telephone needed for Mum with poor hearing.

juan_kerr_3

My Mum is now getting pretty deaf and can't wear a hearing aid.
Does anyone know a good telephone with a volume control for the ear piece, as this would be of great benefit to her.
She doesn't want a handsfree loudspeaker type, just one she can use normally .
Thanks for any help
Oh yes, just a bog standard type with no whistles or bells.
Not too high tech !!
Thanks
bill

trafalgar_2

http://www.deafequipment.co.uk/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=009&DEPT=0000000120&CAT=1049215017&BACK=A0007A1B00000000120B1

Bargin_Queen

BT hire them out (not sure if you can buy them) it is easy to use there is a button to push for people who are hard of hearing so if you use it and are not hard of hearing you dont get deafened !!!!!

Angela

Just thought I would tell you a little story about my mum in case this may be the same situation that your mum is in.
For over a year me and my sisters have been moaning to my mum about how she always says pardon after everything you say to her and have been trying to get her to go to the doctors for a hearing test as we all thought she needed a hearing aid.
Well she finally went about a month ago and the doctor told her all she needed was her ears syringing,it did take two atempts and she has to put drops in once a week now but her hearing is perfect.
She was not looking forward to wearing a hearing aid and I think even though she is 81 she still takes a pride in the way she looks and did not want one and was not going to wear one.
Not sure if this helps but a nice ending for my mum.

fragster

i used to work for bt and sold some of this kind of thing, the relate series of phones are very good for this, and the big button phone is very adequate too and a little cheaper though some ppl find the size of the buttons a little patronising, depends what ya fancy

Savvy_Sue

Also consider TypeTalk: it may not be appropriate for your Mum but others may find this useful. You need to have a special textphone, which you use to make calls via an operator. With my Mum, she phones the operator, the operator calls me and we then start a 3 way conversation. My Mum speaks and I hear her. When she pauses for breath I reply, and the operator types my reply so my Mum can read it. It ought to also work for me to phone her via the operator, but my Mum answers the normal phone and then can't hear a word that's said to her, so she doesn't know it's TypeTalk calling her ...

http://www.rnid.org.uk/html/services/typetalk_home.htm

http://www.rnid-typetalk.org.uk/

Mum's also used it to call businesses. The operators are very good and explain to callers who haven't used the system before how it's going to work.

Marvellous system, used to be the only way I could 'talk' to my Mum before she got an email telephone!

GuinnessGirl_2

Hello I posted my original question here but wonder if anyone has a specific suggestion of a make and model please based on experience: I need to locate a fixed line phone for my mother who has an NHS issue hearing aid. She (thinks she) would prefer a cordless one and one with big buttons as her eye sight isn't particularly great. I am not sure where to look other than on the BT website and that seems very expensive. I am not sure if she would benefit from analogue or digital as at the moment she takes her hearing aid out to use the telephone. Any useful suggestions regarding experience with this would be much appreciated, thank you very much.

ELLA

My Mum is now getting pretty deaf and can't wear a hearing aid.
Does anyone know a good telephone with a volume control for the ear piece, as this would be of great benefit to her.
She doesn't want a handsfree loudspeaker type, just one she can use normally .
Thanks for any help
Oh yes, just a bog standard type with no whistles or bells.
Not too high tech !!
Thanks
bill

What a great post as my mum has the same problem and this would make a great xmas present for her, she cant hear high tones IE the phone or door bell. The post from trafalgar is a great help.

GuinnessGirl_2

Yes i am hoping to buy one too and would like some suggestions.

Savvy_Sue

I need to locate a fixed line phone for my mother who has an NHS issue hearing aid. She (thinks she) would prefer a cordless one and one with big buttons as her eye sight isn't particularly great.

Sorry, I can't make any specific suggestions, but does your Mum's hearing aid have a T-position on it? If it does, and she is prepared / able to fiddle about with it, then I believe some phones are designed to be used with the hearing aid in the T-position, like an induction loop.

My Mum's experience is that she can hear OK on some phones, and not at all on others. So if you buy as a surprise, check the returns policy very carefully and explain it is for someone with a hearing impairment so you may need to return it because it is not suitable.

Getting in touch with the RNID could be a good place to start: they may know of local places where she could try some out or hire for a time to see what suits her.

leo2moss

Before you buy your mum a phone you might want to contact your local social services dept. My local one has a sensory impairment team and they will issue specialised phones free of charge BUT this isn't the case in every area - some places charge. They generally give phones to people who are struggling even when using a hearing aid. Hope this helps.