Hi Izzy, I'm new to this board as well.
I actually have a daughter who we call "Izzy" (Isabel) :)
Anyway, your hearing loss is similar to mine. I've lived with mine for quite some time, when I was about 10 years old, mine plummeted nearly 40+ db. I currently have a severe loss in both ears...
I will definitely ask Time Warner about a Motorola HD tuner.
I believe that the tuner's are currently "supposed" to decode the CC, actually adding the caption to the video data
It just surprises me that the HD televisions cannot decode CC via an HDMI or component hook-up, all processing...
Sorry if this is a repost. I have seen a few threads about DirecTV issues and HD broadcast issues and I discovered some hardware issues and closed captioning.
I just recently purchased a Samsung 50" 1080i DLP HDTV and was shocked to find out that the CC does not work via HDMI or Component...