Pantech Breeze IV - FCC Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for Wireless; Devices

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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modied
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ndphones
that may be compatible with