Autistics can often hear the sounds of electrical appliances that others' tune out.
It is not in our imagination.
It is not in our imagination.
While allistic individuals may hear electrical sounds when someone points them out, they can generally ignore the sounds. This is due to habituation, or the physiological process of diminishing our responses to stimuli. Autistics, however, don't usually habituate in the same way.
The non-stop din of electrical appliances may remain a backdrop of all we do. For auditorily-sensitive autistics, these sounds can cause migraines, irritability, as well as aches and pains. We may become accustomed to the pain, but we do not become desensitized to the noise.
Here are some tips for coping with sounds from electrical appliances: 
I wrote a little story about how my friend's cat helped me locate a high-frequency sound that was causing me sensory pain. Check it out on my Ko-Fi (and support my work, too, if you can!)
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