Operation Manual

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HAC
Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC)
Regulations for Mobile Phones
In 2003, the FCC adopted rules to make digital wireless
telephones compatible with hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Although analog wireless phones do not usually cause
interference with hearing aids or cochlear implants, digital
wireless phones sometimes do because of electromagnetic
energy emitted by the phone's antenna, backlight, or other
components.
Your phone is compliant with FCC HAC regulations (ANSI
C63.19).
While some wireless phones are being 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 in
finding 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