American National Standard
Methods of Measurement of
Compatibility between Wireless
Communications Devices and 
Hearing Aids 
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ANSI C63.19-2006
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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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