Hi Steve

You and I share the same problems. I am " hard of hearing" but I cannot follow programmes if I use the sub-titles button on the TV. I too wear hearing aids but I find when watching TV the background soundtracks are increased and tend to drown out the dialogue.

Mrs Mike is not deaf ( thank God) and so we can usually hit a happy medium where I tell her to put the sound level OK for her and I adjust the sound volume on my hearing aids to suit me. Not perfect but works OK.

As it happens I am going in for a hearing test next week and I will try to get them to show me the aids that are supposed to let you tune out sounds you don't want.

Mine at the present are the standard National Health issue. I have tried others that made huge claims and cost even huger prices !!!

As a general point do others here find that in music programmes the backing musicians tend to drown out the vocalists?? Adjusting the volume on my hearing aids tends to increase the backings making the situation even worse.
I do take the point of this thread though and agree that the use of subtitles is not consistent in the way they are used to those who don't use the button.

Cheers

Mike