This is an interesting subject and it's great that you are concerned and researching it in some way. I might be similar in some way, in that I kind of engrave words people say into my brain and take a little longer. The advantage is that I can remember conversations verbatim. These days though, I do make an effort to be selective in listening and then to tune out if I recognise some conversations as distraction and just verbal noise:)
Good thing you know how to filter the noise 😄