Topic
Hearing Aids
46 published works
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Hearing Loss Compatible Wireless Handset Rules Approved
In October 2024, the FCC released its Achieving 100% Wireless Handset Model Hearing Aid Compatibility Report and Order, which adopted certain reporting requirements to ensure full compliance with new rules…
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WTB Extends Existing Limited Waiver of HAC Volume Control Rules
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has extended the waiver of section 20.19(b) of the FCC’s rules to permit handset manufacturers to continue to use the temporary volume control standard…
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WTB Seeks Comment on CTIA HAC Extension Request
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is seeking comment on a petition filed by CTIA requesting that handset manufacturers be permitted to continue to use a temporary volume control standard to…
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Hearing Aid Compatibility Order Effective December 13
Following a publication in the Federal Register, the effective date for most parts of the FCC’s Report and Order adopting a 100 percent hearing aid compatibility requirement, is December 13. …
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New Rules Require All Mobile Phones to be Hearing Aid Compatible
The FCC has adopted new rules requiring that all mobile handsets, such as smartphones, must be compatible with hearing aids. The new rules also: (1) establish a Bluetooth coupling requirement;…
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FCC Proposes Plan to Ensure 100 Percent of Mobile Phones are Hearing Aid Compatible
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to ensure that 100 percent of wireless handsets offered or imported for use in the United States are fully compatible with…
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WTB Seeks Comment on Hearing Aid Compatibility Task Force’s Final Report and Recommendation
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) is seeking comment on the Hearing Aid Compatibility Task Force’s (Task Force) December 2022 Final Report and Recommendation (Report). The Report included recommendations for…
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WTB Seeks Comment on ATIS Hearing Aid Compatibility Waiver Request
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) is seeking comment on a petition for waiver filed by ATIS requesting waiver of section 20.19(b)(1) and (b)(3) of FCC rules on behalf of…
Aging Parents Blog
One Thing For Aging Parents That’s Cheaper Now
By Mikol Davis
Most of us probably know someone who can’t hear very well and doesn’t use hearing aids. It can be frustrating trying to have a conversation with that person. particularly in…
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ATIS HAC Task Force Submits Recommendations to Achieve 100 Percent Hearing Aid Compatibility
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions’ (ATIS) Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Task Force has submitted recommendations to the FCC on achieving 100 percent hearing aid compatibility. In preparing this plan,…