This document specifies a range of requirements and recommendations for the elements of construction, building assemblies, components, fittings and products that relate to the design and constructional aspects of usability and accessibility of buildings, i.e. access to buildings, circulation within buildings, egress from buildings during normal conditions, and evacuation in the event of a fire.
This document also applies to the common spaces in multi-unit residential buildings. Recommendations regarding residential units are given in Annex A.
This document also contains provisions with respect to outdoor features directly concerned with access to a building or a group of buildings from a relevant site boundary, or between such a group of buildings within a common site. This document does not deal with elements of the external environment, such as public open spaces, whose function is self-contained and unrelated to the use of a specific building.
This document is applicable to new buildings and new work in existing buildings.
This document introduces the concept of ‘exceptional considerations for existing buildings’ for situations where it is exceptionally difficult to meet the requirements specified and, thus, impossible to provide full accessibility. By means of ‘exceptional considerations for existing buildings’, an acceptable, though restricted, level of accessibility is specified. An exceptional consideration for existing buildings is not to be applied in other situations or invoked in an unjustified manner, or as an excuse for not achieving a higher level of accessibility, where this is economically and/or technically feasible.
The dimensions stated in this document, relevant to the use of wheelchairs, are related to the footprint of commonly used wheelchair sizes and users as specified in ISOÂ 7176-5 and ISO/TRÂ 13570-2, 800Â mm wide and 1Â 300Â mm long.
This document is primarily written for adults with disabilities, but it includes some recommendations on specific accessibility needs of children.

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Standard je namenjen prostorskim načrtovalcem kot eno od izhodišč za načrtovanje odprtega
prostora, dostopnega za vse uporabnike. Z upoštevanjem standarda se lahko izboljša gibanje ljudi z
okvarami vida, posledično pa tudi njihova samostojnost in kakovost življenja. Standard temelji na
nacionalnih in mednarodnih dokumentih, ki predvidevajo enakopravnost vseh ljudi ne glede na njihove
različne sposobnosti in zmožnosti. Dostopnost grajenega okolja je eden od ključnih vidikov, ki lahko to
enakopravnost omogočijo.

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This part of IEC 60118 is applicable to audio-frequency induction-loop systems producing an
alternating magnetic field at audio frequencies and intended to provide an input signal for
hearing aids operating with an induction pick-up coil (telecoil). Throughout this standard, it is
assumed that the hearing aids used with it conform to all relevant parts of IEC 60118.
This standard specifies requirements for the field strength in audio-frequency induction loops
for hearing aid purposes, which will give adequate signal-to-noise ratio without overloading
the hearing aid. The standard also specifies the minimum frequency response requirements
for acceptable intelligibility.
Methods for measuring the magnetic field strength are specified, and information is given on
appropriate measuring equipment (see Annex B), information that should be provided to the
operator and users of the system (see Annex C), and other important considerations.
This standard does not specify requirements for loop driver amplifiers or associated
microphone or audio signal sources, which are dealt with in IEC 62489-1, or for the field
strength produced by equipment, such as telephone handsets, within the scope of ITU-T
P.370.

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