{"id":86,"date":"2016-05-17T17:51:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T17:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deafhhtech.org\/rerc\/?p=86"},"modified":"2018-10-15T18:55:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:55:02","slug":"achieving-hearing-aid-compatibility-for-100-of-cell-phones-a-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deafhhtech.org\/rerc\/2016\/05\/17\/achieving-hearing-aid-compatibility-for-100-of-cell-phones-a-work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Achieving Cell Phone Hearing Aid Compatibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ever since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) partially modified the original exemption for wireless (cell) phones from hearing aid compatibility (HAC) requirements, consumer organizations for individuals with hearing loss have worked, through advocacy, toward the goal that all cell phones would become accessible to and usable by hearing device users. Over the last eight months, there have been both policy activity at the FCC and consensus building work between consumer organizations and the wireless industry that may achieve this goal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In November 2015, consumer and industry stakeholders jointly submitted a letter to the FCC outlining the terms of a consensus proposal, which included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\" style=\"margin-left:25px\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">Enhanced benchmarks for HAC cell phones,<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">A task force process for assessing the achievability of 100% HAC compliance for cell phones, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">A means for enabling innovation to achieve HAC in cell phones.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Currently, the FCC is considering comments provided in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>on this proposal and other matters. The Deaf\/Hard of Hearing Technology Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (DHH-RERC) provided technical advising to consumer organizations throughout the consensus building effort and signed onto comments to the FCC in support of the consumer\u2019s goal. It\u2019s expected the FCC will establish rules based on the consensus proposal by year\u2019s end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Cell Phone HAC Standards<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The C63.19 standard provides the method for measuring the compatibility between cell phones and hearing aids. The <a href=\"http:\/\/c63.org\/documents\/misc\/about\/about.htm\"><span class=\"s4\">American National Standards Institute-Accredited Standards Committee-C63<\/span><\/a>\u00ae (ANSI-ASC-C63) is the United States standards development organization for this type of electromagnetic compatibility engineering work. The most recent (and fourth) revision of the standard occurred in 2011. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The work for this fifth revision of the standard got underway at the May 2016 meeting of ANSI-ASC-C63. The DHH-RERC is participating in the working group addressing the revision. Volunteer participation in the working group is open and free, and volunteers are expected to attend meetings and actively participate in the work effort.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) partially modified the original exemption for wireless (cell) phones from hearing aid compatibility (HAC) requirements, consumer organizations for individuals with hearing loss have worked, through advocacy, toward the goal that all cell phones would become accessible to and usable by hearing device users. 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