
Thanks..
Answer Hi,
Maybe both. It is good idea for you to go see Audiologist to take a hearing test to rule out any hearing problems, if it is all well then it must be your focus problem.
Most common is called "spaced out" it is more like day dreaming and/or mind absent, not picking up all conversations like you did not hear it.
