I'm finally recognizing Asperger's symptoms in myself that I have been living with in ignorance since I was a child.

My question is, can the symptom's get worse with age? I ask because I'm aware of an increasing inability to filter out background noise and conversations when I'm speaking to someone in a public area. I thought I might be going deaf, but I don't believe that to be the case.

I also seem to be less able to deal with new situations and environments.

Any advice would be appreciated.