CTIA Urges Approval of HAC Testing Waiver Request
CTIA officials supported an ATIS petition seeking a limited waiver of FCC hearing aid-compatibility rules (HAC), on which the FCC is seeking comment (see 2303230046), in a meeting with an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “CTIA urged the Commission…
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to provide near-term relief in light of the flawed volume control testing methodology and upcoming compliance date of June 5 … so that consumers with hearing loss can benefit from new phones offering improved hearing aid compatibility features, including volume control,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 20-3. CTIA noted the request reflects the thinking of the HAC Task Force, “a multi-stakeholder group of representatives from the hearing loss community, academia, testing labs, manufacturers of hearing aids and wireless handsets, and wireless service providers.” A limited waiver “would allow wireless handsets with volume control capabilities to be adequately tested so phones with volume control can be rated as HAC phones,” CTIA said: “The full HAC Task Force recommended that the Commission adopt a limited waiver of the testing methodology of the 2019 ANSI Standard that will objectively demonstrate that wireless handsets with volume control capabilities can benefit consumers.”