[tristor]

I remember that story. I’m definitely in that group although older. For reasons I don’t fully understand there is no meaningful difference for me in watching foreign media or media in my native English, and in both cases I require captions to understand dialogue. I am not hard of hearing in any way and don’t have problems in conversation, but I just can’t understand what anyone is saying on movies and TV. I rely nearly entirely on captions.

[Semaphor]

Do you have issues understanding people in noisy (a lot of background noise, not necessarily loud) environments (e.g. at private parties where there are other groups talking in the same room)? I have this issue (apparently dubbed "hearing in noise"), and it gets triggered by dialogue in TV shows as well.