User Manual

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FCC Hearing Aid
Compatibility (HAC)
Regulations for Wireless
Devices
The U.S. Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has established
requirements for digital wireless mobile
devices to be compatible with hearing aids
and other assistive hearing devices.
When individuals employing some assistive
hearing devices (hearing aids and cochlear
implants) use wireless mobile devices, they
may detect a buzzing, humming, or whining
noise. Some hearing devices are more
immune than others to this interference
noise, and mobile devices also vary in the
amount of interference they generate.
The wireless telephone industry has
developed a rating system for wireless
mobile devices to assist hearing device
users find mobile devices that may be
compatible with their hearing devices. Not all