Safety

is the best way to evaluate it for your personal needs.

M-Ratings: Phones rated M3 or M4 meet FCC requirements and are likely to generate less interference to hearing devices than phones that are not labeled. M4 is the better/higher of the two ratings.

 

T-Ratings: Phones rated T3 or

 

T4 meet FCC requirements and

 

are likely to generate less

 

interference to hearing devices

 

than phones that are not

S

labeled. T4 is the better/higher

a f e

of the two ratings.

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Hearing devices may also be

 

 

 

rated. Your hearing device

 

 

manufacturer or hearing health

 

professional may help you find

 

this rating. Higher ratings mean

 

that the hearing device is

 

relatively immune to interference

 

noise. The hearing aid and

 

wireless phone rating values are

then added together. A sum of 5 is considered acceptable for normal use. A sum of 6 is considered for best use.

In the above example, if a hearing aid meets the M2 level rating and the wireless phone meets the M3 level rating, the sum of the two values equal M5. This is synonymous for T ratings. This should provide the hearing aid user with “normal usage” while using their hearing aid with the particular wireless phone. “Normal usage” in this context is

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