It’s important to expand hearing aid compatibility requirements...
It’s important to expand hearing aid compatibility requirements to all types of devices that are functionally equivalent to telephones, the Hearing Industries Association told FCC Wireless Bureau officials Tuesday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1lYglNG). With the rapid expansion of…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
voice-over-LTE services, it’s important to ensure hearing aid users “do not face roadblocks during the migration to this and other new technologies,” HIA said. HIA opposes expanding the power-down option to achieve hearing aid compatibility to more than just the 1900 MHz band. “The usefulness of handsets is impaired when power is reduced, denying impaired users access to the same quality of service that other users enjoy,” HIA said.