Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Access to Telecommunication Equipment and 
Services by Persons with Disabilities
Amendment of the Commission’s Rules 
Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile 
Handsets
Comment Sought on 2010 Review of Hearing Aid 
Compatibility Regulations
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CG Docket No. 13-46 
WT Docket No. 07-250
WT Docket No. 10-254
ERRATUM
Released:  November 20, 2017
By the Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau:
On October 26, 2017, the Commission released a Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration 
(HAC Order), FCC 17-135, in the above captioned proceeding.  This Erratum amends the HAC Order as
indicated below:
1. Paragraph 12, in the third sentence, replace “effective date of this Report and Order” with “date 
of publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register.”
2. Paragraph 19, in the third sentence, replace “effective date of this Report and Order” with “date 
of publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register.” 
3. Paragraph 20, in the second sentence, replace “effective date of this Report and Order” with “date 
of publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register.” 
4. Paragraph 34, in the fifth sentence, replace “effective date of this Report and Order” with “date of 
publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register.” 
5. Footnote 136, in the first sentence, replace “effective date of this Report and Order” with “date of 
publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register.”
6. Paragraph 35, in the first sentence, replace “effective date of the rules adopted herein” with “date 
of publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register.”
7. Footnote 139, in the second sentence, replace “on November 1, 2017, then the Order’s effective 
date would be December 1, 2017, and in general,” with “on December 1, 2017, then in general,”.
8. Paragraph 39, in the third sentence, replace “effective date of the rules adopted herein” with “date 
of publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register.”
9. Paragraph 40, in the second sentence, within the parenthesis, replace “inductive coupling and RF 
interference reduction” with “RF interference reduction and inductive coupling.”
10. Paragraph 49, in the first sentence, replace “effective date of this Report and Order” with “date of 
publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register.”
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This Erratum also amends Appendix B of the HAC Order as indicated below:
11. Paragraphs with the amendments to Section 20.19 are corrected as follows:
? In paragraph (b)(1), the last sentence is moved and is now the second sentence;
? Paragraph (b)(2), in the last sentence, add a comma after “ANSI C63.19”;
? Paragraph 6 is corrected to read as follows:
“Section 20.19(k) is revised by revising paragraph (2) to read as follows:”;
? Paragraph (k) is corrected to read as “Delegation of rulemaking authority.”;
? Paragraph (k)(2), in each of the last two sentences, add an “s” to the word “standard”;
? Below paragraph 7, add an “(l)” at the beginning, delete the asterisk after the word “section”, 
delete the second sentence, add “(202) 418-0270,” after “20554,” replace “IEEE at (732) 981-
0060 and http://standards.ieee.org/” with “source indicated below”, and replace the paragraph 
beginning with the asterisk with the following new paragraphs:
“(1) The following standards are available from the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-
SA), 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854-4141, (732) 981-0060, email to stds-
info@ieee.org, and http://standards.ieee.org/.
(i) ANSI C63.19-2007, American National Standard Methods of Measurement of 
Compatibility between Wireless Communication Devices and Hearing Aids, June 8, 
2007.
(ii) ANSI C63.19-2011, American National Standard Methods of Measurement of 
Compatibility between Wireless Communication Devices and Hearing Aids, May 27, 
2011.
(2) [Reserved]”
12. Below Paragraph 11, add an “(a)” at the beginning and delete “68.315,” from the second 
sentence.
13. Below Paragraph 12, remove “68.315,” from the definition of “Hearing aid compatible.”
14. Paragraph (i), below § 68.317, is corrected to read as follows: 
“(i) The standards required in this section are incorporated by reference with the approval of the 
Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51.  All approved material 
is available for inspection at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th St. SW, 
Reference Information Center, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-0270, and is 
available from the source indicated below.
(1) The following standards are available from the Telecommunications Industry Association 
(TIA), 1320 North Courthouse Road, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22201, (877) 413-5184, email to 
smontgomery@tiaonline.org, and http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/catalog.  
(i) Paragraph 4.1.2 (including table 4.4) of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 
Standard ANSI/EIA–470–A–1987, Telephone Instruments with Loop Signaling, July 13, 1987.
(ii) Paragraph 4.3.2 of ANSI/EIA/TIA–579–1991, Acoustic-to-Digital and Digital-to-Acoustic 
Transmission Requirements for ISDN Terminals, February 20, 1991.
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(iii) ANSI/TIA-4965-2012, Telecommunications; Telecommunications Terminal Equipment; 
Receive Volume Control Requirements for Digital and Analog Wireline Handset Terminals, 
October 19, 2012.
(2) [Reserved]”
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Karen Peltz Strauss
Deputy Chief
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau