Analysis Of The Proposed Standarts (Appendix A) - Summary Of The Major Substantive Changes Proposed For The Scoping And Technical Requirements Page 30
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63The 1991 Standards require receivers to be provided for at least 4 percent of the total
number of seats minimum. The proposed standards at section 219.3, will revise the
percentage of receivers required according to a table that correlates the required number
of receivers to the seating capacity of the facility. Small facilities will continue to
provide receivers for 4 percent of the seats. The required percentage declines as the size
of the facility increases. The changes proposed also will require at least twenty-five
(25%), but no fewer than two, of the receivers to be hearing-aid compatible. Assembly
areas served by an induction loop assistive listening system will not have to provide
hearing-aid compatible receivers.
Commenters were divided in their opinion of this change. The Department believes that
the reduction in the required number of assistive listening systems for larger assembly
areas will meet the needs of individuals with disabilities. The new requirement to
provide hearing-aid compatible receivers should make assistive listening systems more
usable for people who have been underserved until now.
Concerns were raised that the requirement to provide assistive listening systems may
have an adverse impact on restaurants. This comment misunderstands the scope of
coverage. The proposed standards define the term “assembly area” to include facilities
used for entertainment, educational, or civic gatherings. Restaurants would fall within
this category only if they are presenting programs to educate or entertain diners, and if
the restaurant provides an audio amplification system.
Same Management or Building. The proposed standards add a new exception that allows
multiple assembly areas that are in the same building and under the same management,
such as theaters in a multiplex cinema and lecture halls in a college building, to calculate
the number of receivers required based on the total number of seats in all the assembly
areas, instead of each assembly area separately, where the receivers are compatible with
the assistive listening systems used in each of the assembly areas.
Mono Jacks, Sound Pressure, etc. Section 4.33.7 of the 1991 Standards does not contain
specific technical requirements for assistive listening systems. The proposed changes at
sections 706.1, 706.2, 706.3, 706.4, 706.5, and 706.6 will require assistive listening
systems to have standard mono jacks; and will require hearing-aid compatible receivers
to have neck loops to interface with telecoils in hearing aids. The proposed changes also
specify sound level pressure, signal-to-noise ratio, and peak clipping level. Currently
available assistive listening systems meet the proposed technical requirements.
220 and 707 Automatic Teller Machines and Fare Machines
Proposed changes at section 707 will add specific technical requirements for speech
output, privacy, tactilely discernable input controls, display screens, and Braille
instructions to current general accessibility requirements. Exceptions will be made that
relate to the type of network or information provided (for example, audible tones will not
be required for visible output where privacy is desirable). The 1991 Standards require
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