Wireless survey - Due 7/21/06

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I received this information from Battat at HLAA. She has approved my

passing this along to the forums that I am on.

The RERC at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Shepherd Center both

based in Atlanta, Georgia, are collaborating to monitor the hearing aid

compatibility of cell phones over the next five years. Attached is a letter

from them with a link to a short survey they would like you to complete to

find out the status of HAC cell phones today. They will make comparisons

each year for the next five years to see what progress is made. Please take

time to answer this short survey and perhaps you will win $250 to spend at

Amazon.com

Thank you very much

Battat

Associate Executive Director

Hearing Loss Association of America (formerly SHHH)

301-657-2248 phone

301-913-9413 fax

Hello,

The Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988 (HAC Act) requires that landline

telephones manufactured or imported for use in the United States after

August 1989 be hearing aid-compatible. In 2003, the Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) adopted rules to make digital wireless telephones (cell

phones) compatible with hearing aids and cochlear implants.

The Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (Wireless RERC)

[www.wirelessrerc.org] is monitoring this regulation and is interested in

how it impacts the usability of cell phones for people who use hearing aids

and cochlear implants.

We invite you to complete a brief survey about using a cell phone. We plan

to conduct this survey once a year over the next 5 years to track any

changes in cell phone and hearing aid compatibility.

To take the survey, just click here:

http://www.wirelessrerc.org/survey/hac_survey_06-2.htm

Everyone who completes the survey by midnight on July 21, 2006 will be

entered into a raffle for a $250 amazon.com gift certificate. To be entered

into the raffle, be sure to enter your contact information at the end of the

survey!

We greatly appreciate your participation and input. If you have any

questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact me at:

<mailto:lynne_broderick@...> lynne_broderick@...

(800) 582-6360 or (404) 367-1348

Sincerely,

Lynne Broderick

Wireless RERC