Deaf/Hard of Hearing

That deafness is not just turning down the volume in your ears. For me the sounds become muddled and muddied...if voices speak clearly and slowly enough, I can parse the meaning of what I cannot hear by considering context.

Some documentaries start with a loud urgent type of introductory music. It makes me want to scream, it's so unpleasant. But in my opinion, the very worst is dubbing over another language in English while the original plays quietly in the background. The two streams of speech in two different languages are nothing but senseless mumble jumble.

On Edit: OMG, I just saw the date of this thread five minutes after posting. My apologies for reviving a long dead thread - or maybe not!