If it's FL or CFL, they're just wrong. I don't think I've heard anything out of incandescents or LEDs tho
Edit: just checked, LEDs, while extremely faint, do hum just a bit. It's *much* quieter than FL/CFL.
I have one particular fixture with LEDs on a dimmer (yes, they're the right kind) which makes noise no matter what level the dimmer is set to.
I really just need to replace the damn dimmer.
The blues and purples buzz a little more, reds are quieter. I think it’s the voltage of the strip that changes the volume cuz if you lower the brightness the sound almost goes away. Also it’s definitely the power adapter and not the actual strip which is nice cuz I just threw a few t shirts over it to cover the sound a little
Coil? What's that doing in an LED circuit? Afaik, those will have a rectifier diode, a smoothing capacitor, and a spare resistor or 2. Nothing about coils, though, i haven't taken one apart to look for myself i guess
You can hear LEDs if they're non-dimmable and you put them on a dimmer switch like me because I'm cheap. Either that, or my wiring is fucked up because if I take one light out, the dimming stops. Or if I put in a different LED it stops buzzing too. So idk, but they certainly can make noise
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One time I kept hearing this sound that I couldn't quite locate. I was convinced there was a leak in a pipe within one of the walls and spent about an hour systematically checking every single piece of plumbing in the house.
It was a can gently fizzing on the kitchen counter.
How can I hear that yet not follow verbal instructions
A sound with only one meaning (like there’s a leak in a pipe) is totally different from a whole bunch of sounds that convey different meanings based on pitch, tone, emphasis, and all of those things from the other sounds that come before and after (context).
Basically, spoken word is a “second language” to you, and you have to mentally translate the words, decipher the meaning, remember it, and apply it.
Have you ever seen someone just learning to read? They struggle so hard to read each word that by the end of the sentence they can’t remember the beginning. They read each word but the meaning got lost.
It’s like that.
I think I know what you mean actually. I have attempted to learn a couple of languages in my years (to university level). I am able to read and write in those languages to a pretty advanced level, but speaking and listening feels like trying to push through rubber. No matter how I practiced, those skills were always behind. I guess my native language suffers from this too although to a less obvious degree
I was gonna say something similar. Give me text and I am speed.
Say something to me and...why did you make that weird noise in the middle? Oh that was [common word]? I've never heard it pronounced that way before. No it's too late now, all I hear is [sound] and it will be a few weeks before I translate that into [word] naturally.
God help me with dialects and thick accents. They're basically complete languages at that point.
Dialects and accents are a pain for me. I struggle so hard with understanding people who don't speak in a clear, robotic way such as myself. This is one reason I avoid talking to people.
> Have you ever seen someone just learning to read? They struggle so hard to read each word that by the end of the sentence they can’t remember the beginning. They read each word but the meaning got lost.
>
> It’s like that.
That's a fantastic analogy!
walking down the street and being able to tell which house has people smoking marijuana just by smelling it
come upstairs from the basement into the main part of the house and _instantly_ know that someone is eating instant noodles
it’s a blessing and a curse…. maybe autistic people should join the x-men
One of my superpowers would be NOT being able to smell very well. Sure, I’ll change the baby’s diapers and clean up that smelly mess. Just don’t ask me to eat anything with the wrong texture, ride in a car with the fan turned off, or be somewhere where the wind is blowing my hair around.
TBH, I think this should be a diagnostic criteria.
Now I'm questioning the proportions of what I hear: how much is tinnitus (noticed since age 4?) and how much is electricity?
Maybe it's an under-reported correlation? We have low thresholds for some stuff: what if the tinnitus threshold is so low that we all acquired it when we were too young to know that everyone's ears don't go "wheeeeeeeeeeeee" intermittently?
With all the weird sensitivities, one more is not surprising.
I have tinnitus, visual snow and auditory processing disorder, I think there has to be some relationship there with ASD from what I've seen others say...
My ADHD making me way to likely to forget to turn off my oven after use
My ASD making me super aware of the sound the heating element make while working
Perfectly balance, as all thing should be
I just started medication for my ADHD and it’s like all my Autism skills have got a +5 stat boost. So now I’m obsessed that my house smells weird and I keep trying to get to the source of the smells so I can clean it. I can no longer eat with my family without music playing due to mouth noises. I have to wash my hands instantly if I touch something sticky when cooking. I cannot have an overhead light on in a room I am sitting in at night it is unbearable.
Apparently all this time my ADHD has been like a balance for my senses. Now I’m medicated it’s gone, any my senses are constantly getting overwhelmed.
Also, people that can't read subtitles while also watching the scene are weak. It's all right there on the screen, how is this difficult?
(Not trying to throw actual shade, i just don't get it)
I have dyslexia so I read quite slowly. If someone has a heavy accent or is speaking in a foreign language, I have a hard time keeping up. If they are speaking English I can usually keep up alright.
I'm pretty sure I have symptoms of dyslexia, but somehow my brain overcompensating made me be able to read subtitles almost instantly unless they're extremely verbose.
I watch/play a lot of action, adventure, and fantasy movies, shows, and games.
I can understand English just fine, I'm just scared I might miss something important because of sound effects or made-up words.
Yes it’s annoying being able to hear a clock ticking across the room or even in another room but somebody talking next to you your brain might ignore what they say or forget right away
And lets not forget the sizzle of air bubbles escaping ice cubes in a glass of water. Or the fact that hot water has a different pitch when poured than cold water.
Electric hum, lightbulbs, fan motors, sonic bat repellers, bubbles in the bubly can on the table and yet “wait um what did you sa.. oh yes I would like a glass of water” lol
hearing small differences in sound helped me as a welder to figure out the right amperage and wire feed speed. but it's annoying when you get too much sounds throughout the day and then can't stand anyone breathing a bit louder. god forbid if someone chews food near me!
I would tell her now, just to avoid issues. No point in both of you getting mad, right? You don't even need to mention autism if you don't want, you can just let her you have trouble processing language so either talk slower or give you a minute.
My house has ancient baseboard electric heaters, and I’m grateful for it because any sort of forced air heat also includes fan or blowing air noise which I cannot stand.
Unfortunately it turns out that baseboard heaters buzz when they sit idle for too long. Or least my old ones do, and “no buzzing” is not exactly a ratings or review category on new baseboard heaters so I risk spending the money for replacements and still having the same problem.
I could hear the hum of TVs in a classroom before I went in the door in elementary school. I always thought it was a superpower because my friends couldn’t hear it.
How do you guys deal with silence noise? The extremely buzzing loud noise during silence. It's called [Phantom Noise](https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/21/health/turning-down-the-phantom-noise-inside-the-head.html)
One of my pcs makes this rolling hum noise when powered on and nobody else seems to hear it. If I don’t wear headphones I literally cannot focus at all.
I recommend hearing loss, helped a lot with overstimulation (but now I can’t understand what people are saying in crowed spaces and have to do awkward smile and head nod after 7 “what??”)
It do be like that. Also the sound of real people talking and making noises? Atrocious. The sound of my podcast at full volume that's basically just two dudes yelling at eachother (the dollop)? Delightful.
I've heard the reason why one is okay and the other isn't is because when we're playing loud music in our headphones we have full control over it, but if someone else is doing it, there's nothing we can do about it.
I watched a video of a guy talking super fast and while everyone else in the room hated it I felt relieved to finally hear someone else talk at the same speed my brain processes its internal info.
I was convinced there was a ghost cat hissing at me (to be fair, I was little and thought everything was a ghost). Come to find out, my Coke cap was loose. But now I have real cats and I get for real hissed at.
My mum was telling me this morning that I would need my coat. She asked me if I could hear the rain (in different rooms but could still hear each other at normal volume), I said no but I could hear the electricity. Make it make sense
Okay, one, yes.
And two... there are other people like this?
My parents and teachers used to think I was hard of hearing because I couldn't understand anything they were saying to me so they took me in for a hearing test. Not only did I pass, but I was able to pickup on frequencies considered beyond the limit of human hearing. The technician thought I was faking it and was just guessing the answers, so they redid the high frequency tests repeatedly with ever more complex patterns trying to call me out. I didn't miss a beat, maybe due to being able to directly hear the magnets in the headphones. It sounded like "silent noise"
Anyway, the first thing I did as the tech was explaining the absurdity of my keen hearing and asking how I could hear so well was to ask them to repeat themselves because I couldn't understand them. Every word sounds like a mumbled mess.
The end result of all of these tests was my parents and teachers conclusion that I could hear just fine but was intentionally ignoring them. Discipline all around. Yeah.
The other day in class I could hear the birds outside of the lecture hall (which I believe is underground) but later when someone looked directly at me and explained where I was supposed to go for a meeting, they had to repeat it, and I still didn’t get it so someone had to walk me there
You watched squid game with subtitles because you wanted to act superior around people who watched the dub. I watched it with subtitles because i literally cannot watch anything without them anyway so i may as well just watch it in korean which has an added bonus of not being constantly stressed out by the lip sync being weird.
For me its i can hear a person talking across a 10 meter classroom full of chatting people but dont notice when somebody asks me to do something, should they be behind me while doing so
I keep being told that the lights don't make noise :|
If it's FL or CFL, they're just wrong. I don't think I've heard anything out of incandescents or LEDs tho Edit: just checked, LEDs, while extremely faint, do hum just a bit. It's *much* quieter than FL/CFL.
I have one particular fixture with LEDs on a dimmer (yes, they're the right kind) which makes noise no matter what level the dimmer is set to. I really just need to replace the damn dimmer.
For LEDs I’ve had ones where the power adapter made noise, but that’s not really the light itself.
Led light strips do make noise. My house is full of them. The frequency differs based on the color setting
Interesting, I'll have to investigate further
The blues and purples buzz a little more, reds are quieter. I think it’s the voltage of the strip that changes the volume cuz if you lower the brightness the sound almost goes away. Also it’s definitely the power adapter and not the actual strip which is nice cuz I just threw a few t shirts over it to cover the sound a little
Incandescents for sure make noise.
Worse though is when they're wearing out and start strobing. Literally, physically painful
Noooooooo LEDs can't make noise!!!1!1!1!1!!1 haha shitty coil go eeeeeeeeeee
Coil? What's that doing in an LED circuit? Afaik, those will have a rectifier diode, a smoothing capacitor, and a spare resistor or 2. Nothing about coils, though, i haven't taken one apart to look for myself i guess
I've always assumed that the whiny part of an electronic device is called the coil
A coil is one of the most likely electrical components to create noise, due to magnetostriction, among other things I'm not qualified to talk about
You can hear LEDs if they're non-dimmable and you put them on a dimmer switch like me because I'm cheap. Either that, or my wiring is fucked up because if I take one light out, the dimming stops. Or if I put in a different LED it stops buzzing too. So idk, but they certainly can make noise
I've had LEDs make noise too
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BUT THEY DO
From a maintenance person, yes, they do, but most maintenance guys are too deaf to hear and too lazy to care
every electric thing makes noise, some more, some less, but Im already getting kinda overwhelmed when i hear the PSU of my PC
Out of context this could be a decent horror writing prompt
Not everyone can hear the bubbles in drinks? 🥴
One time I kept hearing this sound that I couldn't quite locate. I was convinced there was a leak in a pipe within one of the walls and spent about an hour systematically checking every single piece of plumbing in the house. It was a can gently fizzing on the kitchen counter. How can I hear that yet not follow verbal instructions
A sound with only one meaning (like there’s a leak in a pipe) is totally different from a whole bunch of sounds that convey different meanings based on pitch, tone, emphasis, and all of those things from the other sounds that come before and after (context). Basically, spoken word is a “second language” to you, and you have to mentally translate the words, decipher the meaning, remember it, and apply it. Have you ever seen someone just learning to read? They struggle so hard to read each word that by the end of the sentence they can’t remember the beginning. They read each word but the meaning got lost. It’s like that.
I think I know what you mean actually. I have attempted to learn a couple of languages in my years (to university level). I am able to read and write in those languages to a pretty advanced level, but speaking and listening feels like trying to push through rubber. No matter how I practiced, those skills were always behind. I guess my native language suffers from this too although to a less obvious degree
I usually all for written instructions or write them as they are given. I can’t remember more that two steps/items at a time.
I was gonna say something similar. Give me text and I am speed. Say something to me and...why did you make that weird noise in the middle? Oh that was [common word]? I've never heard it pronounced that way before. No it's too late now, all I hear is [sound] and it will be a few weeks before I translate that into [word] naturally. God help me with dialects and thick accents. They're basically complete languages at that point.
Dialects and accents are a pain for me. I struggle so hard with understanding people who don't speak in a clear, robotic way such as myself. This is one reason I avoid talking to people.
> Have you ever seen someone just learning to read? They struggle so hard to read each word that by the end of the sentence they can’t remember the beginning. They read each word but the meaning got lost. > > It’s like that. That's a fantastic analogy!
Everything has a weird pitch and I know not everyone could hear that but the bubbles are loud! Lol
Or when a bottle of fizzy drink isn't fully sealed and it makes that constant high pitched noise as gas escapes
I was waiting for that. I hate it! Same with coffee or tea pots.😖
Or the fizzing of freshly baked fries, or the cracking of ice?
I hate the sound of cracking ice. It’s the equivalent of someone chewing on a towel lol
WHAT??? I reacted to this too. The bubbles are very loud and obvious, is it really not common to be able to hear them?
Ever listen closely to your soda for contaminants? I'm so scared of drinking something a fly flew in.
There’s a reason why I don’t drink out of cans 😝
Wait...not everyone can?
Battling this and wondering if I have actual hearing issues is always fun
walking down the street and being able to tell which house has people smoking marijuana just by smelling it come upstairs from the basement into the main part of the house and _instantly_ know that someone is eating instant noodles it’s a blessing and a curse…. maybe autistic people should join the x-men
One of my superpowers would be NOT being able to smell very well. Sure, I’ll change the baby’s diapers and clean up that smelly mess. Just don’t ask me to eat anything with the wrong texture, ride in a car with the fan turned off, or be somewhere where the wind is blowing my hair around.
TBH, I think this should be a diagnostic criteria. Now I'm questioning the proportions of what I hear: how much is tinnitus (noticed since age 4?) and how much is electricity?
Nice to know I'm not the only to have the tinnitus/ASD combo
Maybe it's an under-reported correlation? We have low thresholds for some stuff: what if the tinnitus threshold is so low that we all acquired it when we were too young to know that everyone's ears don't go "wheeeeeeeeeeeee" intermittently? With all the weird sensitivities, one more is not surprising.
I have tinnitus, visual snow and auditory processing disorder, I think there has to be some relationship there with ASD from what I've seen others say...
Does anyone else watch youtube in 1.5x speed? And then I have to say "huh?" To give my brain time to catch up in a conversation.
My ADHD making me way to likely to forget to turn off my oven after use My ASD making me super aware of the sound the heating element make while working Perfectly balance, as all thing should be
I just started medication for my ADHD and it’s like all my Autism skills have got a +5 stat boost. So now I’m obsessed that my house smells weird and I keep trying to get to the source of the smells so I can clean it. I can no longer eat with my family without music playing due to mouth noises. I have to wash my hands instantly if I touch something sticky when cooking. I cannot have an overhead light on in a room I am sitting in at night it is unbearable. Apparently all this time my ADHD has been like a balance for my senses. Now I’m medicated it’s gone, any my senses are constantly getting overwhelmed.
Also, people that can't read subtitles while also watching the scene are weak. It's all right there on the screen, how is this difficult? (Not trying to throw actual shade, i just don't get it)
I have dyslexia so I read quite slowly. If someone has a heavy accent or is speaking in a foreign language, I have a hard time keeping up. If they are speaking English I can usually keep up alright.
I'm pretty sure I have symptoms of dyslexia, but somehow my brain overcompensating made me be able to read subtitles almost instantly unless they're extremely verbose.
Subtitles, 2x speed, perfection.
I watch/play a lot of action, adventure, and fantasy movies, shows, and games. I can understand English just fine, I'm just scared I might miss something important because of sound effects or made-up words.
Exactly
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yes. And it’s rude to do so in a conversation, sadly.
Yes it’s annoying being able to hear a clock ticking across the room or even in another room but somebody talking next to you your brain might ignore what they say or forget right away
And lets not forget the sizzle of air bubbles escaping ice cubes in a glass of water. Or the fact that hot water has a different pitch when poured than cold water.
I love watching TV volume off w subtitles on. I thought it was just me being burned out from work. Makes sense it could be sensory overload.
Electric hum, lightbulbs, fan motors, sonic bat repellers, bubbles in the bubly can on the table and yet “wait um what did you sa.. oh yes I would like a glass of water” lol
The sound of a humming car makes me wanna scream 😭 it makes me so nervous!!!
hearing small differences in sound helped me as a welder to figure out the right amperage and wire feed speed. but it's annoying when you get too much sounds throughout the day and then can't stand anyone breathing a bit louder. god forbid if someone chews food near me!
Can confirm. I always hear bubbles in drinks too. Feels weird I'm the only one in my family who can do so.
I feel this
For me it is not really processing speed it is more like the volume is either too loud or too quiet. There is no in between.
And depending on the time of day, the same volume on the same show can be way too loud or way too quiet.
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I would tell her now, just to avoid issues. No point in both of you getting mad, right? You don't even need to mention autism if you don't want, you can just let her you have trouble processing language so either talk slower or give you a minute.
My house has ancient baseboard electric heaters, and I’m grateful for it because any sort of forced air heat also includes fan or blowing air noise which I cannot stand. Unfortunately it turns out that baseboard heaters buzz when they sit idle for too long. Or least my old ones do, and “no buzzing” is not exactly a ratings or review category on new baseboard heaters so I risk spending the money for replacements and still having the same problem.
I could hear the hum of TVs in a classroom before I went in the door in elementary school. I always thought it was a superpower because my friends couldn’t hear it.
How do you guys deal with silence noise? The extremely buzzing loud noise during silence. It's called [Phantom Noise](https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/21/health/turning-down-the-phantom-noise-inside-the-head.html)
I’ve felt so dumb for having to read subtitles this helps
OMG so its not just me?
Replace the "but" with "and therefore" tbh
One of my pcs makes this rolling hum noise when powered on and nobody else seems to hear it. If I don’t wear headphones I literally cannot focus at all.
I also completely can't hear the beeping noises of the washer and dryer, to the extent that my husband thinks I'm faking it so he'd take care of them.
I recommend hearing loss, helped a lot with overstimulation (but now I can’t understand what people are saying in crowed spaces and have to do awkward smile and head nod after 7 “what??”)
Right below this post is the exact same post but from r/adhdmeme ol
Shitty coils, transformers and other electrical components go brrrrrrr (literally).
wait is hearing the bubbles not normal?
Yup.
It do be like that. Also the sound of real people talking and making noises? Atrocious. The sound of my podcast at full volume that's basically just two dudes yelling at eachother (the dollop)? Delightful.
I've heard the reason why one is okay and the other isn't is because when we're playing loud music in our headphones we have full control over it, but if someone else is doing it, there's nothing we can do about it.
That does seem to make a lot of sense!
I watched a video of a guy talking super fast and while everyone else in the room hated it I felt relieved to finally hear someone else talk at the same speed my brain processes its internal info.
This is painfully hilarious
No, you see, I hear ALL the sounds, so it takes a bit to figure out which ones are important
I was convinced there was a ghost cat hissing at me (to be fair, I was little and thought everything was a ghost). Come to find out, my Coke cap was loose. But now I have real cats and I get for real hissed at.
Why do I feel so targeted?
Ok but I can hear my HDD spinning I don't want it o be called out
me but i procress verbal instructions at 2/3 speed
just listen to only half of the conversations, no need for subtitles anymore
Team I need to watch TV at 2x speed, because otherwise I'll loose focus mid sentence, same goes for online lectures, zoom classes are hell
My mum was telling me this morning that I would need my coat. She asked me if I could hear the rain (in different rooms but could still hear each other at normal volume), I said no but I could hear the electricity. Make it make sense
Okay, one, yes. And two... there are other people like this? My parents and teachers used to think I was hard of hearing because I couldn't understand anything they were saying to me so they took me in for a hearing test. Not only did I pass, but I was able to pickup on frequencies considered beyond the limit of human hearing. The technician thought I was faking it and was just guessing the answers, so they redid the high frequency tests repeatedly with ever more complex patterns trying to call me out. I didn't miss a beat, maybe due to being able to directly hear the magnets in the headphones. It sounded like "silent noise" Anyway, the first thing I did as the tech was explaining the absurdity of my keen hearing and asking how I could hear so well was to ask them to repeat themselves because I couldn't understand them. Every word sounds like a mumbled mess. The end result of all of these tests was my parents and teachers conclusion that I could hear just fine but was intentionally ignoring them. Discipline all around. Yeah.
I can hear the electrical outlet in my room
The other day in class I could hear the birds outside of the lecture hall (which I believe is underground) but later when someone looked directly at me and explained where I was supposed to go for a meeting, they had to repeat it, and I still didn’t get it so someone had to walk me there
You watched squid game with subtitles because you wanted to act superior around people who watched the dub. I watched it with subtitles because i literally cannot watch anything without them anyway so i may as well just watch it in korean which has an added bonus of not being constantly stressed out by the lip sync being weird.
For me its i can hear a person talking across a 10 meter classroom full of chatting people but dont notice when somebody asks me to do something, should they be behind me while doing so