• SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 days ago

    don’t think that autism has to do with it. The cause for the higher frequency hearing loss is a physical degradation of the small hairs in the cochlear. And in some people it just happens a lot less

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      11 days ago

      No, really. It is very common for individuals on the autistic spectrum to have above average acuity of high frequency sound.

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        11 days ago

        Fuck. I’m 35 and I was able to hear a failing ballast in a light fixture at a busy reptile expo.

        I have a spectrum analyzer on my phone, which I had to use to prove to my wife that there was a loud high-pitch whine, and that it wasn’t tinnitus or a phantom sound.

        This would be a weird way to find out I’m on the spectrum.