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Posted on: Sat, Jan 26 2008 3:58 PM

Posted by: hondo812 Posts: 13

 I have been doing the CC for a while now. It's either that or I would have the TV so loud the rest of the family could listen from the neghbors house. What I have noticed though is that some TV/DVD player combinations don't always work right. One TV set we have plays the CC regardless of which DVD player is connected. The other TV only displays CC from the TV when it's the TV only. Of course more and more titles on DVD are providing CC for HOH directly on the media but there are still so many that do not.

I  was wondering if anyone else noticed this. I am wondering why there isn't more conformance to a standard for the deaf or HOH.

Comments? 

Posted on: Sun, Jan 27 2008 12:24 AM

Posted by: DisabledRIder Posts: 28

  iwonder  that too.  Indepent   movies don't  seem to hav  captions  which    bugs    me  cause   aren't almovies   suppoused to have     captonsbecause  of the  ADA  Act? 

Posted on: Thu, Feb 14 2008 1:44 PM

Posted by: Monica C. Posts: 11

 I find the independent  television stations  are less likely to conform to CC standards, and some of these stations never seem to have closed captioning.

Posted on: Thu, Feb 14 2008 2:16 PM

Posted by: shellGVchick Posts: 1,261

I have closed captioning on no matter what I watch.  I can't hear at all.  I know some who have gotten an item called Tv Ears.  They are for people who have that problem of blasting it so loud that it makes the others listening to nuts.  The Tv ears you put them on and its like your own private surround sound from what I've been told.  They are a bit on the expensive side, and they are rechargable. When you are not using them, you put them back on the base to charge.  At christmas time I bought them for my grandpa, he's 82 and suddenly having a lot of hearing problems.  So the ones who could hear could listen at a comfortable volume and he just has his tv ears on and everyone is happy.

This is the website I bought them off of, and also they have other helpful devices.  May be something to look into.   http://www.tvears.com/

 When your on the site, click on the bottom row where it says "What is TV ears" more options will become available when you choose that.

Hope this helps.

Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 1:39 PM

Posted by: DFHOH Posts: 6

mocragifts:

 I find the independent  television stations  are less likely to conform to CC standards, and some of these stations never seem to have closed captioning.

Independent TV stations are geenrally the non-profit "PBS" and local access non-profit stations with limited budgets. It is not the ADA but rather FCC rules taht have exempted them from required cc. Most PBS sattions I seen do have cc; it is generally the local access stations that do not.

As for movies, yes there are many that do not have cc or subtitles.. and frustrates me to no end!! I usually end up turiong up the volume or just returnign the movie (I rent them) with out watching the whole thing.

Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 1:53 PM

Posted by: bonniethesurvivor Posts: 1,119

I have hearing loss due to my scleroderma (inflammation), although I am not deaf.  I too have noticed the difference in what providers give in CC, at least here in my state in the US.  Also, DVD players do not seem to work too well for me, but I'm not very technical.

I have now tried the TV ears, and they were $49 at Radio Shack, and work really well.  Previously, if my husband and I wanted to watch anything together, either I could not hear it or he would be blasted with sound.  Now we are in harmony on this again.  [And I am sure the neighbors appreciate it.]

Posted on: Mon, Mar 31 2008 2:19 PM

Posted by: shellGVchick Posts: 1,261

Hondo I do know many who are hard of hearing have gotten those TV ears and they are quite pleased. You can turn it up as load as you want.

To DFHOH, I know my TV I can hit mute and closed captioning automatically starts typing on the screen. I don't know if it's about the TV, what company you have or what.  I know it's frustrating to me at times too.  I have gone to watch a movie playing in town and even though I can read lips concentrating that hard on reading lips kind of gets me lost in all the other aspects you can get from it when it's just closed captioning.  I know I cannot go to the FCC and demand they make CC more widely available. I just will wait until stuff comes out on video. It's just a different way of enjoying things.  Knowing I can't hear I don't have the TV on, or the Radio like some.  When I want to watch something, I have to be in front of it with the CC.  All we can do is the best we can with what we have.  I know my Grandfather has very poor hearing now, it comes with his age, so we got him TV ears, and it's great. He doesn't have to blast the other people out of the room.

So whatever aids we need to use I say do it.

Posted on: Mon, Mar 31 2008 7:20 PM

Posted by: hondo812 Posts: 13

Thanks Shelley,

I guess what I was really going for though was the electronic and FCC standards as they apply to closed captioning. I was also wondering, as I imagine many of us do from time to time, is it just me? Thankfully after the response from this and other threads would indicate that I have plenty of company. I realize that CC is great and has come a long way but there is still a ways to go.

Have you ever noticed that you can get cheap DVD's at wallyworld but the captioning is in Korean or Spanish? 

Steve