Posted: 11:03 AM-
Deaf and hard-of-hearing passengers visiting Salt Lake International Airport can now use two videophones free of charge, thanks to Sorenson Communications.
The devices - the first installed by Sorenson in an airport - allow the hearing impaired to place calls through an on-screen American Sign Language interpreter to any hearing individual in the United States.
The videophones will be placed in two booths, one each for the airport's two baggage-claim areas.
Russ Pack, acting director of the Salt Lake City Department of Airports, said Wednesday he is "pleased to work with Sorenson Communications to make their videophone booths available to deaf individuals-especially athletes and fans who will use the airport during the Deaflympics this winter."
