Regulations For Wireless Devices - Samsung Smartphone Owner's Manual

FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC)

Regulations for Wireless Devices

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
has established requirements for digital wireless
mobile devices to be compatible with hearing aids
and other assistive hearing devices.
When individuals employing some assistive hearing
devices (hearing aids and cochlear implants) use
wireless mobile devices, they may detect a buzzing,
humming, or whining noise. Some hearing devices
are more immune than others to this interference
noise, and mobile devices also vary in the amount of
interference they generate.
The wireless telephone industry has developed a
rating system for wireless mobile devices to assist
hearing device users find mobile devices that may be
compatible with their hearing devices. Not all mobile
devices have been rated. Mobile devices that are
rated have the rating on their box or a label located
on the box.
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