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The 2010 ADA Standard for Accessible Design/2012 International Building Code with 2009 ICC A117.1 Comparison Matrix

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/icc-2012-accessibility-comparison/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • Kimberly Paarlberg, ICC
  • International Code Council

Standards body (International Code Council; matrix developed for ICC by Kimberly Paarlberg)

Summary

ICC reproduces the earlier model-code and equipment-standard requirements, including a stadium ticket-window rule already present in the 2012 IBC.

Key findings

  • The introduction dates the matrix to September 2012 and states that the 2012 IBC references ICC A117.1-2009.
  • Pages 120-123 reproduce IBC 1108.2.7 and its receiver provisions. Section 1108.2.7.2 requires at least one ticket window at each location in stadiums and arenas to have an assistive listening system.
  • Page 273 reproduces A117.1-2009 section 706: mono receiver jacks, neckloops for hearing-aid compatibility, output of 110 to 118 dB SPL with a 50 dB volume range, at least 18 dB signal-to-noise ratio for internally generated noise and no more than 18 dB of clipping relative to speech peaks.
  • The reproduced 2009 section has no separate hearing-loop clause between receiver jacks and hearing-aid compatibility.

Limits

Read the title, introduction and assistive-listening extracts of the 330-page matrix. It is a publisher comparison with reproduced provisions, not the complete individual codes. Edition years are not exact publication dates or dates of local adoption.

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Kimberly Paarlberg, ICC. The 2010 ADA Standard for Accessible Design/2012 International Building Code with 2009 ICC A117.1 Comparison Matrix. International Code Council. September 2012. https://media.iccsafe.org/news/codes%26standards-news/2012v2n4/ComparisonMatrix.pdf (accessed 13 October 2026).

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