Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says a settlement with a theater chain will improve access for hearing-impaired customers.
Horne announced the settlement with Cinemark Holdings Inc., on Thursday, putting an end to a lawsuit his office filed in June 2011.
Cinemark agreed to equip six of its Arizona theaters with listening devices that hang around a customer’s neck and transmit sound magnetically into cochlear implants or hearing aids.
The theater chain already had been providing over-the-ear headsets that amplified sound. But Horne’s office says some of those headsets did not work with certain hearing aids and implants.
Cinemark also agreed to market the so-called neck loops and train its staff on how to operate them.
Arizona Willie posted at 7:49 am on Sat, Jul 21, 2012.
I'm sure there are people who are so profoundly deaf they can't hear a gun go off next to them. These devices may help them.
But does the average person who wears hearing-aids need more amplification?
The sound in the movies is so *amn loud I turn my hearing aids OFF.
People with those cochlear implants though may well need these devices.
I wonder how many people there are in that category who go to the movies.
But, considering the outrageous prices charged at the concession stands, the theaters can well afford them.
Suziehaystack819 posted at 8:08 am on Sat, Jul 21, 2012.
WHAT