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1.6 Pacemakers
The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum separation of six
inches should be maintained between a handheld wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid
potential interference on the pacemaker. This recommendation is consistent with the
independent from Wireless Technology Research, who did an independent research about .
Persons with pacemakers:
Persons with pacemakers:
• Should ALWAYS keep the phone more than six inches far from the pacemaker when the
phone is turned ON.
• Should not carry the phone in a breast pocket.
• Should use the phone on another side of pacemaker locus to reduce the potential
interference. If you doubt the interference has happened, please turn off the phone
immediately.
1.7 Hearing aids
Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In this situation, you may
need to consult your service provider, or call the customer service center for the solution.
1.8 Other medical devices
If you use any other personal medical devices, please consult the manufacturer of your device
to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be
able to assist you in obtaining this information. Turn your phone OFF in health care concourses
if any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so.
Hospitals or health care concourses might be using equipments that could be sensitive to
external RF energy.
1.9 Road safety
Vehicle drivers should obey the relative traffic rules when they use the phone in motion. If the
traffic conditions are not good, please stop the vehicles at the roadside first, then make or
receive a call. If the vehicles are equipped with airbags, please do not place the phone on the
areas, where the airbags can reach when they are outspread; otherwise, if the airbags inflated,
the phone might bring serious damages to you. Vehicle drivers in motion are permitted to use
handheld telephony services , in emergency. In some countries, using devices as an alternative