FCC 68.4 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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2008
Sec. 68.4 Hearing aid-compatible telephones.
(a)(1) Except for telephones used with public mobile services, telephones
used with private radio services, and cordless and secure telephones, every
telephone manufactured in the United States (other than for export) or
imported for use in the United States after August 16, 1989, must be hearing
aid compatible, as defined in Sec. 68.316. Every cordless telephone manufactured
in the United States (other than for export) or imported into the United
States after August 16, 1991, must be hearing aid compatible, as defined in
Sec. 68.316.
(2) Unless otherwise stated and except for telephones used with public
mobile services, telephones used with private radio services and secure
telephones, every telephone listed in Sec. 68.112 must be hearing aid
compatible, as defined in Sec. 68.316.
(3) A telephone is hearing aid-compatible if it provides internal means for
effective use with hearing aids that are designed to be compatible with
telephones which meet established technical standards for hearing aid
compatibility.
(4) The Commission shall revoke or otherwise limit the exemptions of
paragraph (a)((1) of this section for telephones used with public mobile
services or telephones used with private radio services if it determines
that (i) such revocation or limitation is in the public interest; (ii)
continuation of the exemption without such revocation or limitation would
have an adverse effect on hearing-impaired individuals; (iii) compliance
with the requirements of Sec. 68.4(a)(1) is technologically feasible for the
telephones to which the exemption applies; and (iv) compliance with the
requirements of Sec. 68.4(a)(1) would not increase costs to such an extent that
the telephones to which the exemption applies could not be successfully
marketed.
[ 54 FR 21430 , May 18, 1989, as amended at 55 FR 28763 , July 13, 1990; 57 FR 27183 , June 18, 1992; 61 FR 42186 , Aug. 14, 1996]
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