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kingmudsy  ·  1983 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Lights, camera, caption! Why subtitles are no longer just for the hard of hearing

I need subtitles, and I have great hearing.

I don't know what it is about me - I can hear intonation and ambient sounds perfectly, but the actual meaning of the word gets lost. I'll be listening closely, and yet still ask my girlfriend 5 or 6 times over the course of a movie , "Wait, what did he say?"

Subtitles have helped a lot, and now she uses them even when I'm not around! I don't know why I'm so terrible at processing speech on TV, even though I'm fine at it IRL.

This article made me feel seen, something I didn't know I wanted. Thanks for sharing!