50: Percent of TV viewers using subtitles
55: Percent who find TV dialogue hard to hear
189: Number of noise complaints to Thailand’s Pollution Control Department this year from Bangkok, the capital (and noisiest city in the nation), out of a total of 718 (down from 766 last year)
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¹Footnotes
Subtitles: [avclub.com](https://www.avclub.com/television-film-sound-audio-quality-subtitles-why-1849664873?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email), [preply.com](https://preply.com/en/blog/americas-subtitles-use/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email). Thailand: [bangkokpost.com](https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2437922/capital-leads-the-nation-in-pollution-complaints?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email).