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For Immediate Release:                                             News Media Contact: 
March 16, 2011                                                          Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511
 e-mail: rosemary.kimball@fcc.gov
EMERGENCY ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
RELEASES NATIONAL SURVEY TO LEARN ABOUT EMERGENCY CALLING 
BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
Washington, DC -- The FCC today launched an on-line national survey of individuals 
with disabilities to determine the most effective and efficient technologies and methods by which 
to enable their access to emergency services. The results of the survey will inform the Advisory 
Committee as it develops recommendations to implement such technologies and methods in a 
Next Generation 9-1-1 system that will be capable of receiving emergency calls via video, text, 
and voice.  
The survey is available online at:  http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/EAAC/.   The survey is 
provided in American English, Spanish and video clips in American Sign Language (ASL).  
The Emergency Access Advisory Committee was established by FCC Chairman Julius 
Genachowski on December 7, 2010, in compliance with the  Twenty-first Century 
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 .
ACCESSIBLE FORMATS:  To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov
or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 
(TTY).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Cheryl King, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 202-418-2284 (voice), 
202-418-0416 (TTY), or Cheryl.King@fcc.gov (e-mail); or Patrick Donovan, Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 202-418-2413, 
Patrick.Donovan@fcc.gov (e-mail).   
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