Many individuals also have undiagnosed auditory processing disorder (APD), which makes it harder to process information you take in aurally. Captions not only help engage but can provide information that is easier to process when read, as some learners with ADHD will find it harder to process or retain what they hear.

Why are there mistakes in the captioning? Muffled, hard-to-understand, or otherwise compromised audio can lead to incorrect text. Real-time captioning is displayed immediately, leaving no time to proofread.

Whatever the reason, a lot of people struggle to hear dialogue now, so turning on closed captioning to decipher what people are saying has become a no brainer move. Beyond technical issues, many people are also simply more used to using subtitles, which makes keeping them on a habit instead of a distraction.

No matter what language is being spoken, even if you speak that language, subtitles should be on and visible. At all times.