The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)-administered Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Task Force delivered its Final Report and Recommendation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 16.  

The final report and recommendation recommends to the FCC a path to achieving 100 percent hearing aid compatibility for wireless handsets. In particular, it calls on the FCC to ensure current technology is supported while leveraging new wireless connectivity technologies and accounting for intervening developments and innovations over the last few years. This includes Bluetooth, which consumers have embraced to couple their hearing aids with their wireless handsets.

The HAC Task Force is the result of a Joint Consensus Proposal among organizations representing the interests of people with hearing loss, service providers, and handset manufacturers. 

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