I must have closed captions to understand anything on TV. Background sounds in any case make it impossible to comprehend, including musicians who do not enunciate or have their instruments too loud. I understand I miss a lot of good words. There was marvellous music at our fav venue last Fri. I know that because I saw everyone enjoying it and my partner told me so. I had ear plugs and still needed my fingers in my ears and still it was physically painful. I felt as though I had been run over, repeatedly, by a steam roller. It was torture. If it had not been so loud, I would have been able to enjoy it.