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scientific evidence that any health hazard exists.

11. What about wireless phone interference with medical equipment?

	Radio Frequency (RF) energy from wireless
	phones can interact with some electronic
	devices. For this reason, the FDA helped
	develop a detailed test method to measure
	Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) of
	implanted cardiac pacemakers and
Safety	defibrillators from wireless telephones. This
	test method is now part of a standard
	sponsored by the Association for the
	Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
	(AAMI). The final draft, a joint effort by the
	FDA, medical device manufacturers, and
	many other groups, was completed in late
	2000. This standard will allow
	manufacturers to ensure that cardiac
	pacemakers and defibrillators are safe from
	wireless phone EMI.
	The FDA has tested hearing aids for
	interference from handheld wireless phones
	and helped develop a voluntary standard

sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This standard specifies test methods and performance requirements for hearing aids and wireless phones so that no interference occurs when a person uses a “compatible” phone and a “compatible” hearing aid at the same time. This standard was approved by the IEEE in 2000.

The FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones for possible interactions with other medical devices. Should harmful interference be found to occur, the FDA will conduct testing to assess the interference and work to resolve the problem.

12. Where can I find additional information?

For additional information, please refer to the following resources:

FDA web page on wireless phones (http://www.fda.gov/cellphones/)

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF Safety Program (http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety)

International Commission on Non-lonizing

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