Audio description for live theater and opera performances in selected theaters in the Metropolitan Washington Area and audio description soundtracks for films, videos, Imax films and museums. We also provide audio description training.
Dr. Margaret Pfanstiehl, The Washington Ear’s founder and president, and her husband Cody, developed the art and technique of Audio Description in 1981. Since then they have trained many describers here and abroad in the art of “talking pictorially” to make theater, television, films, museums and exhibits accessible to people with little or no vision.
- Television
- Live Theater, National Symphony Orchestra, Strathmore Hall and Mansion Center
- Movie theaters who offer audio description in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC
- Information on the Audio Description Restoration Act
For Films, Videos, Exhibits
The Ear produces audio description to make documentaries, museums, IMAX films and indoor and outdoor exhibits accessible to people who are visually impaired. We train audio describers for these venues. The Mashantuket Pequot Indian museum, Ellis Island museum, National Building museum and the Statue of Liberty museum offer audio described tours.