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  1. @lauren @klausfiend @taseroth

    100%. The "modern" way Hollywood does audio in its films, with dialogue mixed low, actors not speaking clearly in the first place, music or sound effects obliterating dialogue - is particularly galling to me because I have (significant) partial hearing loss. Older films I have no trouble picking up every word of the dialogue, but current films? It doesn't matter how far I crank the volume or otherwise manipulate audio settings, I'm still missing 20% or more of the dialogue entirely unless I turn on captions (which are a poor substitute as Lauren says).

    I don't know who in the chain of filmmaking - sound mixer, director, producer, studio head? - encourages the current way of doing things, but I wish a few more of them would develop hearing impairments so they understood what they're imposing on us a little better.

    #hearing #HearingImpaired #HearingLoss #film #audio #movie

  2. Time for a new #Introduction . I’m a Lecturer in #Neuroscience in #London at the #UniversityOfRoehampton . I study #NoiseExposure & #HearingLoss & how it affects #AuditoryProcessing , #Audiology , & #Hearing ; particularly #SpeechInNoise & #PredictiveCoding . I focus on #HiddenHearingLoss noise exposure & I’m really interested in the intersection between noise exposure & #Neurodivergent conditions like #Autism & #Schizophrenia .

    My home is a #Boat & most of my pictures here involve my #Cat .

  3. Video gamers worldwide may be risking irreversible #hearingloss and/or #tinnitus

    The sound levels reported in studies of more than 50,000 people often near, or exceed, permissible safe limits, conclude the researchers.

    #videogamers #headphones #earbuds #hearing

    medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01

  4. This is a fantastic article on the Escape Collective on cycling with hearing loss:

    "For people with severe hearing loss, listening is not automatic or passive; it is hard, multi-sensory work, an all-encompassing cognitive load. Solo rides, as ever, were an escape, a solace of simple pedal strokes" escapecollective.com/ride-soun

    #hearingloss #hearingimpaired #BikeTooter #cycling

  5. I guess I should probably do an #Introduction as well. I’m a #Neuroscience #Postdoc in #Spain studying #NoiseExposure & #HearingLoss & how it affects #AuditoryProcessing, #Audiology, & #Hearing; particularly #SpeechInNoise & #PredictiveCoding. I focus on #HiddenHearingLoss noise exposure & I’m really interested in the intersection between noise exposure & #Neurodivergent conditions like #Autism & #Schizophrenia.

    My permanent home is a #Boat & most of my pictures here involve my #Cat.