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Safety
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thats
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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