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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- 2011).
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 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. These ratings are not guaranteed. Results
will vary, depending on the level of immunity of your hearing
device and the degree of your hearing loss. If your hearing device
happens to be vulnerable to interference, you may not be able to
use a rated phone successfully. Trying out the phone with your
hearing device is the best way to evaluate it for your personal
needs.
This phone has been tested and rated for use with hearing aids for
some of the wireless technologies that it uses. However, there may