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Appendix
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FCC Hearing-Aid
Compatibility (HAC)
regulations for wireless
devices
OnJuly10,2003,theU.S.Federal
Communications Commission
(FCC)ReportandOrderin
WTDocket01-309modied
the exception of wireless
phonesundertheHearingAid
CompatibilityActof1988(HAC
Act)torequiredigitalwireless
phones be compatible with
hearing-aids.
TheintentoftheHACActisto
ensure reasonable access to
telecommunicationsservicesfor
persons with hearing disabilities.
Whilesomewirelessphonesare
usednearsomehearingdevices
(hearing aids and cochlear
implants),usersmaydetecta
buzzing, humming, or whining
noise.Somehearingdevices
are more immune than others
to this interference noise, and
phonesalsovaryintheamount
of interference they generate.
The wireless telephone industry
hasdevelopedaratingsystem
for wireless phones, to assist
hearingdeviceusersndphones
that may be compatible with