Re: The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together

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Sujet : Re: The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together
De : dieterhansbritz (at) *nospam* gmail.com (db)
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Date : 20. Oct 2024, 12:11:04
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 06:53:28 +0200, Quincy the fifth wrote:

The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together
 
After a transition period, all phones will be required to work with
hearing aids - and vice versa.
 
On Thursday, the FCC approved new regulations requiring all phone makers
to make their handsets compatible with hearing aids. With the number of
Americans 65 and older expected to balloon by nearly 50 percent by 2050,
the rules will ensure those with hearing loss don't have to worry about
which phones will work with their hearing aids.
 
"Under the new rules, after a transition period, Americans with hearing
loss will no longer be limited in their choice of technologies,
features,
and prices available in the mobile handset marketplace," the FCC wrote
in a press release.
 
On the flip side, the FCC also passed a requirement for hearing aid
makers that effectively bans proprietary Bluetooth coupling standards in
the assistive devices. So, phones must be compatible with hearing aids -
and vice versa. The rule even applies to the recently approved
over-the-counter hearing aids, which now include AirPods Pro 2.
 
Other changes include requiring all new mobile handsets sold in the US
to let users raise the volume without introducing distortion. In
addition, the FCC now mandates that cell phones' point-of-sale labels
clarify hearing aid compatibility and whether the handsets meet
Bluetooth or telecoil coupling requirements.

Don't all modern mobile phones have Bluetooth? So it is up
to hearing aids to have that capability.
I got hearing aids about five years ago, expecting just
that, but was pleasantly surprised at the bonus feature
of  Bluetooth, so that all sound made by the phone goes
straight into my ears, and to answer a phone call all I have
to do is to press a small button on the hearing aid and I
never need to pick up the phone, as long as it's within a few
meters- wonderfull. On long walks I can listen to music I have
put on my phone.

The small downside is that if I misplace my phone, I can't ask
my wife to ring me, to locate it. The only ring tone is in my ears.

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db

Date Sujet#  Auteur
18 Oct 24 * The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together5Quincy the fifth
20 Oct 24 +* Re: The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together3db
20 Oct 24 i`* Re: The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together2Andy Burns
21 Oct 24 i `- Re: The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together1Arno Welzel
20 Oct 24 `- Re: The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together1Dave Royal

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