LG LG235C User Manual

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give additional protection for
the public and to account for
any variations in
measurements.

FCC Hearing-Aid

Compatibility (HAC)

Regulations for

Wireless Devices

On July 10, 2003, the U.S.
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) Report
and Order in WT Docket 01-

309 modified the exception of
wireless phones under the

Hearing Aid Compatibility Act
of 1988 (HAC Act) to require
digital wireless phones be
compatible with hearing-aids.
The intent of the HAC Act is
to ensure reasonable access
to telecommunications
services for persons with
hearing disabilities.

While some wireless phones
are used near some hearing
devices (hearing aids and
cochlear implants), users may
detect a buzzing, humming, or
whining noise. Some hearing
devices are more immune than
others to this interference
noise, and phones also vary in
the amount of interference
they generate.

The wireless telephone
industry has developed a
rating system for wireless
phones, to assist hearing
device users find phones that