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FCC 64.6203
Revised as of September 1, 2021
Goto Year:2020 |
2022
§ 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.
Goto Section: 64.6201 | 64.6205
Goto Year: 2020 |
2022
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