Deaf Advocates Support FCC Proposed Standards Update
The Hearing Loss Association of America and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Gallaudet University support an FCC proposal to update hearing aid standards, based on American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 2019…
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standards. The groups' representatives met with FCC staffers working on the issue, said a posting Friday in docket 20-3. “Consumers should be informed on the packaging material that the handset has been tested to the standard and meets the volume control requirements it specifies." The advocates urged the FCC to “continue to require in-store testing of handsets for consumers with hearing devices.”