Why are choppy videos “watchable”, but stuttering audio ruins the experience of hearing something?

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Both experiences are sub-optiman, but I’ve noticed people are more lenient to watch something that is choppy than listening to something (in the form of pure audio or paired up with a video) with the same level of stuttering.

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Your brain is good at “filling in the gaps” when you are missing visual information. You do it every day (looking away from something, blinking, partial obstructions), and you’ve learned to do it well.

“Filling in the gaps” of audio is something you’re not naturally good at, and it is fairly uncommon to run into naturally. Thus, it’s harder to naturally overcome.

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