Making All Phones Hearing Aid Compatible
While it's a step in the right direction, the FCC shouldn't lean too heavily on Bluetooth to improve accessibility for hearing loss patients.
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NAD Requests ASL Interpreters for White House Press Conferences
We agree that the White House must provide ASL interpreters during their press conferences and ensure that the ASL interpreter is visible on screen so that all deaf and hard of hearing people have the same information at the same time about coronavirus as everyone else.
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FCC Proposes Automating Phone Captioning
As part of a July 18 announcement in the Federal Register on a new proposed ruling, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—the government agency regulating interstate communications by radio, TV, satellite, cable, and wire—has indicated an interest in utilizing automated speech recognition (ASR) as an alternative to live captioning assistants (CAs) for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS), making the use of CAs optional.
Do Wireless Hearing Aids Present a Health Risk?
As public awareness of wireless hearing technology grows, hearing healthcare professionals may notice an uptick in long-term safety concerns being expressed. Consumers should be confident knowing that wireless hearing aids are safe and strictly regulated medical devices that meet governmental wireless communication standards in addition to those set forth for medical devices.
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Family-centered Audiology Care: Making Decisions and Setting Goals Together
Family-centered Care (FCC) accepts that both the person with hearing loss and those around them should be the focus of audiologic rehabilitation. Strategies revolve around including family in discussions about resolving hearing difficulties and setting goals.
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FCC Disability Advisory Committee Approves 3 Hearing Loss Resolutions
The FCC Disability Advisory Committee unanimously approved 3 resolutions for people with hearing loss: Internet Protocol (IP) captioned telephone service quality standards; 911 training for video relay service communication assistants; amplified phones.
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Blog Page: iPhones and Hearing-Aid Compatibility: Re-Defining Accessibility?
Apple recently faced scrutiny over its iPhone, hearing aid accessibility, and the FCC. Here is a look at wireless hearing aid compatibility rules, and Apple’s request to be exempt from putting telecoils in its iPhones.
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