I do, even though there’s nothing wrong with my hearing (yet).
I don’t know why, I just enjoy the stuff better with it being on. Just so I know exactly what’s being said at all times. : p Not to mention, sometimes some interesting stuff and info is found in them, like the names of songs that start playing, the names of characters that you don’t know the names of, who is saying a line if you can’t see a group of people…stuff like that. It’s very little things, but I find it helps add to the experience. Plus…there have been times I’ve always thought something was being said just to learn I was mishearing the line and it wasn’t really what I thought was being said.
What about you? How often do you use CC? All the time, like me? Only sometimes, like when you’re alone, lest others think you weird for it? Or do you never use it?
Most of my TV watching is streaming English-language stuff with Finnish subtitles. I figure that’s basically same as using closed captioning. I could probably understand 95% of what’s being said even without subtitles but sometimes the actors mumble or use slang or technical terms and I see no point in not having subtitles shown. Always fun to play the “spot the translation mistake” game too. They don’t pay the people doing the translation/subtitling work much and it shows quite often (but still beats dubbing 10-0 IMO).
I said sometimes, but not for myself (my wife likes it), but there is an exception.
I recently discovered Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge is more enjoyable when you can’t hear Steve Austin so put CC on and mute it.
And fast forward through everything but the challenges.
I’m surprised so many people use it, if even just sometimes. I’ve never used it in the house, never been to anyone else’s house who was using it and only ever see it on in public places like bars or restaurants. But I guess my experiences aren’t typical judging from the results so far.
Always, unless football’s on (it gets in the way, and I don’t generally listen to the game anyway). I’m hard of hearing since birth, and I remember when my dad brought home the first caption decoder I’d ever seen. Changed my life.
Another hearing aid wearer here, and yes I have it on most of the time except for sports. My wife doesn’t wear hearing aids (yet!) but she likes having it on too.
One thing I do like about it is that if a show is using popular music in a scene, the CC will show you the artist and song (and often the lyrics, if they don’t get in the way of any conversation in the scene). So if I hear a song I like, I know who did it and can go find it later on the internets.
