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Apparently this isn't an autism thing any more. It's a pervasive problem lots of people are having in the last 10 years or so.
I do have auditory processing problems, and frequently misshear people in the real world. But practically never when watching things, even Nolan films. I literally don't understand how more than half of people report needing subtitles on full time. I'd love to find somone offline who has this problem, and watch something with them to try to experience what they are.
If you don't understand how it feels to need subtitles, try listening to a yanny/laurel video and see if you're able to hear both.
For us folks with auditory processing disorders, it's like the rest of the world hears yanny while we hear laurel. Without subtitles, we are simply incapable of parsing the sound as yanny.
I heard yammy, not yanny, every time. Which at the end of the video seems to be wrong. I did hear laurel when it was pitched down.
But that doesn't really help what I'm saying, because I'm not listening to your speakers in your room with you.