Consumer Groups Seek Changes to Proposed HAC Rules
The Hearing Loss Association of America and the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Gallaudet University said they support proposals in a January NPRM on whether the FCC should update its hearing…
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aid standards (see 2001300041), but other steps are needed. The FCC should “continue to require in-store testing of handsets for consumers with hearing devices,” the groups told an aide to Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. Until “100% of the handset offerings” are hearing-aid compatible, “in-store testing is a necessary first step for consumers to have a chance to ensure that the device they purchase is in fact compatible with their hearing devices.” The FCC should also require manufacturers and providers to “‘refresh’ and provide ‘differing levels of functionality’ for HAC handsets,” they said, in a filing posted Wednesday in docket 20-3.