← Return to Hard of Hearing and Going to the Movies: How do you deal with it?

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@littlegin

Thank you for your reply. I appreciate it. However, the point I was trying to make is that it would be great if all theaters started using captioning on their screens instead of offering devices that usually don't work throughout the length of the film. When I watched the foreign film Parasite with captioning on the screen, I realized that on screen captioning in no way interferes with how the hearing abled are able to enjoy the film. On screen captioning is the solution for the hearing impaired so that we are able to enjoy a movie without having a device that stops in the middle of a film or worse doesn't even work at all. We, hearing impaired do not like having to get up and go to the lobby to get another device and lose out significantly to the thread of the film. The Americans with Disabilities Act is way behind schedule in helping us with hearing impairment.

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You would be amazed how often I hear hearing folks do not want captions on the screen. It is bothersome to Them . Open captions at theaters ( broadway style) normal hearing friend would say it’s distracting . If to the side - the deefie - me do not like that because of visibility issues. And when I leave tv captions on after I left the client’s house ( dog/ cat sitter) I get asked how to turn the darn thing off ( only 2 houses were appreciative of finding they have it in my 25 years of business .
The devises are the fair way. Some movie theatre have done captioning on the screen for all for the deaf to enjoy. Rarely now though.