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Achieving 100% Wireless Handset Model Hearing Aid Compatibility
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on November 13, 2024. It took effect on December 13, 2024.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") adopts a 100% hearing aid compatibility requirement that applies to all future wireless handset models offered for sale or use in the United States and implementation provisions related to this 100% requirement, including a Bluetooth coupling requirement.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-25088
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- November 13, 2024
- Takes effect
- December 13, 2024
- Dates
- Effective December 13, 2024, except for amendatory instructions 3 and 4 which are delayed indefinitely. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective dates of these amendments. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 3, 2021.
- Docket
- WT Docket No. 23-388; FCC 24-112; FR ID 257122
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 20
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Communications equipment; Individuals with disabilities
- Pages
- 37
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