The Ministry of Equality wishes to remind the public of the continued availability at Leisure Cinemas of equipment which addresses the needs of the deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired. Inclusive Cinema Screening commenced in November 2015 as a result of collaboration between the Ministry of Equality, Ministry of Culture and Leisure Cinemas. There are available Assistance Headphones which provide descriptive audio tracks where a narrator describes what is happening on screen and, there are also Entertainment Captioning Glasses and headphones which utilize specialised eyewear coupled with a receiver and enables people who are deaf and hard of hearing to view closed captioned text in their direct line of sight as if they were on screen. Leisure Cinemas announces which films the entertainment access glasses and headphones are available for, and the arrangements for booking a pair of access glasses. Headphone assistance for the hard of hearing: provide the full soundtrack during trailers and the main feature. Available for all screenings.
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