I leave closed captioning on all the time and, yes, I find I read most of the words instead of listening. It's just easier, I guess, with having even minimal hearing loss. I have a grandchild who is struggling a bit with reading in school. They teach so much of the word recognition now. He's got the phonics part but not moving on real well. I encouraged his family to leave closed captioning on for him as he can follow along with that and gives some "extra practice". Kind of like being read to?? (He does not have hearing loss--it's for reading skills.)