FCC Seeking Comment on 2010 Review of Hearing Aid Compatibility Regulations

The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau circulated for commissioners a notice seeking comment on the 2010 review of hearing aid compatibility regulations, said a notice posted by the FCC last week. The FCC said in a 2011 document in docket 10-254 the agency had committed in 2008 to initiate a review of the hearing aid compatibility rules for digital wireless services and handset. “In this review, we will comprehensively evaluate the operation of the current hearing aid compatibility rules and their success in making a broad selection of wireless phones accessible to people who use hearing aids and cochlear implants, as well as in making information about those phones available to the public,” the FCC said at the time.