New cellphone rules will address hearing aid problems

A problem long designed out of wired phones, electronic interference is a common if unevenly experienced problem for the six million Americans with hearing aids who use cellphones. But determining which cellphones and hearing aids are most susceptible to the problem has so far been a trial-and-error process, reports the WSJ.

"Selecting interference-free mobile phones should be easier come Sept. 16, when Federal Communications Commission labeling rules take effect.

The rules require the wireless-phone industry to provide phones compatible with most kinds of hearing aids. Companies will then rate those phones most and least likely to experience interference with certain hearing aids. Phones labeled M3 or M4 will cause the least interference for hearing-aid users."

emily | 2:45 PM | SMS for Deaf/Disabilities |
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