[AnimalMuppet]

That actually helps if you're hard of hearing, or if the person has an accent that you have trouble with. The visual data from what their mouth is doing helps you interpret the audio data. (You don't have to know lipreading for this to work, BTW - though true lip reading would help more...)

[a1445c8b]

That actually explains a lot because I am, in fact, hard of hearing on one ear since early childhood!

EDIT: typo