Safety
manufacturers to ensure that cardiac
pacemakers 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
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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.
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