FDA Should Promote Hearing Aid Compatibility Ratings, CTIA Says

CTIA urged the Food and Drug Administration to work with hearing aid manufacturers and the FCC to provide information to consumers about hearing aid compatibility (HAC) ratings. In comments Friday at the FDA, CTIA said the ratings are critical to helping consumers find compatible wireless devices and hearing aids. While wireless carriers and manufacturers “take significant efforts” to provide this information about wireless devices, “consumers will continue to face challenges in understanding how to pair a hearing aid device with their wireless handset without a clearer understanding of the other half of the HAC rating system -- the HAC rating of a hearing aid device, it said.