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Appendix

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FCC Hearing-Aid 

Compatibility (HAC) 

regulations for wireless 

devices

On July 10, 2003, the U.S. Federal

Communications Commission 

(FCC) Report and Order in

WT Docket 01-309 modified

the exception of wireless 

phones under the Hearing Aid

Compatibility Act of 1988 (HAC

Act) to require digital wireless

phones be compatible with 

hearing-aids.

The intent of the HAC Act is to

ensure reasonable access to 

telecommunications services for

persons with hearing disabilities.
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 find phones

that may be compatible with