I often find myself reading something on the bus or subway, but then not understand anything I read. This seems to be because of the constant noises. Not even instrumental music helps, as that distracts me as well and also does not always match the theme of the book.
The best working one in noisy places seems to be white noise, with complete silence being the best overall. How do yall handle such situations?
It sounds a bit like Auditory Processing Disorder - pretty sure I’ve got this. Something I really struggle with is are lyrics in songs, I can hear that there’s words but I can’t understand them unless I were to stop what I was doing and really focus. To me, the sounds and pitches of the voices are basically just another sound.