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It’s important to expand hearing aid compatibility requirements...

It’s important to expand hearing aid compatibility requirements to all types of devices that are functionally equivalent to telephones, the Hearing Industries Association told FCC Wireless Bureau officials Tuesday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1lYglNG). With the rapid expansion of…

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voice-over-LTE services, it’s important to ensure hearing aid users “do not face roadblocks during the migration to this and other new technologies,” HIA said. HIA opposes expanding the power-down option to achieve hearing aid compatibility to more than just the 1900 MHz band. “The usefulness of handsets is impaired when power is reduced, denying impaired users access to the same quality of service that other users enjoy,” HIA said.