A perhaps hugely underrated piece of the city’s entertainment landscape is the Grand Rapids Public Museum’s Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium. The theater in the museum offers an immersive experience into the universe, and recently added a new hearing loop system, which provides an effective way to...
The third Thursday of May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This day is all about getting everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion. Digital accessibility means that someone with a disability can use a web-based service as easily and successfully as...
The beginning of January usually means one thing: New Year's resolutions. Commonly, these resolutions include a variety of health goals such as working out routinely, dieting, quitting a bad habit, drinking more water, etc. Our physical and mental health seem to be at the forefront...
New York has become the No. 1 travel destination for tourists as the winter holidays approach. It consistently ranks as the most-booked domestic destination for U.S. and international travelers between Thanksgiving and New Year (Bloomberg.com). New York airports and travel ports are bustling around this...
Amtrak is contracting with California-based Siemens Mobility Inc. to manufacture a new fleet of up to 83 multi-powered modern trains. This project is a $7.3 billion investment that will offer modern amenities and give passengers the accommodations and comforts that they want and deserve. The outcome...
Partitions at customer-facing desks and windows – screens made from security glass or polycarbonate – were disappearing from retail outlets and public venues over the 2000s and 2010s as physical security considerations became less pressing factors, and a more welcoming approach to visitors became the...
How Contacta is helping to change US air travel There is a growing awareness in the United States of the needs of air passengers with hearing loss. It has taken time for so-called ‘hidden disabilities’ to be included in accessibility strategies, which previously have focused heavily...
Large area hearing loop drivers installed in venues such as lectures halls, places of worship, and arenas allow multiple hearing instrument wearers to listen to speech or music with complete clarity. Launched in March 2020, the V Series PRO range is the most technologically advanced set of...
After more than three months of restricted access for visitors to care homes, managers are now finding ways of bringing residents and their families together while still protecting them from coronavirus. Rooms within the homes, or specially built summer houses in the gardens, mean residents can...
Window intercom systems have traditionally been used wherever windows separate staff and customers in places such as ticket counters, payment counters, transportation, post office windows, and government buildings. But with the advent of COVID, face masks and screens are in almost every setting where transactions takes...
