TR-41 | Performance and Accessibility for Communications Products

Committee Description

The products, technologies, and technical areas within the scope of current and/or future standards developed and maintained by TR-41 include:

  • Performance requirements for Voice, video, and other features that are associated with communications services.
  • Environmental impacts.
  • User related features that interface to networks and other equipment.
  • Accessibility and usability.

Covering products that connect to a communications network including:

  • Telephones with handsets, headsets, and speakerphone.
  • Communications gateways, conference systems, and other products that are typically installed at the user’s premises.
  • Wearable devices (e.g., watches, lapel microphones).
  • Using digital and analog wireline or “local radio” media (e.g., Wi-Fi® or Bluetooth®).
  • Directly or through another device (e.g. a USB headset connected through a computer).
  • For features that use wireless “air interfaces” (e.g., LTE, GSM, WCDMA).

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Related Links & Resources

TR-41 Committee Update Summary (May-2026): TR-41_Q22026_Update.pdf

Hearing Aid Compatibility Task Force:

https://hac.atis.org/

 

FCC Rule Governing Standards for Hearing Aid-Compatible Handsets:

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updates-hearing-aid-compatibility-rules

 

FCC OET Hearing Aid Compatibility information:

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/kdb/forms/FTSSearchResultPage.cfm?id=36388&switch=P

 

TIA IPR Rules:

https://tiaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TIA_Intellectual_Property_Rights_Policy.pdf

 

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