EN IEC 63087-1:2021

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2022
Pomožni slušni aparati in sistemi za aktivno življenje s pomočjo - 1. del: Splošno
(IEC 63087-1:2021)
Assistive listening devices and systems for active assisted living - Part 1: General (IEC
63087-1:2021)
Einrichtungen und Systeme für das assistierende Zuhören und für aktives betreutes
Wohnen - Teil 1: Allgemeines (IEC 63087-1:2021)
Dispositifs et systèmes d'aide à l'audition pour l'assistance à l'autonomie à domicile -
Partie 1: Généralités (IEC 63087-1:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 63087-1:2021
ICS:
33.160.30 Avdio sistemi Audio systems
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 63087-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM October 2021
ICS 13.180; 33.160.99
English Version
Assistive listening devices and systems for active assisted living
- Part 1: General
(IEC 63087-1:2021)
Dispositifs et systèmes d'aide à l'audition pour l'assistance Einrichtungen und Systeme für das assistierende Zuhören
à l'autonomie à domicile - Partie 1: Généralités und für aktives betreutes Wohnen - Teil 1: Allgemeines
(IEC 63087-1:2021) (IEC 63087-1:2021)
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European foreword
The text of document 100/3601/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 63087-1, prepared by TC 100/Technical
Area 16 “Active Assisted Living (AAL), wearable electronic devices and technologies, accessibility and
user interfaces” was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2022–06–30
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024–09–30
document have to be withdrawn
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 63087-1:2021 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60107-1:1997 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60107-1:1997 (not modified)
IEC 60107-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60107-2
IEC 60118 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60118 (series)
IEC 60118-4:2014 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60118-4:2015 (not modified)
IEC 60268-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60268-3
IEC 60268-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60268-4
IEC 60315-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60315-4
IEC 60601 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 60601 (series)
IEC 61606-3:2008 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61606-3:2008 (not modified)
IEC 60914:1988 NOTE Harmonized as HD 549 S1:1989 (not modified)
IEC 61938:2018 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61938:2018 (not modified)
IEC 62489-1:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62489-1:2010 (not modified)
IEC 62777:2016 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62777:2016 (not modified)

IEC 63087-1 ®
Edition 1.0 2021-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Assistive listening devices and systems for active assisted living –

Part 1: General
Dispositifs et systèmes d'aide à l'audition pour l'assistance à l'autonomie à

domicile –
Partie 1: Généralités
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 13.180; 33.160.99 ISBN 978-2-8322-1010-3

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 General . 7
4.1 Assistive listening devices and systems . 7
4.2 Sources of audio for assistive listening . 7
4.3 Dedicated assistive listening systems . 8
5 Requirements in the context of accessibility and ease of use . 8
5.1 Requirements for products and systems under the control of the user . 8
5.1.1 General requirements . 8
5.1.2 Considerations for specific products and systems under the control of
the user . 9
5.2 Requirements for products and systems not under the control of the user . 9
5.2.1 General requirements . 9
5.2.2 Considerations for specific products and systems not under the control
of the user . 10
6 Claims of conformity . 10
Bibliography . 11

Table 1 – Sources of audio for assistive listening . 7
Table 2 – Dedicated assistive listening systems . 8

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ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
FOR ACTIVE ASSISTED LIVING –
Part 1: General
FOREWORD
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IEC 63087-1 has been prepared by Technical Area 16: Active Assisted Living (AAL), wearable
electronic devices and technologies, accessibility and user interfaces of IEC technical
committee 100: Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment. It is an International
Standard.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
100/3601/FDIS 100/3623/RVD
Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
the above table.
The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.

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INTRODUCTION
AAL (Active Assisted Living) aims to improve the quality of users lives. The user is any person
of any age who uses or benefits from AAL products, services and systems. IEC has created the
Systems Committee AAL which is tasked to develop systems standards taking into account the
following: products, services and systems, safety, security and privacy.
The TC 100 title items, audio, video and multimedia devices and systems provide various
services to users; however, some of users may have difficulties of hearing, viewing and sensing
because of their age or some other reasons. As the number of such users is increasing, IEC
meets these needs with the philosophy of AAL.
The legacy standardization work focuses on providing quality and functions to the ordinary user;
this document specifies the requirement for providing audio quality and functionalities to the
users who have some difficulties with hearing and listening.
Personal listening systems are used to improve the perception and audibility of a range of sound
sources when listening in non-ideal situations. Examples of these include listening to a
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