Safety Guidelines
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.
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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/)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF
Safety Program (http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety)
International Commission on Non-lonizing Radiation
Protection (http://www.icnirp.de)
World Health Organization (WHO) International EMF
Project (http://www.who.int/emf)
National Radiological Protection Board (UK)
(http://www.nrpb.org.uk/)