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RedRidingHood Tue 08-Apr-25 21:46:36

My DC are in their 20s and have bat hearing but they always watch with subtitles.
My hearing has never been great but it's not so bad that I can't hear the TV. In recent years I've got into the habit of putting the subtitles on whatever I watch. At first it was just for programmes where they all mumble, or have strong accents but I find it so much better that I put them on for everything now.
Oddly I still don't enjoy foreign language programmes with titles.

Aldom Tue 08-Apr-25 21:57:04

I'm quite the opposite of you. I thoroughly enjoy foreign films with subtitles. I still have the sound on as I like hearing the language/inflection in the voice etc. Most of the dramas and films I watch are foreign.

BlueBelle Wed 09-Apr-25 05:55:57

I love foreign films and enjoy using subtitles
I use subtitles on TV for everything apart from the news programmes and I find it very easy to watch and read at the same time

Calendargirl Wed 09-Apr-25 07:03:40

I like subtitles.

Have noticed just lately I can’t always get them on certain channel 5 programmes, has anyone else noticed this?

BlueBelle Wed 09-Apr-25 07:10:18

Not sure of the specific channel but I have had sometimes when I can’t get subs and it disappoints me I seem to enjoy particularly dramas much more with the duel vision and reading which my poor old eyes manage to do at the same time quite easily

nandad Wed 09-Apr-25 07:28:32

We went to the theatre in London and there were subtitles- sort of. I thought it would be intrusive but there were screens both sides of the stage and I was really pleased that I was able to read them.

Sparklefizz Wed 09-Apr-25 07:42:27

Sometimes I can't get sub titles either.
Glad it's not just me ....

Franbern Sat 12-Apr-25 08:41:57

I can hearn tv with my hearing aids in - but much more enjoy programmes when I also have sub titles on.
Except for BBC news magazine first thing in the morning, I rarely watch live tv, prefer going into streamed programmes, so I watch what I want to watch, when I want to watch it#
Many of these programmes are on U - and each time I go into that I have to click on Subtitles ON. On iplayer, and other streaming services, they 'remember# that I have sub-titles, but not U.

Oreo Sat 12-Apr-25 09:24:41

I wish all channels and programmes had subtitles and I use them whenever I can.
Not just foreign films but for Liverpool accents, Brummie, and Scottish or Irish.
Strangely not for Welsh accents.🤔

Nandalot Sat 12-Apr-25 10:14:29

Aldom, like you I like watching foreign programmes with subtitles, but have a quiet giggle at myself when I have to have the sound turned up because I can’t hear even though I have no clue what they are saying.

Athrawes Sat 12-Apr-25 10:24:00

I'm finding that many actors don't speak as clearly these days so I revert to subtitles. I was taught to speak clearly and project my voice to the back of the room - without shouting. It seems this method is not as popular as it once was.

Granmarderby10 Sat 12-Apr-25 10:31:05

Quite often if there is music it tells you who it is by as well.

Musicgirl Sat 12-Apr-25 14:24:16

I like using subtitles when they are available as it means that I can watch a programme at a volume that is not deafening to everyone else. Sady, a lot of the catch up channels and YouTube do not have them and, as I am unable to wear my hearing aids at the moment because of a medical problem, I need the volume at anywhere between 60-90 in order to hear with any clarity. It's just as well we live in a detached house!

MayBee70 Sat 12-Apr-25 14:50:21

I always have subtitles on these days. I do struggle finding them on some channels, though and often find them by chance.

hulahoop Sat 12-Apr-25 14:53:12

We can't get them on iPlayer ,some of the background is too loud which doesn't help.

Elrel Sat 12-Apr-25 15:01:51

Using subtitles more and more, also rewinding for a second attempt at hearing if no text available.

Allira Sat 12-Apr-25 15:02:21

Athrawes

I'm finding that many actors don't speak as clearly these days so I revert to subtitles. I was taught to speak clearly and project my voice to the back of the room - without shouting. It seems this method is not as popular as it once was.

They gabble.

Obviously not theatre trained!

Delila Sat 12-Apr-25 15:52:36

I read somewhere that watching tv with subtitles on is very good for the brain! I always have subtitles on (if available) even though I can hear perfectly well, pleased to think it might be doing me some good 😊

Wyllow3 Sat 12-Apr-25 15:56:30

hulahoop

We can't get them on iPlayer ,some of the background is too loud which doesn't help.

Hi - I can get them on I player watching the stuff I do so clearly some programmes, I haven't tested a whole range. Its in the settings bottom right of the screen

Labadi0747 Sat 12-Apr-25 16:30:01

Me too. Like the subtitle s on but can’t stand foreign films. DH is American & has a hard time with some of the accents

Labradora Sat 12-Apr-25 16:31:10

We watch a lot of Scandi thrillers, so Norwegien, Swedish , Finnish? are the languages that the drama was recorded in so subtitles are essential.
I now encourage my OH to have subtitles on most of the time even in English spoken programmes because despite his hearing aids he is still a bit deafer in one ear.
I agree about the mumbling -it happens all the time. Although I can normally hear perfectly well , sometimes I'm glad to have the subtitles myself.

Barbadosbelle Sat 12-Apr-25 16:57:27

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After contacting Viral Meningitis some 20-years ago I was left with just appx 50% of my hearing capacity and have worn hearing aids since.

They're great but I still always use sub-titles as loud background music can often make the dialogue difficult to hear. Ditto the non-theatre trained actors who mumble.

An extra annoyance and my main comment here is when I record a film only to find, when I watch, that there's an annoying little man or woman on the bottom right of the screen doing sign language.

It is so distracting, and as far as I can work out, totally unnecessary. It happened recently when I settled down to watch the wonderful film 'Can You Ever Forgive Me'.

Surely anyone who can't hear would just put up the subs? It baffles me.
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Nanato3 Sat 12-Apr-25 17:09:15

I can't stand subtitles, I don't think I know how to put them on grin

Romola Sat 12-Apr-25 17:28:13

Generally, foreign-language films that make it into the anglosphere are the best ones produced by their respective countries and well worth watching.
I do find some modern American films hard to understand even with my hearing aids and often resort to subtitles.

Musicgirl Sat 12-Apr-25 17:31:50

You are very lucky to not have a need for them.