Movie Theaters

By using assistive listening systems, closed captions, open captions, and audio description, you can understand movies better.

Q-SYS headphones with neckloop

Photo explanation: headphones (Q-SYS mfr) with neckloop (WilliamAV mfr). These have two options:

  1. Combined audio. The headphones can send the same audio to both ears (for people with hearing loss or for audio description). Each ear has it’s own volume control.
  2. Split audio. Audio description in one ear and assistive listening for the other ear, with independent volume controls, which is ideal for people who are DeafBlind. Other manufacturers have separate devices: one for assistive listening and another for audio description, which requires consumers to use two receivers.
4 symbols: assistive listening, closed captions, open captions, audio description
Theaters should offer assistive listening, captions, and audio description, so patrons have their choice of which option(s) they wish to use.
AMC movie Fidelio Doremi receiver
Receiver that you can attach headphones or a neckloop.

Below are the links for the accessibility (assistive listening systems and audio description) at major chain movie theaters. Please email the Center for Hearing Access with additional movie theater suggestions.

Movie Theater Captioning Resources

Open Captions

State legislation-Open Captions

Legal

Center for Hearing Access Resources