Question for Those of You Moviegoers

[jazzyjj]

Hi everybody and happy 2024! This comm has gone dormant it seems, so I wanted to pose a question. Entry title pretty much sums it up. I'm just curious for those of you who rely on audio description at the theater, how many times have you gotten the devices for hearing impaired patrons instead and vice versa? This question was inspired by 2 recent trips to an AMC here in town. I went with my family the day after Christmas to see "Wonka". I have been blind since birth, and have become a frequent user of audio description. But the headsets that I, a sister and our brother received were for the hearing-impaired. That has happened before too, but we've always been able to exchange them for the proper headsets. I don't fault the theater staff and volunteers, because they undoubtedly have a lot on their plate and some of them might not be well-versed yet in this kind of stuff.





Fast-forward to this afternoon, when my personal assistant and I went to the same theater to see "The Boys in the Boat". This time, we were given the correct headset right away. BTW, there is a very good website about the book and movie. Check it out at http://www.huskycrew.org . I had the privilege of reading the book of the same name. Both are quite good.