Final Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description

The individual devices required for audio description typically consist of a headset or headphones with a receiver that picks up the descriptive audio from a transmitting or programming station. Often, patrons can bring their own headphones that they are comfortable wearing. Under the final rule, however, movie theaters are required to provide headsets capable of receiving audio description for patrons’ use. The unit costs for all commercially-available audio description devices are presented in Table 3-22. The primary analysis assumes that the average unit cost for audio description devices is $95 for Single-Auditorium movie theaters and $163 for all other venue types.

Table 3-22 : Audio Description Device Unit Costs

Source: NATO, Statement of Position on RIN 1190-AA63, CRT Docket No. 126, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations—Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description 23, available at http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOJ-CRT-2014-0004-0401&attachmentNumber=4&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf (last visited Sept. 12, 2016).