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Originally Posted by Crowbob
Can you imagine what it is like for a hearing-impaired person? A person with normal (or relatively normal) hearing is able to separate sounds, such as comprehending speech in a noisy restaurant. Turning up the volume just makes it worse. Trying to decipher speech for two hours over the din of purposefully exaggerated sound track makes for an exhausting and very unpleasant experience.
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That's why I don't go to movies in theaters much any more. The decibel level of the sound track and sound effects is so loud as to be painful, and the dialog is at such low volume that it is unintelligible.
I loved Herbert's book, and will no doubt go back and read it again before I see another sci-fi "blockbuster" on the big screen.