twilight hoars

mandysmear

oh my goodness!  that's scary.  i didn't know that about those meds.  although, i'm sure the alternative to not having the meds would be good.  do you talk loud because of it? 

pooh8402

haha, yea. especially when I was a kid, it was pretty obnoxious. I can control the volume of my voice better, but DH has to remind me to lower my voice all the time. then I go too far in the other direction and he can't hear me.

LP11509

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_twilight-hoars?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:a38e2a7c-7f3e-49b0-8acc-eaae89d32e2bPost:1b3349ff-d7dd-46de-bf3f-e62be87edb94">Re: twilight hoars</a>:
[QUOTE]none because none of the effing theaters within a 20 mile radius of where I live offer closed captioning at any showing.
Posted by pooh8402[/QUOTE]

Me too...except I want OPEN captions, where the words are actually on the screen.  I hate closed caption in the theater (the rearview mirror thing).  I can never get the mirror to stay in one place, then when I finally do, if I move my head even an inch I can't see it anymore.  It frustrates me to no end. 

pooh8402

oh, words on the screen is closed captioning where I am. I see a tv show that has the symbols "CC" and I see the words on the screen. I thought what you are referring to is open captioning.

the theaters around me don't have words at all. they have assisted listening devices. you know how "helpful" those are.

edit: LP, after googling, I see what you mean now. I just didn't know the difference.

LP11509

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[QUOTE]oh, words on the screen is closed captioning where I am. I see a tv show that has the symbols "CC" and I see the words on the screen. I thought what you are referring to is open captioning. the theaters around me don't have words at all. they have assisted listening devices. you know how "helpful" those are.
Posted by pooh8402[/QUOTE]

Maybe it's just a local DC thing, but the theatres around here advertise the words on the screen being open captions (or OC), and this: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ncam.wgbh.org/mopix/">http://ncam.wgbh.org/mopix/</a> as being closed captioning (or CC).  I think it's dumb because on the TV words on the screen = closed captioning, so it should be the same for theatres.  DC is just silly like that.

ETA: yeah, the assistive listening devices are crap.  All it does is make the mumbling sound louder.  Real helpful.

pooh8402

maybe I ought to just move to DC. the huge hearing impaired community there due to Gallaudet means I wouldn't have issues finding a capable theater. *grumble grumble*

LP11509

Have you used Fomdi before?  It can help you find captioned movies: www.fomdi.com. It's pretty cool.  but yeah, DC generally has more captioned options than other areas of the country. One of the perks of living here.

 And, Gallaudet plays free captioned movies on a big screen in the student center on Friday/Saturday nights.  All movies that are already out on DVD, but at least they're free!

pooh8402

"Fomdi searched 190 theaters and says there are no captioned movies." that was with a 40 mile radius too.

FML.

LP11509

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[QUOTE]" Fomdi searched 190 theaters and says there are no captioned movies." that was with a 40 mile radius too. FML.
Posted by pooh8402[/QUOTE]

Holy cow. You should contact the corporate office  for whatever major theatre chain is near you and complain.  That's ridiculous! i know it seems unlikely that they'll actually do anything, but it can't hurt to try.

pooh8402

I've been considering that anyway. I didn't really care until Eclipse came out, because it's my favorite book in the series and I really wanted to see it on the big screen. but I usually put off watching so many movies because I want to catch the dialogue the first time. it's just getting annoying to not watch movies or ask my fellow moviegoers what was said in the film.

LP11509

Seriously, do it.   I wonder sometimes if theatres realize how much potential profit they miss out on by not offering captions to make movies accessible.  Not only for younger deaf/hard of hearing people like us, but the increasing number of elderly people who have hearing loss as well. 

srkropf

My FI wanted to see it so I went with him, it was kinda bizzare

pumpkinpumpkin

Pooh! I didn't know that about you.
Just over a year ago I posted here about a family friend who was in Phoenix on vacation and went in to a meningitis-induced coma in his hotel room...he is fine now, but has suffered major hearing loss as well. He's got a hearing aid in both ears now, and can hear with those, but they tell him gradually it will get worse.

pooh8402

dang, that sucks P2. I couldn't imagine losing that much hearing in adulthood, and knowing it will get worse. ugh.