User Manual
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The i n t ent of t he HAC Act i s t o ensur e r eas onabl e ac c es s
t o t el ec ommuni c at i ons s er v i c es f or p er sons wi t h hear i ng
di s abi l i t i es. Whi l e s ome wi r el ess p hone s ar e used near
some hear i ng dev i ces ( hear i ng ai ds and c oc hl e ar i mpl ant s ) ,
user s may det ec t a buz z i ng, hummi n g, or whi ni ng n oi s e.
Some hear i ng de vi c es ar e mo r e i mmu ne t han ot her s t o t hi s
i nt er f er ence noi se, and phones al s o v ar y i n t he amount of
i nt er f er ence t he y gener at e. The wi r el es s t el ephone
i ndus t r y has devel oped a r at i n g s y st em f or wi r el ess phones,
t o ass i st hear i ng devi ce us er s f i nd phones t hat may be
compa t i bl e wi t h t hei r hear i ng devi ce s. Not al l phones have
been r at ed. Phones t hat ar e r at ed hav e t he r at i ng on t hei r
box or a l abel l ocat ed on t he box . The r at i n gs ar e not
guar ant ees . Resul t s wi l l v ar y dependi n g on t he us er ’ s
hear i n g devi c e an d he ar i ng l oss . I f y our hear i ng devi ce
happens t o be v ul ner abl e t o i nt er f er enc e, y ou may not be
abl e t o us e a r at ed phone s uc c es s f ul l y . Tr yi ng out t h e
phone wi t h y our hear i ng devi c e i s t he bes t way t o eval uat e
i t f or your per s onal needs .
M- Rat i ngs: Phones r at ed M4 meet FCC r equi r ement s and ar e
l i kel y t o gen er at e l es s i nt er f er enc e t o
hear i n g devi c es t han phones t hat a r e not r at ed. M4 i s t he
bet t er / h i gher of t het wor at i ngs. Thi s Phones r at ed T3 meet FCC
r equi r ement s
and ar e l i k el y t o be mor e us abl e wi t h a hear i ng ai d’ s
t el e coi l t han phones t ha t ar e not r at ed .
r hear i n g ai d c ompat i bi l i t y wi t h r es pect t o t he Wi - Fi
capabi l i t y. Pl ease power of f t he Bl uet oot h f u nc t i on whi l e
dev i c es may al so be r at ed. Your hear i ng dev i ce
manuf ac t u r er or hear i ng heal t h pr of e ssi onal may hel p y ou
f i nd t hi s r at i ng. Hi gher r at i ngs mean t hat t he hear i ng
dev i c e
i s r el at i vel y i mmune t o i nt er f er ence noi se.
The hear i ng ai d and wi r el es s phone r at i ng v al ues ar e t hen
added t oget her . A sum of 5 i s c onsi der ed ac cept a bl e f or
nor mal use. A sum o f 6 i s c onsi der ed f or bet t er use. A sum
of 8 i s c onsi der ed f or bes t use. I n t he above ex ampl e, i f a
hear i n g ai d meet s t he M2 l evel r at i ng and t he wi r el e ss
phone meet s t he M3 l evel r at i ng, t he s um of t he t wo va l ues
equal M5. Thi s s hou l d pr ov i de t he hear i ng ai d us er wi t h
“ nor mal us age” whi l e us i ng t hei r hear i ng ai d wi t h t he
par t i c ul ar wi r el ess phone. “ Nor mal usage” i n t h i s c ont ext
i s
def i ned as a s i g nal qual i t y t hat i s ac cept abl e f or nor mal
oper at i on. Thi s met hodol ogy ap pl i es equal l y f or T r at i ngs .
The M mar k i s i n t ended t o be s y nonymous wi t h t he U mar k.
The T mar k i s i nt ended t o be s ynony mous wi t h t he UT mar k.
The M and T mar ks ar e
r ecommended by t h e Al l i ance f or Tel e communi cat i o ns
I ndust r i es Sol u t i ons ( ATI S) . The U and UT
mar k s ar e r ef er enced i n Sect i on 20. 19 of t he FCC Rul es. The
HAC r at i ng and meas ur ement
pr ocedur e ar e descr i bed i n t he Amer i c an Nat i onal St andar ds
I ns t i t ut e ( ANSI ) C63. 19 s t andar d. For
i nf or ma t i on about hear i ng ai ds and di g i t al wi r el es s phones
FCC Hear i n g Ai d Compa t i bi l i t y and
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FCC St at ement
1. Thi s devi c e c ompl i es wi t h Par t 15 of t he FCC Rul es. Oper at i on i s
subj ect t o t he f ol l owi ng t wo c ondi t i ons:
( 1) Thi s dev i ce may not cause har mf ul i nt er f er enc e.
( 2) Thi s dev i ce mus t accept any i nt er f er enc e r ec ei ved, i ncl udi ng
i nt er f er enc e t hat may c ause undes i r ed oper at i on.
2. Changes or modi f i c at i ons not expr es s l y appr ov ed by t he par t y
r esponsi bl e f or c ompl i anc e coul d voi d t he us er ' s aut hor i t y t o oper at e t he
equi pment .
NOTE:
Thi s equi pment has been t est ed and f ound t o c ompl y wi t h t he l i mi t s f or a
Cl ass B di gi t al devi c e, pur suant t o Par t 15 of t he FCC Rul es . Thes e
l i mi t s ar e desi gned t o pr ov i de r eas onabl e pr ot ec t i on agai nst har mf ul
i nt er f er enc e i n a r es i dent i al i nst al l at i on.
Thi s equi pment gener at es us es and c an r adi at e r adi o f r equency ener gy and,
i f not i nst al l ed and us ed i n accor dance wi t h t he i ns t r uc t i ons , may c ause
har mf ul i nt er f er enc e t o r adi o c ommuni c at i ons . Howev er , t her e i s no
guar ant ee t hat i nt er f er enc e wi l l not oc c ur i n a par t i c ul ar i ns t al l at i on.
I f t hi s equi pment does c ause har mf ul i nt er f er enc e t o r adi o or t el ev i si on
r ecept i on, whi c h can be det er mi ned by t ur ni ng t he equi pment of f and on,
t he us er i s encour aged t o t r y t o c or r ec t t he i nt er f er enc e by one or mor e
of t he f ol l owi ng measur es :
Reor i ent or r el oc at e t he r ec ei vi ng ant enna.
I nc r ease t he s epar at i on bet ween t he equi pment and r ec ei v er .
Connec t t he equi pment i nt o an out l et on a c i r cui t di f f er ent f r om t hat t o
whi ch t he r ec ei v er i s c onnect ed.
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