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EN 17210:2021 Accessibility and usability of the built environment - Functional requirements

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/cen-2021-en-17210/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 11
  • CEN and CENELEC; public preview from SIST

Standards body (CEN and CENELEC; SIST is the Slovenian national standards body)

Summary

The European built-environment standard places hearing enhancement within its functional accessibility requirements.

Key findings

  • The European title page gives January 2021 as its issue month and approval by CEN on 30 November 2020. The Slovenian national cover is dated 1 March 2021; these are different milestones.
  • The contents list clause 6.5, Audible information and hearing enhancement.
  • Definition 3.30 describes hearing enhancement in terms of equipment, systems or services that improve listening capabilities.

Limits

SIST public preview only; clause 6.5 itself is outside the preview. No numerical targets, required venue types or legal application are inferred. National publication dates must not be substituted for the European issue month.

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CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 11. EN 17210:2021 Accessibility and usability of the built environment - Functional requirements. CEN and CENELEC; public preview from SIST. January 2021. https://preview.sist.si/sist-preview/65077/400f686d60104137b0fd4196277dca0b/SIST-EN-17210-2021.pdf (accessed 13 October 2026).

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