When I went to see King Charles III the other day there were small screens on either side of the stage informing me that this would be a captioned performance and explaining that "Captioning makes the performance accessible to people who are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing."

Well I've no quarrel with that provision but the inclusion of the word "deafened" rather puzzled me.  Were they drawing a distinction between those born deaf and those who had become or been made deaf later in life?  Or did it mean that there would be loud bangs during the show that would deafen us momentarily?  There were no such noises so it wasn't that.

I remain to be enlightened.  Don't all shout at once, just in case.