Closed captioning, which has long been required on television, is also available at AMC and Regal theaters.

AMC offers CaptiView, a goose-neck device that fits into your seat's cup holder and displays all of the movie's dialogue in text. Regal provides Sony Entertainment Access glasses, which resemble 3-D glasses. Captions are projected onto the glasses, and appear to float about 10 feet in front of the user.

Ruth Bernstein

Heat Alert! Special Care for Hearing Aids

It’s HOT! For the past few days, I’ve been receiving Heat Advisories from NYC and New York State. They explain how I can take care of myself during this intense heat wave. No one mentions that, if you wear hearing aids, they need special care when temperatures soar because these devices do not react well to heat and humidity. Read more of this post .

Katherine Bouton

One Potential Way to Cure Hearing Loss

At the end of May (May 30), a few days after Americans honored Veterans on Memorial Day, a New England biotech company announced that it had received a grant from the Department of Defense to research a therapeutic opportunity that may help reverse hearing loss. Read more of this post.

Shari Eberts

The Time I Could Hear Better than My Hearing Family

Sometimes in difficult listening situations, I hear better than my hearing family. It is probably because I am skilled at lipreading, attentive to visual clues, and use other communication strategies to enhance my hearing, while my family typically hears without having to do much of anything else. But not this time. Read more of this post.

Gael Hannan

How Hearing Loss Can Keep You Fit

Pilates, jogging, and yoga all have their place in keeping us physically fit enough so that we can, say, sweep the floor without getting a leg cramp. People are always looking for new things to add to our workout regime or, more honestly, to find something that not only works but is enjoyable. (Good luck with that, says my inner sloth.) But recently, I had an epiphany: I possess the most effective new tool for staying in shape since the Fitbit. It’s called the HEARING LOSS. Read more of this post.

Mary Grace Whalen

Oh, the Places Technology Has Allowed Us to Go!

Back in 1989, I became involved with the Westchester Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America. I remember my first meeting. It was then that I discovered that there was life beyond my old analog hearing aids. Soon, I became familiar with Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) and flashing devices. New technology has given all of us an opportunity to function better and live fuller lives. Over the years, the technology has only gotten better. Read more of this post.

Nancy Williams

The Convergence Between Hearables and Hearing Aids

Before I even met Joyce Morton, I knew she had a hearing loss. But in 2013, I traveled to Washington, DC, to interview Joyce in her capacity not as a person with hearing loss, but as an accomplished amateur pianist. A student of Matthew Harre, who teaches mostly adults, Joyce did not disappoint. While I watched behind the video camera, enraptured, Joyce played the Liszt Un Sospiro. Her rendition of the second movement of Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata was similarly stirring. Read more of this post.

The Theatre Development Fund's Accessibility Programs (TAP) offer a membership service for theatergoers who have hearing loss or are deaf. TDF/TAP obtains special seating and provides captioning. There is no annual fee, but you must provide proof of eligibility. To see what shows are available — and to join — visit  TDF Accessibility Programs .