Lake Forest resident, Linda Remensnyder, Au.D., Hearing Loop Advocate, to speak at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony tonight at the Newly Renovated Renaissance Place Cinema in Highland Park

Renovations are complete and Landmark's Renaissance Place Cinema is due to reopen on Friday with a hearing loop installed in each of its five theatres.  Hearing loops are overwhelmingly the preferred means of hearing access for those with impaired hearing when listening in large rooms with challenging acoustics.  Since hearing aids are programmed for maximum audibility for each ear’s respective hearing loss and since the hearing aids’ telecoils provide direct access to sound systems (whether the input is a microphone at a pulpit or a podium, or whether it's via a theatre’s sound system), those listening via the loop experience remarkable clarity of sound.   Background noise, reverberation (echoing of sound), and distance issues are resolved.  Induction hearing loops are consistent, flawless, and invisible--totally discreet since access to the sound system is via a touch of a button on the hearing aid with no need to check out cumbersome listening devices.  

Upon reopening, this premium cinema which offers full alcoholic beverage service, an expanded food selection, reclining seats, and visually superior digital projection now provides an unequaled provision of auditory enhancement for its patrons with hearing loss. And Landmark’s Renaissance Place cinema is the first motion picture theatre Illinois to do so.  It has earmarked itself as a front-runner and is setting precedent. The North Shore area is a hearing loop hotspot joining New York City, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Tucson and thousands of other sites.