Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada); California Building Standards; Ada Standards For Accessible Design - Sennheiser MobileConnect User Documentation

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

For US installations/usage, please refer to the ADA information provided
below.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26,
1990. The ADA prohibits discrimination and includes provisions to accom-
modate hard of hearing people. Please see below for informational resour-
ces regarding ADA compliance.
▷ U.S. Department of Justice ADA
2010 Standards for Accessible Design
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California Building Standards

While they've adopted the format of the ADA, the State of California relies
on the California Building Code to outline their compliance laws. This me-
ans that the requirements for assistive listening systems in California are
a little different. You can find the requirements listen under sections 11B-
219 and 11B-706 in the CBC, which gets updated every three years.
▷ California Building Standards Commission

ADA Standards for Accessible Design

Receivers for Assistive Listening Systems
►
Seating capacity of
assembly arena
50 or less
51 to 200
201 to 500
501 to 1000
1001 to 2000
2001 and over
*or fraction thereof.
EXCEPTIONS
• Where a building contains more than one assembly area and the assem-
bly areas required to provide assistive listening systems are under one
management, the total number of required receivers shall be permitted
to be calculated according to the total number of seats in the assembly
areas in the building provided that all receivers are usable with all sys-
tems.
• Where all seats in an assembly area are served by an induction loop as-
sistive listening system, the minimum number of receivers required by
2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design Table 219.3 to be hearing-
aid compatible shall not be required to be provided.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Minimum number of
required receivers
2
2, plus 1 per 25 seats
over 50 seats*
2, plus 1 per 25 seats
over 50 seats*
20, plus 1 per 33 seats
over 500 seats*
35, plus 1 per 50 seats
over 1000 seats*
55, plus 1 per 100 seats
over 2000 seats*
Minimum number of
receivers required to
be hearing-aid com-
patible
2
2
1 per 4 receivers*
1 per 4 receivers*
1 per 4 receivers*
1 per 4 receivers*
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