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Closed captioning on? It’s a generational thing: A third often use subtitles or closed captioning when watching movies or television. Younger adults are more likely than older adults to regularly do so.


A third often use subtitles or closed captioning when watching movies or television. Younger adults are more likely than older adults to regularly do so.

Subtitles are no longer just for those with a hearing impairment or when watching shows in a foreign language. A third use subtitles because they are in a noisy environment and a quarter do so because of poor audio quality or because they are multi-tasking. Older and younger adults tend to use subtitles or closed captioning for different reasons.

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