TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for Acoustic Performance Requirements and Measurement Methods for High-Gain Amplified Telephones

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TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for Acoustic Performance Requirements and Measurement Methods for High-Gain Amplified Telephones

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA. (June 11, 2014) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-41.3 Engineering Committee on Analog and Digital Wireline Terminals has issued a call for interest for document TIA-4953-A initially titled "Acoustic Performance Requirements and Measurement Methods for High-Gain Amplified Telephones".

This revision project is proposed to make the following changes to the existing standard: 1) Add requirements for digital interface telephones. 2) Add requirements for sidetone. 3) Add requirements for distortion for any volume control setting and any input level. 4) Remove the "Maximum Usable Gain" measurement clause. 5) Add requirements for testing send level during conversation simulation. 6) Revise the requirements for the "Mild" criteria to align with the volume control requirements for regular telephones. These revisions are necessary to improve the applications for this standard.

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: Hearing loss community amplified telephone industry accessibility special interest groups.

TIA is actively seeking participation in these projects from the user and general interest communities.

For more information about TR-41 and how to participate in standards development with TIA, contact Marianna Kramarikova at standards@tiaonline.org.

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