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Hearing Loss Association of America Rochester Chapter is constantly advocating on your behalf to make movie and stage theaters more hearing loss friendly.
Opening up the world for you.
Theaters
HLAA Chapter of Rochester was established with the intent on giving a voice and supporting people with hearing loss.
....living better with hearing loss.
Assistive Devices in Theaters
Update - Rear Window Captioning
'REAR WINDOW CAPTIONED" movies are currently being shown at
Loew's AMC Webster Theatre on Empire Blvd.
The movies are listed in the Democrat & Chronicle newspaper as CC movies.
With RWC, you pick up a device from the manager's desk in the center
of the theatre as you enter. The device is about the size of a rear view mirror in your car, on a goose-neck rod. You place the RWC device in the cup holder at your seat. It's best to sit about 2/3 way back, and in the center.
Once seated, you position the device in front of your eyes and below the
viewing screen. There will be a "test" projection of words from the back under the projectionist's booth to allow you to check your position. This is really easy to do. The captions are projected on the RWC screen. You can read the words using the RWC but your partner, without the RWC device, simply watches
the movie....no captions.
Go and enjoy!
Ginger Graham, E&O Committee, HLAA
More about assistive devices in theaters....
In our June, 2003 issue of our newsletter, we listed a glossary of the movie theater symbols which included FM and IR. Some of our inquirers were unaware that you could purchase your own receivers. The question came up as to why you would want to spend as much as $150.00 for a good IR receiver or several hundred for FM since the theaters offering the service provide a receiver for no extra charge. There are several reasons to at least consider this alternative. Some of these are convenience, availability, reliability, comfort and hygiene.
Convenience......When you purchase a ticket and ask for a receiver, you must leave your driver's license as a collateral. To return the unit and retrieve your license you may have to stand back in line.
Availability.......Not so much a problem with IR as with FM. The same IR unit in a theater group will work in each individual auditorium. With FM, the unit must be set to the frequency assigned to each auditorium. Some FM theaters may have single channel receivers preset to each auditorium. Thus there may be only one or two units available for any one particular movie, e.g. Hoyts Greece Ridge. Other theaters may have multiple channel units so they can work in five or six theaters, e.g. Regal Henrietta, and Newark Showplace. However, due to theft, Newark does not presently have more than two units for all five of their auditoriums. If you are going in a group with other hard of hearing people you should call ahead to check availability or bring your own unit.
Reliability.......Have you ever gotten to your seat and found out, after the movie or stage show started, that your receiver was defective? One of our members went to Toronto and discovered his unit wasn't working. He went out to exchange it and was refused re-entry until intermission because it was a live performance.
Comfort and hygiene......Some people like neck loops better than headphones and vise versa. The only way you can be sure to get the unit that suits you best is to bring your own. That way ,too, you don't have to concern yourself with who used it before you.
If you decide to purchase an FM receiver it will be helpful to know the frequency before entering the theater or movie auditorium. Here is a list of frequencies:
REGAL HENRIETTA THEATER
Theater
FrequencyChannel
FrequencyChannel1 72.100 A
72.100 A2 72.500 C
72.500 C3 75.300 J
75.300 J4 72.800 P
72.800 P5 72.500 C
72.500 C6 75.700 G
75.700 G7 74.700 I
74.700 I8 72.900 E
72.900 E9 75.700 G
75.700 G10 72.500 C
72.500 C11 75.300 J
75.300 J12 72.800 P
72.800 P13 75.600 S
75.600 S14 74.700 I
74.700 I15 75.300 J
75.300 J16 72.400 N
72.400 N17 72.100 A
72.100 A18 74.700
74.700HOYTS GREECE RIDGE 12
TheaterFrequencyChannel
FrequencyChannel1 72.100 A
A2 72.500 C
72.500 C3 75.700 G
75.700 G4 72.900 E
72.900 E5 75.900 H
75.900 H6 75.300 J
75.300 J7 74.700 I
74.700 I8 72.100 A
72.100 A9 72.700 D
72.700 D10 72.300 B
72.300 B11 75.500 F
75.500 F12 72.900 E
72.900 E InSight Cinema is no longer in operation but our nonprofit alliances and hearing professional resource links are still up for your continued use. The sites are maintained by the organization itself.
Open captioned prints are still being booked by a private company so check your local theatre website, along with Fandango and MovieTickets.com websites.
Please feel free to request your nonprofit site listed and feel free to contact me for personally for any help or referral you might need.
I hope you are all doing well and I will be updating everyone on my whereabouts in the very near future.
As always, my best.
Nanci Linke-Ellis
Ellis Consultancy
(310) 829-3884 tel
(310) 922-3884 cell
(310) 829-2024 fax
Visit Captionfish.com, a Captioned Film & Movies Search Engine
for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
Hearing Loss Association of America, Rochester Chapter
Theater Committee
HLAA Member Comment to Theater Committee
The Theater Committee members ask that when you visit a theater (live or cinema) would you please evaluate the Assistive Listening Devices (ALD’s). Request an ALD which will be either an Infra-Red system or an FM system. After the performance, complete this form and mail to:
Natalie Robertson
89 Wheatstone Cir.
Fairport, NY 14450
377-5369
Name of theater: __________________________________________________
Performance: _____________________________________________________
Date attended: ______________________@_____________________ AM/PM
Do you use hearing aid(s)? _________________ T-Switch? ________________
Your comments (Positive or negative): __________________________________
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