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Achieving 100% Wireless Handset Model Hearing Aid Compatibility

FR Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") adopts a 100% hearing aid compatibility requirement that applies to all future wireless handset models offered for sale or use in the United States and implementation provisions related to this 100% requirement, including a Bluetooth coupling requirement.
Incorporation
FR Document Number
2024-25088
Federal Register Volume
89
Federal Register Year
2024-11-13
Federal Register Start Page
89832
Federal Register End Page
89868
Federal Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Register Link
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-13/pdf/2024-25088.pdf
CFR Citation
47 CFR 20
FR Citation
89 FR 89832
CFR title
47
CFR Part
20
Document Number
ANSI/TIA–5050–2018
Document Edition
2018
Standard Title
Telecommunications Communications Products Receive Volume Control Requirements for Wireless (Mobile) Devices
SDO
Electronic Industries Association and/or Telecommunications Industry Association
Standard Number Link
https://store.accuristech.com/tia/standards/tia-ansi-tia-5050?product_id=2594201
Excerpts
certified as such under a Commission-approved technical standard that the Commission has expressly incorporated by reference into the hearing aid compatibility rules through notice and comment rulemaking procedures. In the 100% HAC NPRM, we sought comment on defining hearing aid compatibility in a more flexible manner than whether a handset model merely meets the criteria of a technical certification standard that the Commission has incorporated by reference into the rules. Specifically, we sought comment on whether we should adopt what the HAC Task
Record Source
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