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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/USA/1058/Rev.1/Add.4

Notification No.

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Title

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Conditionally Waives Certain Aspects of the Wireless Hearing Aid Compatibility Volume Control Testing Standard

Objective

Quality requirements (TBT); Harmonization (TBT); Consumer information, labelling (TBT)

Product Covered

Hearing aid-compatible handsets

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HSCODE

902140 - Hearing aids (excl. parts and accessories); 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, incl. line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones; parts thereof; 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, incl. line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones; parts thereof; 902140 - Hearing aids (excl. parts and accessories)

ICSCODE

03.120 - Quality; 03.120 - Quality; 11.180.15 - Aids for deaf and hearing impaired people; 11.180.15 - Aids for deaf and hearing impaired people; 19.080 - Electrical and electronic testing; 19.080 - Electrical and electronic testing; 33.050.10 - Telephone equipment; 33.050.10 - Telephone equipment; 33.100 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); 33.100 - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

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Description

The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC, or Commission) recently granted a limited waiver of the Commission's wireless hearing aid compatibility rules with respect to the volume control technical standard that handset manufacturers use in part to certify handsets as hearing aid-compatible under the 2019 ANSI Standard. The Bureau took this step in response to a petition filed by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) seeking waiver of certain aspects of these rules. By conditionally granting the waiver request, the Bureau ensures that handset manufacturers can continue to release new hearing aid-compatible handset models while a new volume control standard is developed that the Commission can adopt into its wireless hearing aid compatibility rules.DATES: The waiver is effective as of 29 September 2023.This order is identified by WT Docket No. 20-3, DA 23-914. The Docket Folder is available on the FCC's website at  https://www.fcc.gov/edocs/search-results?t=quick&fccdaNo=23-914&dockets=20-3 and provides access to associated documents .  Documents  are also accessible from the FCC's Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) by searching the Docket Number.

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