This is a hijack allowed zone. All conversation acceptable.
TTD, I have really bad tinnitus. One of the things my ENT clinic has is that training where they try to teach your brain to not listen to it (I think it's called TRT) and then the device that masks the sound. I need to get after them about it. When I first asked, all they did was set up endless hearing exams and followups to tell me what I already know. LOL. I have to listen to the TV or radio in order to get to sleep.
Fly, I did try having captioning on, esp. if I was watching at night when W was asleep. Usually I'm ok, but I do back up a lot for those "what did they say" moments? I've never been able to find a DVD player with the feature my very first one had - it had a "go back 30 seconds and turn on captioning for a few seconds" button. It was great!
Problem with movies today is there's far too much range between dialog and any kind of action or dramatic music. Some TVs/DVD players have "sound leveling" options, but I've found they muddle everything, or don't play well together with the different equipment.
And of course the theaters are so loud they are contributing to hearing loss even in young people (like us, lol). Even the darn jet-engine hand driers they are installing in the restrooms now are way to loud for ear safety. Of course the ear buds are the worst thing! Esp. for the youngsters who wear them all the time blasting music. Dang, I'm sounding old.
Since TTD, NQ and I do way to much TV viewing as GAL activity, anything related to TV/Movies/Entertainment is fair game. Oh, and food. Eating is a great GAL activity! LOL.
So is sleep, and the timestamp on this post will show that I've been up through the night. Ugh.
