Information for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Hiker silhouetted against the Emmons Glacier.

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Captioning and Assistive Listening

Captioning and assistive listening are available for films playing in the visitor centers.

NPS Mobile App

Assistive listening is also available through the NPS App. There are headphones available at the visitor center information desks. Mount Rainier National Park does not have cell service in many areas; download the NPS App prior to coming to the park. Features available include:

• Audio descriptions of exhibits along trails and roads
• Things to do in the park
• Details about amenities
• News, calendar, and passport stamp locations
• Audio description tours of the visitor centers
• For audio description of films in the theaters at the Paradise Visitor Center, there is a separate app called ListenWifi available:

App store: ListenWIFI on the App Store (apple.com)
Google Play: ListenWIFI - Apps on Google Play

It is recommended to download the ListenWiFi app before coming to the park for the best experience. To listen to park film audio description, connect your phone to the visitor center wifi channel called "Audio Description - No Internet" and open the Listen Wifi app. Tap the option for "Mount Rainier" for the main theater or "Human Use" to play the audio description for the small exhibit theater upstairs in the visitor center. Instructions for using the ListenWiFi app are also included in the visitor center audio description tour in the NPS app.

Federal Relay Service

Voice: 1-866-377-8642
Voice Carry Over: 1-877-877-6280
Speech-to-Speech: 1-877-877-8982
Telebraille: 1-866-893-8340