ASBO Granny!!

I have used sub-titles on the T.V. for so long that I cannot "hear" without them.
I have recently started to subscribe to Amazon Prime T.V. and was disappointed to find that many of their slightly older films do not have sub-titles, this means that I cannot watch them as my T.V. would be turned up way too high.
I live in a semi-detached house and next door have 3 young children. I would hate to be the cause of them being unable to sleep at night.

Great suggestions, thank you all. I will look into bluetooth speakers.

I’m deaf. I wear bilateral hearing aids. I use sub titles all the time. My TV does not have to be loud at all because I do so.
Try it with the volume at a proper level to stop annoying your neighbours.
If your tv is the same as mine it can be set up so that sub titles are permanently available as soon as you turn on. Check out the “menu” button on the remote to set that up.
Not all programmes offer subs but most of the main stream do.
Franbern (above) offers sensible advice too.

As others have said, you probably have no idea as to how very loud television is. And, how very disturbing that we could be for neighbours.

Thanks to technology there is a lot you can do, obviously, first stage is hearing aids. I wear these all day every day in both ears. Do not put them in until after I am dressed each day, so at brekkie have the tv in my Living Room on very loud. When I turn it back on later int he day when my aids are in place I am always astonished as to how loud it actually is.
Secondly a sound bar on your television, can make the sound much sharper and therefore no needing to be loud. Obviously sub titles are important. I can always 'hear'
better with sub-titles than without them.

You can get a wired system from the deaf society to be put in your room, which will assist your hearing of television.

You can also purchase wireless headphones, which would mean that ONLY you could hear the tv. Worthwhile investing in these.

Drop a note to your neighbour apologising for problems in the past, and saying that they only needed to talk to you about them, rather than going to the Council. Also let them know what you are putting in place to prevent problems in the future.

How about a set of headphones ?

There are other options.
1/Your hearing aid can be connected wirelessly to the TV by a special device.
2/You can use headphones although probably not all the time.
3/ You can use subtitles and turn the TV down.

Any of these would solve the problem, because I agree it's not good to have the volume up high. Maybe bring a younger friend or relative over and ask them what is a normal volume so you have some idea what level you should be aiming for.

Oh dear! This is my worry but so far so good….no complaints.
You can buy sound proofing wall paper, or just move the bookcases back. Cheapest option!

I think those of us who have hearing loss don’t realise how loud we have things like tv and music.

Do you have hearing aids? When I got mine I was horrified at how loud my tv was.

A few weeks later I was staying at a friends and had to take my aids out because her tv was so loud.

Bookshelves would be great insulators but better to get your hearing fixed maybe??

Bringing the bookshelves back could well help, but doubt that a wall hanging would be any use. Otherwise perhaps try acoustic wallboarding?

It's a bit 'off' of your neighbour to complain to the Environment Enforcement Officer without having a word with you first. Can you speak to said neighbour and ask when the noise started to be a nuisance?

If it coincides with you moving the bookshelves, then clearly putting them back or replacing them with something should help.

Is your television close to that wall? If so, moving that might help, too.