§ 64.6203   Definitions.

   For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions shall apply:

   (a) Covered Services. Telecommunications service, Internet access
   service, and advanced communications services, including interexchange
   services and advanced telecommunications and information services.

   (b) Equipment. Hardware, software, and applications, whether separate
   or in combination, mainstream or specialized, needed by an individual
   who is deaf-blind to achieve access to Covered Services.

   (c) Individual who is deaf-blind. (1) Any individual:

   (i) Who has a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye
   with corrective lenses, or a field defect such that the peripheral
   diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than
   20 degrees, or a progressive visual loss having a prognosis leading to
   one or both these conditions;

   (ii) Who has a chronic hearing impairment so severe that most speech
   cannot be understood with optimum amplification, or a progressive
   hearing loss having a prognosis leading to this condition; and

   (iii) For whom the combination of impairments described in paragraphs
   (c)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section cause extreme difficulty in
   attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial
   adjustment, or obtaining a vocation.

   (2) An individual's functional abilities with respect to using Covered
   Services in various environments shall be considered when determining
   whether the individual is deaf-blind under paragraphs (c)(1)(ii) and
   (iii) of this section.

   (3) The definition in this paragraph (c) also includes any individual
   who, despite the inability to be measured accurately for hearing and
   vision loss due to cognitive or behavioral constraints, or both, can be
   determined through functional and performance assessment to have severe
   hearing and visual disabilities that cause extreme difficulty in
   attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial
   adjustment, or obtaining vocational objectives.

   (d) Specialized customer premises equipment means equipment employed on
   the premises of a person, which is commonly used by individuals with
   disabilities to achieve access to Covered Services.

   (e) TRS Fund Administrator. The entity selected by the Commission to
   administer the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service Fund (TRS
   Fund) established pursuant to subpart F.

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