Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies
Welcome to the Wireless RERC, founded in 2001 and headquartered at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Take the RERC Survey of User Needs
Help drive the research efforts of the RERC by taking this 10-15 minute survey. The Survey of User Needs asks people with disabilities about their experiences with wireless products like cell phones and text messengers. The information you provide will help make wireless products easier to use for people of all ages and abilities.
Hearing Aid Compatibility Survey
The Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988 (HAC Act) requires that landline telephones manufactured or imported for use in the United States after August 1989 be hearing aid-compatible. In 2003, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules to make digital wireless telephones (cell phones) compatible with hearing aids and cochlear implants.
The Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (Wireless RERC) monitors this regulation and is interested in how it impacts the usability of cell phones for people who use hearing aids and cochlear implants.
We invite people who use hearing aids or cochlear implants to participate in the survey regarding your use of your cell phone. We plan to conduct this survey once a year over the next 4 years to track any changes in cell phone and hearing aid compatibility.
Everyone who completes the survey by midnight on August 31, 2007 will be entered into a raffle for a $250 Amazon.com gift certificate. To be entered into the raffle, be sure to enter your contact information at the end of the survey!
We greatly appreciate your participation and input. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact:
Lynzee Head
lynzee_head@shepherd.org
(800) 582-6360 or
(404) 367-1288
July Industry Training
RERC Project Director Jim Mueller and project associate Vicki Haberman led an interactive industry training seminar on Universal Design titled "One Size Doesn't Fit All." Participants included members of the AT&T User Experience Group, Sapient Corporation, along with other RERC members.
Participant operates a Blackberry using gloves to limit fine motor skills and glasses to simulate a visual impairment.
Participant operates a cell phone using gloves to limit fine motor skills and while another wears glasses to simulate a visual impairment.
Take the 2007 HAC Survey
