i don't understand why im so upset over this...i rented a movie and went to watch it this evening and it didn't have subtitles. it was a stupid chick flick that i didnt even care about, but i got deeply offended kinda by the fact that it didnt have subtitles and for that reason, and that reason alone, i couldnt watch it. im not deaf. well at least not yet. i may never even become completely deaf. but i am hearing impaired and although i can hear noises to an extent, the worst part of my hearing loss is the understanding people part and putting sentences together. it turns out that my cochleas are dramatically malformed and i have an enlarged nerve canal causing extreme difficulty in understanding languages in general and profound hearing loss at certain tones/pitches. this said, i have gotten so good at
reading lips (without even realizing it), and being able to hear a fair amount of noises given the volume, i have been able to get away with living a rather unaffected life. so i should be fine right? well, it turns out movies and the phone are the two hardest things for me to keep up with. i can only understand language and hear it at an audible volume out of my right ear therefore i do struggle with the phone if it is too low, or there is a soft spoken person on the other end. but movies, forget it! if an actor turns their head, or if the camera is not on the speaking actor, im lost. but this is such a small part of life that is affected by my hearing loss that i should be happy if anything else that i can hear so well. so why am i so upset over a stupid movie that i couldnt watch bc it didnt have subtitles? does anyone else ever feel this way?
Posted on 05/28/08, 07:05 pm
am the same way, I think it is because you feel left out. Everyone else is watching the movie not giving you an extra thought. I am late deafened and need sub or cc one or the other. 
