Does anyone else use subtitles all the time?

[JellyTots2009]

So since I was a teen I use subtitles when watching tv constantly.
I was watching a dvd at my dads when I was a teen and he said ' why have you got subtitles on?' And it only clicked then that it's not the norm.

I know that it is usually for people hard of hearing but I just feel content knowing I can read what they are saying. If someone has a strong accent I always know I can read what they are saying.

People even say how can you read and watch? Well I take a second to glance at the words then take it in and it's easy to follow the story still.

I've not stopped since my teens and my partner is used to it now.

Does anyone else rely on subtitles?

Yes and I hate when subtitles are not available! Feel like I miss lots of the dialogue without them!

Yes, I can’t follow what is happening without the subtitles so always use subtitles on tv and at the cinema. I have no hearing issues but have autism so I rely on seeing lips or subtitles to follow speech as I can’t distinguish it from background noise.

I use subtitles all the time and won't watch anything without them

My 10 year old does this all the time....drives me mad!!

Yes, me and DH both prefer subtitles, as does DD when she's here. So do most of my friends. We started as more and more actors seem unable to enunciate properly.

Never. It would really annoy me.

My dad who claims he doesn’t have a problem with his hearing.
(He clearly does, he has the radio so loud it makes me ears bleed!)

Yes, I do… but I have hearing loss and didn’t realise this for a long time. I had my hearing checked and now wear hearing aids. But I’m so used to using subtitles now I still have them on most of the time. Especially US programmes as the sound mix is always so off - REALLY loud action scenes and incidental music, with very soft SMf hard to hear dialogue. I agree it helps with accents too. I’m actually really annoyed when subtitles aren’t available, surely it’s basic accessibility?

I do!

People think it’s odd, but I can’t relax when watching something unless they are on,
You’re not alone

I do.

Reading takes me almost no time, and it means I don't have to worry about accents. I also struggle with how loud the background music of most programmes is, so I have to have them quite quiet and then the sound is not loud enough to easily hear speech. I wish you could choose your own balance between the backing music and speech.

I do, for all the reasons given by previous posters. I'm not hard of hearing but I prefer to have them on.

Wouldn't say I rely on them. But I also started using them in teens and watching tv without them feels alien to me

Sometimes - when they are mumbling or family are talking over the TV. My DD (22) introduced me to it

Yes all the time! I feel as though I can't concentrate otherwise.

Yep. But I’m deaf and I can’t follow a program if it doesn’t have subtitles.

I can’t watch anything that doesn’t have it

All the time. It started a couple of years ago when watching a movie by myself as I struggle with auditory processing. Then dh noticed and ever since everything is subtitled. I can actual understand what's happening now

Yes, but then i am autistic and have delays in verbal processing, which is why I prefer them on.

I always have them on, hearing is fine but I feel I struggle to process the lines without them.

I do. I have tinnitus & high tone deafness so it makes life easier to follow subtitles.

I did before I got hearing aids. Now I don't need to.

@rainbowandglitter

No I've never used them. How do you watch what's going on if you're reading subtitles the whole time?

How do you think deaf people watch TV?

If your literacy is quite poor / you're a slow reader then yes it might be an issue.

Always on. Can watch more quietly, means I can check what I heard without rewinding, plus subtitles on something like Star Trek or live captioning are just silly and make me laugh.

All the time. My parents did too so I guess I grew up with it
Helpful for mumbling programmes and ones where you turn up the talking then get deafened by music

Yes I think I started when my teen was a baby.

I do, unless it’s a comedy or a quiz as I find it ruins the jokes/question-answering!

Means you don’t miss things. Like if someone in the room coughs or talks over an important bit.