Fda Consumer Update - Pantech CDM8635 User Manual

wireless phone box.
A phone is considered Hearing Aid Compatible for
acoustic coupling (microphone mode) if it has an "M3"
or "M4" rating. A digital wireless phone is considered
Hearing Aid Compatible for inductive coupling
(telecoil mode) if it has a "T3" or "T4" rating.
How will I know if my hearing aid will work with a
particular digital wireless phone?
You'll want to try a number of wireless phones so that you can decide
which works the best with your hearing aids. You may also want to talk
with your hearing aid professional about the extent to which your hearing
aids are immune to interference, if they have wireless phone shielding,
and whether your hearing aid has a HAC rating.
For more information about hearing aids and digital
wireless phone
• FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility and Volume Control –
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/hearing.html
• Hearing Loss Association of America –
http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/cellphonetech.asp
• CTIA – http://www.accesswireless.org/hearingaid/
• Gallaudet University, RERC – http://tap.gallaudet.edu/voice
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FDA Consumer update

U.S. Food and drug administration - center for devices
and radiological health consumer update on
wireless phones
1. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
The available scientific evidence does not show that any health problems
are associated with using wireless phones. There is no proof, however,
that wireless phones are absolutely safe. Wireless phones emit low levels
of radiofrequency energy (RF) in the microwave range while being used.
They also emit very low levels of RF when in the stand-by mode. Whereas
high levels of RF can produce health effects (by heating tissue), exposure
to low level RF that does not produce heating effects causes no known
adverse health effects. Many studies of low level RF exposures have not
found any biological effects. Some studies have suggested that some
biological effects may occur, but such findings have not been confirmed by
additional research. In some cases, other researchers have had difficulty in
reproducing those studies, or in determining the reasons for inconsistent
results.
2. What is FDA' s role concerning the safety of wireless
phones?
Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting
consumer products such as wireless phones before they can be sold,