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Safety Guidelines

FCC Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for Wireless

Devices

OnJuly10,2003,theU.S.FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)ReportandOrder

inWTDocket01-309modifiedtheexceptionofwirelessphonesundertheHearingAid

CompatibilityActof1988(HACAct)torequiredigitalwirelessphonesbecompatible

withhearing-aids.TheintentoftheHACActistoensurereasonableaccessto

telecommunicationsservicesforpersonswithhearingdisabilities.

Whilesomewirelessphonesareusednearsomehearingdevices(hearingaidsand

cochlearimplants),usersmaydetectabuzzing,humming,orwhiningnoise.Some

hearingdevicesaremoreimmunethanotherstothisinterferencenoise,andphones

alsovaryintheamountofinterferencetheygenerate.

Thewirelesstelephoneindustryhasdevelopedaratingsystemforwirelessphones,to

assisthearingdeviceuserstofindphonesthatmaybecompatiblewiththeirhearing

devices.Notallphoneshavebeenrated.Phonesthatareratedhavetheratingontheir

boxoralabellocatedonthebox.

Theratingsarenotguarantees.Resultswillvarydependingontheuser’shearingdevice

andhearingloss.Ifyourhearingdevicehappenstobevulnerabletointerference,you

maynotbeabletousearatedphonesuccessfully.Tryingoutthephonewithyour

hearingdeviceisthebestwaytoevaluateitforyourpersonalneeds.

M-Ratings:

PhonesratedM3orM4meetFCCrequirementsandarelikelytogenerate

lessinterferencetohearingdevicesthanphonesthatarenotlabeled.M4isthebetter/

higherofthetworatings.

T-Ratings:

PhonesratedT3orT4meetFCCrequirementsandarelikelytogenerate

lessinterferencetohearingdevicesthanphonesthatarenotlabeled.T4isthebetter/

higherofthetworatings.

Hearingdevicesmayalsoberated.Yourhearingdevicemanufacturerorhearinghealth

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