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Captions, subtitles & timed text · Core

Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Also called: SDH, subtitles for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences

ELI5

Subtitles that include dialogue plus useful sound and speaker information for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.

Used in conversation

“The production plan needs to address the SDH before work begins.”

Definition

Subtitles that include dialogue plus relevant speaker and sound information for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.

Here “Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing” means: Subtitles that include dialogue plus relevant speaker and sound information for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Connected terms

  • SubtitleOrdinary subtitles may represent speech only; SDH also identifies speakers and relevant non-speech sound for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.