System and Method for Network Based Hearing Aid Compatible Mode Selection

A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• determining which of multiple available user-device settings is least likely to cause interference with a hearing aid being used with an audio communication device, yielding a lowest-interference user-device setting, wherein the audio communication device is associated with a user account;
• determining, in response to determining the lowest-interference user-device setting, whether sufficient network resources exist to provide a service using the lowest-interference user-device setting;
• and
• directing, in response to determining that sufficient network resources exist to provide the service using the lowest-interference user-device setting, the audio communication device to operate according to the lowest-interference user-device setting determined.

A method, comprising:

• determining, by a system using a processor, which of multiple available user-device settings is least likely to cause interference with a hearing aid being used with an audio communication device, yielding a lowest-interference user-device setting, wherein the audio communication device is associated with a user account;
• determining, by the system, in response to determining the lowest-interference user-device setting, whether sufficient network resources exist to provide a service using the lowest-interference user-device setting;
• and
• directing, by the system, in response to determining that sufficient network resources exist to provide the service using the lowest-interference user-device setting, the audio communication device to operate according to the lowest-interference user-device setting determined.