This morning the following email tidbit I received about TV transmissions roused my ire. I've been beginning to experience concern that my hearing may be diminishing.
A case of the mumbles: If you find yourself turning on the subtitles to watch TV, you aren’t alone. About 50 percent of Americans — and the majority of young people — watch videos with captions on most of the time. Dialogue really is getting harder to understand, experts say, as TV speakers get thinner and weaker. And unlike traditional broadcasts, which adhered to a set volume limit, streaming services each have their own audio standards.
Brian X. Chen, a Times tech writer, tested some technological remedies: Most helped, but none fully solved the problem.