Hearing loss group complains to FCC about iPhone

HEARING LOSS GROUP COMPLAINS TO FCC ABOUT IPHONE
[SOURCE: Computerworld, AUTHOR: Gregg Keizer]
A group representing people with a hearing loss filed complaints with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last month, accusing Apple of not making its iPhone compatible with hearing aids. The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) filed formal complaints with the FCC in August, Brenda Battat, the HLAA's associate executive director, said in emailed comments about Apple's iPhone. "The phone is not usable with a hearing aid, either on the microphone or telecoil setting," said Battat. "Clearly it was not designed to be hearing aid compatible. It should have been." Under its Section 255 regulations, the FCC requires phone manufacturers, including those selling mobile handsets, to make their products accessible to people with disabilities, if such access is "readily achievable." That standard is defined by the agency as "easily accomplishable without much difficulty or expense."
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