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Cordless Phone Needed - Severe Hearing Loss
by Hypochlorite, Feb 23, 2008 10:06AM
My dad has significant hearing loss.
Before someone asks, he tried a couple of different hearing aids. For various reasons,
they didn't work out. My mother is going nuts. If he has to use the phone its a two
person job. She listens while he waits for her to shout what she is hearing. He tells
my mother what to say and she replies. This situation cannot continue.
I thought I had the solution. I purchased a tradition office style phone with the keypad
in the base so a discrete (seperate) amplifier could be plugged into the handpiece.
The amplifier could boost the sound up to 40 db. This is a tremendous increase in
volume. Its approximately 100 times above normal! It also had a tone adjustment.
Many people with hearing problems hear low pitched sounds better than higher
pitched. My dad always says he can hear a deep male voice better than a higher
pitched female voice.
I tried this phone-amplifier combo. It sounded great to me. My dad could not adjust
the amplifier so he could hear clearly. He kept saying everything sounds muffled.
The volume was loud enough, according to my dad. Something else was wrong.
Before I quit, I'd like my dad to try a cordless phone. I have a background in electronic
design. The circuitry used in many of the better cordless phones is very sophisticated.
Perhaps a cordless phone made for people with hearing problems might work.
If you use a cordless phone of this type, or have purchased one for a friend or relative
I would appreciate some advice. I already wasted some money on the corded phone
and amplifier. If you know which model of cordless phone is the best, please let me
know.
Before someone asks, he tried a couple of different hearing aids. For various reasons,
they didn't work out. My mother is going nuts. If he has to use the phone its a two
person job. She listens while he waits for her to shout what she is hearing. He tells
my mother what to say and she replies. This situation cannot continue.
I thought I had the solution. I purchased a tradition office style phone with the keypad
in the base so a discrete (seperate) amplifier could be plugged into the handpiece.
The amplifier could boost the sound up to 40 db. This is a tremendous increase in
volume. Its approximately 100 times above normal! It also had a tone adjustment.
Many people with hearing problems hear low pitched sounds better than higher
pitched. My dad always says he can hear a deep male voice better than a higher
pitched female voice.
I tried this phone-amplifier combo. It sounded great to me. My dad could not adjust
the amplifier so he could hear clearly. He kept saying everything sounds muffled.
The volume was loud enough, according to my dad. Something else was wrong.
Before I quit, I'd like my dad to try a cordless phone. I have a background in electronic
design. The circuitry used in many of the better cordless phones is very sophisticated.
Perhaps a cordless phone made for people with hearing problems might work.
If you use a cordless phone of this type, or have purchased one for a friend or relative
I would appreciate some advice. I already wasted some money on the corded phone
and amplifier. If you know which model of cordless phone is the best, please let me
know.
Member Comments (1)
by Wear/a/Jimmy, Mar 04, 2008 01:49PM
check www.soundclarity.com, they wil have what you need and more for the hearing impaired
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