American National Standard
Methods of Measurement of
Compatibility between Wireless
Communications Devices and
Hearing Aids
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ANSI C63.19-2006
(Revision of
ANSI C63.19-2001)
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ANSI C63.19-2006
(Revision of
ANSI C63.19-2001)
American National Standard
Methods of Measurement of
Compatibility between Wireless
Communications Devices and
Hearing Aids
Accredited Standards Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility, C63™
accredited by the
American National Standards Institute
Secretariat
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
Approved 6 April 2006
American National Standards Institute
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© 1995 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission from the IEEE and Edwin L. Bronaugh (author), from his paper
presented at the 1995 IEEE Symposium on EMC in Atlanta, GA.
Acknowledgments
The Accredited Standards Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility, C63, thanks the IEEE and Edwin
L. Bronaugh (author) for granting permission to use Helmholtz Coils for Calibration of Probes and Sensors:
Limits of Magnetic Field Accuracy and Uniformity, from the 1995 IEEE Symposium on EMC, Atlanta,
GA, in Annex F of this standard.
Abstract: Uniform methods of measurement for compatibility between hearing aids and wireless
communications devices are set forth.
Keywords: American National Standard, electromagnetic compatibility, hearing aid, hearing aid
compatibility (HAC), measurement methods, operational compatibility, personal communications
service (PCS), wireless communications device
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Introduction
This introduction is not a part of ANSI C63.19-2006, American National Standard Methods of Measurement of
Compatibility between Wireless Communications Devices and Hearing Aids.
In the fall of 1995 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) initiated a Steering Committee to
initiate a summit on Hearing Aid Compatibility and Accessibility to Digital Wireless Telecommunications.
The goal of the summit was to formalize and continue discussions among the three key affected interests in
this issue: organizations representing people with hearing loss, hearing aid manufacturers, and the digital
wireless telephone industry. The ultimate purpose of the summit was to find a resolution of the interference
problem that was acceptable to the industries involved.
A summit meeting was held on January 3–4, 1996, in Washington, DC. At this summit meeting three
working groups were formed to pursue issue resolution. Subsequently, the Long-Term Solutions User and
Bystander Interference Group reached a consensus that a standards project was needed to document the
consensus definition of and method of measurement for Hearing Aid Compatibility and Accessibility to
Wireless Telecommunications. Subsequently ANSI C63™ was petitioned to undertake the joint standards
projects documenting the methods of measurement and defining the limits for Hearing Aid Compatibility
and Accessibility to Wireless Telecommunications.
At its April 1996 meeting, ANSI C63 established a task group under its subcommittee on medical devices
(SC 8). The charge to this task group (TC C63.19) was to develop such standards in cooperation with
representatives of organizations representing people with hearing loss, hearing aid manufacturers, the
digital wireless telephone industry, and other interested parties. The 2001 version of this document was the
result of that committee’s efforts.
The FCC adopted this standard to provide the technical requirements for its Report and Order establishing
mandatory requirements for wireless hearing aid compatibility on July 10, 2003.a Following the adoption
by the FCC and for several reasons, including technical changes in wireless communications devices and
hearing aids and new understanding coming from experience gained in working with the 2001 version of
this standard, a new revision effort was started. The result of this revision effort culminated in the
production of this version of the standard.
Participants
At the time this standard was published, the Accredited Standards Committee on Electromagnetic
Compatibility, C63, had the following membership:
Donald N. Heirman, Chair
Vacant, Vice Chair
Robert L. Pritchard, Secretary
Organization Represented
Alliance for Telecom Industry Solutions (ATIS)...................................................... Chrys Chrysanthou
James Turner (Alt.)
American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL) .......................................... Michael F. Violette
a FCC 03-168
William Stumpf (Alt.)
Name of Representative
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Jeffrey L. Silberberg (Alt.)
Colin Brench (Alt.)
Joshua Rosenberg (Alt.)
Donald Sweeney (Alt.)
Jonathan Stewart (Alt.)
Dennis Bodson (Alt.)
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)................................................................... Edward F. Hare
Cisco Systems........................................................................................................... Werner Schaefer
Curtis-Straus LLC..................................................................................................... Jon Curtis
Dell Inc. .................................................................................................................... Richard Worley
ETS-Lindgren ........................................................................................................... Michael Foegelle
Zhong Chen (Alt.)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) .......................................................... William Hurst
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...................................................................... Jon P. Casamento
Hewlett-Packard Company ....................................................................................... Kenneth Hall
Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) .................................................... John Hirvela
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) .................................. Donald N. Heirman
IEEE-EMCS ............................................................................................................. H. Stephen Berger
Lucent Technologies................................................................................................. Dheena Moogilan
National Institute of Standards and Technology....................................................... Dennis Camell
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).................................................................. Poul Andersen
Gary Fenical (Alt.)
TUV-America, Inc.................................................................................................... David Zimmerman
Joel Schneider (Alt.)
Underwriters Laboratories ........................................................................................ Michael Windler
Robert Delisi (Alt.)
U.S. Dept. of Defense—Joint Spectrum Center........................................................ Marcus Shellman
U.S. Dept. of the Navy—SPAWAR ......................................................................... David Southworth
Individual Members.................................................................................................. Robert Hofmann
Daniel Hoolihan
John Lichtig
Ralph M. Showers
Members Emeritus.................................................................................................... Warren Kesselman
At the time this standard was completed, C63 Subcommittee 8 had the following membership:
Herbert Mertel
Norman Violette
Joseph Snyder (Alt.)
Daniel Hoolihan, Chair
Matthew Bakke
H. Stephen Berger
Paul Cardinal
Jon P. Casamento
Chrys Chrysanthou
Steve Coston
Robert Delisi
Gerard Hayes
Donald N. Heirman
George Hirvela
At the time this standard was completed, the C63 Working Group had the following officers:
Bob Hofmann
William Hurst
Bob Jenkins
Victor Kuczynski
Harry Levitt
Herbert Mertel
Dheena Moongilan
Joe Morrissey
Werner Schaefer
Ralph M. Showers
Jeffrey L. Silberberg
William Stumpf
James Turner
Michael F. Violette
Robert Wegner
Steve Whitesell
Al Wieczorek
Michael Windler
Don Witters
David Zimmerman
H. Stephen Berger, Chair
Tom Victorian, Vice Chair
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Contents
1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................ 1
1.3 Organization and use of the document................................................................................................. 3
2. Normative references.................................................................................................................................. 5
3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations .................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Definitions ........................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations ............................................................................................................. 11
4. Wireless device, RF emissions test........................................................................................................... 12
4.1 Measured RF interference level......................................................................................................... 13
4.2 Test equipment and facilities ............................................................................................................. 14
4.3 Test setup and validation ................................................................................................................... 16
4.4 Near-field test procedure ................................................................................................................... 21
5. Hearing aid RF near-field immunity test .................................................................................................. 29
5.1 Test facilities and equipment............................................................................................................. 29
5.2 Test setup and validation ................................................................................................................... 30
5.3 RF immunity test procedure—primary.............................................................................................. 32
5.4 RF immunity test procedure—alternate............................................................................................. 38
6. Wireless device T-Coil signal test............................................................................................................ 41
6.1 Test facilities and equipment............................................................................................................. 41
6.2 Test configurations and setup ............................................................................................................ 42
6.3 Test procedure for T-Coil signal........................................................................................................ 44
6.4 Broadband test procedure—alternate................................................................................................. 49
7. Performance.............................................................................................................................................. 50
7.1 Articulation weighting factor (AWF) ................................................................................................ 51
7.2 Audio coupling mode ........................................................................................................................ 51
7.3 T-Coil coupling mode........................................................................................................................ 54
7.4 Accessories and options..................................................................................................................... 56
7.5 Product line compliance .................................................................................................................... 57
8. Calibration and measurement uncertainty ................................................................................................ 57
8.1 General .............................................................................................................................................. 57
8.2 Ambient conditions............................................................................................................................ 57
8.3 Specific calibration requirements ...................................................................................................... 58
8.4 Measurement uncertainty................................................................................................................... 58
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