i struggle with this too but looking @ most of the comments here it doesn’t seem like it’s super common. i definitely hear you (haha get it) about struggling to make out what people are saying. most of the time i have to activate all my brain cells to catch everything someone says & even then it’s 50/50. going to the theatre can be especially taxing. i’ve done hearing tests & they’ve come back as normal so my best guess is some sort of auditory processing issue. i don’t have the same issue with reading though so again i’d say it’s more of an individual thing.