A great use for phones in the theater!

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What a great opportunity for the hearing impaired.

Updated On: 2/12/18 at 05:31 AM

LizzieCurry said: "For those afraid of URL shorteners, it's an NPR link (this is the longer version):https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/11/582527472/its-ok-to-look-at-your-phone-at-a-broadway-show-if-your-hearing-is-impaired

They talked about this quite a bit at BroadwayCon last year and this. I'm really impressed. I didn't get to ask, though, what resources they might have for a patron who doesn't have a smartphone — would theatres have a stripped-down spare smartphone in the house?"

Yes, at one of the Shubert talks they said there are providing devices that patrons can use if they don't bring a compatible device.

How will everyone around them know they're not being an idiot, though?!

dramamama611 said: "The way it works is without glowing light, so it shouldn't bother anyone...and other than that.....I doubt too many particulary care what strangers may think of them."

Yes, but a lot of people do keep telling people to turn their phones off during shows, etc.