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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 4, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
the handsets actual conversational gain with and without a hearing aid if certified using a technical standard with volume control requirements. The actual conversational gain displayed for use with a hearing aid shall be the lowest rating assigned to the handset for any covered air interface or frequency band.
2 Package insert or handset manual.
For all handset models certified to be hearing aid-compatible, manufacturers and service providers shall disclose to consumers through the use of a package insert or in the handsets user manual:
i That the handset is hearing aidcompatible;
ii The ANSI standard used to determine the hearing aid compatibility of the handset models air interfaces and frequency bands;
iii If using the 2011 ANSI standard or an earlier version of the standard, the lowest hearing aid compatibility rating assigned to any of the covered air interfaces or frequency bands;
iv The air interfaces or frequency bands on the handset that are not certified to be hearing aid-compatible, if applicable, or have been determined to be hearing aid-compatible under special testing circumstances;
v Any handset model certified to be hearing aid-compatible for some but not all of the air interfaces or frequency bands covered by the model must include the following disclosure language:

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This phone has been tested and certified for use with hearing aids for some of the wireless technologies that it uses. However, there may be some newer wireless technologies used in this phone that have not been tested yet for use with hearing aids. It is important to try the different features of this phone thoroughly and in different locations, using your hearing aid or cochlear implant, to determine if you hear any interfering noise. Consult your service provider or the manufacturer of this phone for information on hearing aid compatibility.
If you have questions about return or exchange policies, consult your service provider or phone retailer.

vi An explanation of the ANSI rating system, which includes an explanation that the 2019 ANSI standard does not use the rating system that older versions of the standard used;
vii An explanation of a handset models volume control capabilities, including its conversational gain both with and without hearing aids, if the handset is certified using a technical standard that includes volume control requirements; and viii An explanation of special testing circumstances, if a handset model has air interfaces that have been certified as
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hearing aid-compatible under such circumstances, and how these circumstances affect the use and operation of the handset.

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1 Each manufacturer and service provider that operates a publiclyaccessible website must make available on its website a list of all hearing aidcompatible models currently offered, the ANSI standard used to evaluate hearing aid compatibility, the ratings of those models under the relevant ANSI
standard, if applicable, and an explanation of the rating system. Each service provider must also include on its website: A list of all non-hearing aidcompatible models currently offered, as well as a link to the current FCC web page containing information about the wireless hearing aid compatibility rules and service providers obligations. Each service provider must also include the marketing model name/numbers and FCC ID number of each hearing aidcompatible and non-hearing aidcompatible model currently offered.

i Reporting requirements1
Reporting and certification dates.
Service providers shall submit Form 855
certifications on their compliance with the requirements of this section by January 31 of each year. Manufacturers shall submit Form 655 reports on their compliance with the requirements of this section by July 31 of each year.
Information in each certification and report must be up-to-date as of the last day of the calendar month preceding the due date of each certification and report.
2 Content of service provider certifications. Certifications filed by service providers must include:
i The name of the signing executive and contact information;
ii The companyies covered by the certification;
iii The FCC Registration Number FRN;
iv If the service provider is subject to paragraph h of this section, the website address of the pages containing the required information regarding handset models;
v The percentage of handsets offered that are hearing aid-compatible providers will derive this percentage by determining the number of hearing aidcompatible handsets offered across all air interfaces during the year divided by the total number of handsets offered during the year; and vi The following language:
I am a knowledgeable executive of company x regarding compliance with the Federal Communications Commissions
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wireless hearing aid compatibility requirements at a wireless service provider covered by those requirements.
I certify that the provider was in full compliance/not in full compliance choose one at all times during the applicable time period with the Commissions wireless hearing aid compatibility deployment benchmarks and all other relevant wireless hearing aid compatibility requirements.
The company represents and warrants, and I certify by this declaration under penalty of perjury pursuant to 47 CFR 1.16 that the above certification is consistent with 47 CFR
1.17, which requires truthful and accurate statements to the Commission. The company also acknowledges that false statements and misrepresentations to the Commission are punishable under Title 18 of the U.S. Code and may subject it to enforcement action pursuant to Sections 501 and 503 of the Act.

vii If the company selected that it was not in full compliance with this section, an explanation of which wireless hearing aid compatibility requirements it was not in compliance with, when the non-compliance began and if applicable ended with respect to each requirement.
3 Content of manufacturer reports.
Reports filed by manufacturers must include:
i Handset models tested, since the most recent report, for compliance with the applicable hearing aid compatibility technical ratings, if applicable;
ii Compliant handset models offered to service providers since the most recent report, identifying each model by marketing model name/numbers and FCC ID number;
iii For each compliant model, the air interfaces and frequency bands over which it operates, the hearing aid compatibility ratings for each frequency band and air interface under the ANSI
standard if applicable, the ANSI
standard version used, and the months in which the model was available to service providers since the most recent report;
iv Non-compliant models offered to service providers since the most recent report, identifying each model by marketing model name/numbers and FCC ID number;
v For each non-compliant model, the air interfaces over which it operates and the months in which the model was available to service providers since the most recent report;
vi Total numbers of compliant and non-compliant models offered to service providers for each air interface as of the time of the report;
vii Any instance, as of the date of the report or since the most recent report, in which multiple compliant or non-compliant devices were marketed under separate model name/numbers
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