Grand Ole Opry Adds Captions for the Hearing Impaired

For the first time in its 83-year history, the Grand Ole Opry will offer captions for the hearing impaired.

About 450 people participating at the Hearing Loss Association of America convention in Nashville this week will attend the Opry's Saturday evening show. They'll be able to follow along with captioning on large projection screens all the acts performing at the beloved country music program.

Pete Fisher, vice president and general manager of the Opry, said it's treating Saturday's show as "somewhat of an experiment" and may continue to use the captioning in the future.

Hearing loss officials say such captioning at entertainment and other live events is becoming less rare, with a growing number of sports stadiums and complexes using it.