Premise: In adopting this Report and Order, the Commission amends its rules to require that, either at specific dates in the future or on a phased-in basis, all telephones in workplaces, confined settings (such as hospitals and nursing homes), and hotels and motels be hearing aid compatible; have volume control; and have the letters HAC affixed to them.

Hypothesis: In adopting the Report and Order, the commission also is amending rules pertaining to fax machines and copiers. 
Relation: neutral