Hearing Aid Compatibility
FCC Proceeding
May 1992: FCC issues HAC rule for all workplaces
➤ May 1993 – businesses with >20 employees
➤ May 1994 – businesses with <20 employees
February 1993 – Goodwill Industries seeks waiver
April 1993 – 11th Hour TCA emergency petition for stay – hundreds of calls, letters to FCC: stay granted
1995-96 – Negotiated rulemaking rewrites elaborate HAC rules on phones in workplaces, hotels, health care facilities
➤ volume control, HAC labeling on phones added