February 04, 2004

By: Yen Hung
Website: http://www.1st-in-cell-phones.com

HATIS and Verizon team to offer hard-of-hearing access to cellular phones

HATIS® Corporation announced today, access to cellular phones for millions of Americans with hearing disabilities. HATIS, a leading assistive communications company “is proud to have been selected by Verizon Communications to provide the hard-of-hearing community with cell phone-hearing aid headset solutions,” said deaf CEO William L. Morgan. HATIS develops specially designed headsets for professionals and other consumers who are typically unable to effectively use telephones with hearing aids.

Verizon, a Fortune 10 company with 260,000 employees in 40 countries and $65 billion in annual revenues, is the largest wireless access provider in the United States with over 28 million customers. Under the agreement, Verizon will showcase and endorse HATIS solutions through their Website to customers, along with 1600 sales managers of freestanding retail stores and shopping mall kiosks throughout the nation.

For individuals wearing hearing aids, HATIS provides The Missing Link between the hearing aid and cell phone. HATIS products are developed with a patented induction technology, which transmits audio signals directly to the hearing aid. This reduces the need for greater amplification and eliminates electromagnetic interference, which increases the user’s ability to hear the spoken word—a key complaint of cell phone-hearing aid users. Verizon will market HATIS’ inline and hands-free boom microphone headsets as well as provide wireless service plans to hearing-impaired customers.

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Yen Hung contributes and publishes news editorial to http://www.1st-in-cell-phones.com.  A cellular phone industry resource featuring articles, comparisons and reviews of cellular phone and service plans.