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For a long time now Ofcom and broadcasters have received complaints that speech on TV can be difficult, or impossible, to understand. The problem is of course much worse for viewers who with even quite mild hearing loss.\u00a0Reasons are varied and well described in a\u00a0recent Conversation article<\/a> from\u00a0one of our researchers, Lauren Ward.\u00a0Causes\u00a0include unfamiliar accents, unclear speaking from actors, excessive background sound effects\u00a0or music and even occasionally badly recorded location audio…..<\/p>\n

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