I read about this effect and thought it was interesting. I don’t know if I hear any different than others, but maybe.

In NT individuals social salience can actually control the gain on individual signals according to their importance. They can more easily hold a conversation in a noisy area (possibly further enhanced by their bidirectional TOM). This is called the “Cocktail Party Effect”.

I can hear faint noises better than many people but struggle in a noisy environment. I receive all the noise full blast and don’t have any mechanism to tune out the rest. I can ignore the whole thing (to some extent) but can’t apply selective volume control – it is a matter of clarity/separation.