If I want to read I'd read a book ...but if it's cos someone has a medical problem and that's why it's on then I'd put up with it cos I'm not that much of a git ......well sometimes !!

Decades ago actor's were taught to enunciate their words. Now they just mumble.

I use them at times, but too often they distract me & I actually miss more when they're on. If I had to I guess I'd get used to them, which I may have to as I'm deaf in one ear already, but right now it lessens the experience for me.

I dated a gal who had Fybromyalgia and a few other issues. She could not tolerate sound beyond quite low levels. I show up in her life with hearing aids. She insists on captions, I give it a whirl and realize that now I am missing things that are important to me because I HAVE to read the captions... (sigh).

I can do them, I didn't complain but I often rewatched stuff so that I could catch the visuals I'd missed while listening to the dialogue, etc.

I was trying to figure out a way to adjust, training me to NOT watch the captions or something, but the relationship ended before I got too far. I still note that when there are captions, I read them versus watching the video and I know this is my issue. I own that part.

I watch a lot of non-English speaking films, so reading captions is just second nature to me. And you are right, if you can read the caption you know what was just said.

So often times I'll watch something with the captions on to see if they are accurate and if they are not I find it bothersome.

Geee.... i suppose it wouldn't.... i don't know.

Captions drive me nuts. I tend to get distracted and end up missing most of the movie. That being said, I watch quite a few foriegn movies with captions. It's easier than learning the languages

Decades ago actor's were taught to enunciate their words. Now they just mumble.

I don't usually turn them on myself, but they don't bother me ... and I notice I keep up better with them on. I might also have some processing delay going on. Or a hearing issue. Or both.

I always have em on usually makes me say what because I thought it was something different some shows n movie's have bad quality sound for voice but blow u away on background music n noises I fill much more absorbing of whatever it is if I can read, hear n watch everything.