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For Your Safety 152
Asumof5isconsideredacceptablefornormaluse.Asumof6isconsideredfor
best use.
Intheaboveexample,ifahearingaidmeetstheM2levelratingandthe
wirelessphonemeetstheM3levelrating,thesumofthetwovalues
equalM5.Thisshouldprovidethehearingaiduserwith“normalusage”
while using their hearing aid with the particular wireless phone. “Normal
usage” in this context is defined as a signal quality that’s acceptable for
normal operation.
The M mark is intended to be synonymous with the U mark. The T mark is intended
to be synonymous with the UT mark. The M and T marks are recommended by
the Alliance for Telecommunications Industries Solutions (ATIS). The U and UT
marksarereferencedinSection20.19oftheFCCRules.TheHACratingand
measurement procedure are described in the American National Standards
Institute(ANSI)C63.19standard.
ToensurethattheHearingAidCompatibilityratingforyourphoneismaintained,
secondary transmitters such as Bluetooth and WLAN components must be
disabled during a call.
For information about hearing aids and digital wireless phones
Wireless Phones and Hearing Aid Accessibility
http://www.accesswireless.org/
Gallaudet University, RERC
http://tap.gallaudet.edu/Voice/
FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility and Volume Control
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/hearing.html
The Hearing Aid Compatibility FCC Order
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-03-168A1.pdf
Hearing Loss Association of America [HLAA]
http://hearingloss.org/content/telephones-and-mobile-devices
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