Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute
of Popular Science, constructed in 1939, included the
first planetarium theater [and, perhaps, the first
theater!] with a special sound system for the
hearing-impaired.
At the rear of one section of the planetarium theater
there were ten recepticles to plug-in headsets that
would amplify the audio of the program, for
hearing-impaired visitors. Two types of headsets were
available for loan: air-conduction headsets and
bone-conduction headsets. The hearing-impaired patron
would provide a one dollar deposit for the loan of a
headset; the dollar was returned with the return of
the headset.
Although the system worked well for several years, it
no longer exists due to a very unfortunate
rehabilitation of the planetarium space for an exhibit
gallery in, what is now, a portion of the Children's
Museum of Pittsburgh.
gaw
--- Charlie Knight <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:36:51 -0400
> From: Charlie Knight
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Hearing Impaired
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> I am curious as to what is available as far as
> instruments, aids, etc., which
> can be used in a museum theatre/auditorium for the
> benefit of the hearing
> impaired? We're thinking more along the lines of
> some sort of gizmo which will
> amplify the volume of the film or speaker rather
> than any kind of closed
> captioning. Does anyone have any experience with
> this type of thing, as we're
> starting from square one on this...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie Knight
> Curator, MacArthur Memorial
> www.macarthurmemorial.org
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh
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