Door bell for someone with hearing impairment

GillM

Hear-Hear wrote: »

I think you mis-read my post, or perhaps over-reacted ? I would never say that hearing aids are "the answer for all hearing problems". Hearing aids are what they say they are - aids to hearing. So are flashing door bells, vibrating smoke alarms, subtitles, etc, etc.

Sorry if you felt I was criticising your post but I felt I really needed to point out - to other posters, not specifically you - that hearing aids are not to hearing loss as glasses are to shortsightedness. How many times have you heard someone say such and such is deaf as a post but manages well with their hearing aid - they do not grasp that hearing aids can only enhance what is there. No hearing aid in the world will help someone who really is deaf as a post!

I suspect a lot of people do not really believe I am deaf because
a) I do not wear a hearing aid and
b) I can actually hear quite a lot, I just can't make much sense of what I hear.

As a result I feel that I - and others in my position, such as the OP - don't always get the help we need.

Anyway, rant over - OP, hope you get sorted. You probably have a third problem - people find it harder to believe someone young has a hearing loss. I started going deaf in my mid-20s but 30 years on I expect I look 'old enough' to be deaf now! :rotfl:

chris057

My bell push for wireless door chime - gets stuck when someone presses it and then keeps 'ringing' or sometimes when pressed - doesn't make contact and then does not 'chime'

Make: CONNECT-IT ES 118 (200 m range)

can I buy a new bell push or do I have to buy a new complete door bell kit?

Thanks in advance for all help/advice

ab7167

I work with a bloke who is profoundly deaf, he's 27? I think? Anyway, he's just bought his first house independent of his parents and he has a pager that buzzes when someone rings the doorbell or uses his textphone, it just clips to his belt - I think it does the fire alarm as well linked to something under his pillow. Will try and get the details off him.

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amibovvered

chris057 wrote: »

My bell push for wireless door chime - gets stuck when someone presses it and then keeps 'ringing' or sometimes when pressed - doesn't make contact and then does not 'chime'

Make: CONNECT-IT ES 118 (200 m range)

can I buy a new bell push or do I have to buy a new complete door bell kit?

Thanks in advance for all help/advice

I don't actually know the answer, but my bell push does exactly the same thing - sometimes sticks and chimes until I unstick it or doesn't chime at all. It so happens a chap from RNID came to my lip-reading class last week and I mentioned the problem and he said Oh, they don't make that type of bell push any more. Not entirely sure I believe him!

I'm assuming you have that door bell because you have a hearing problem - have you approached social services, they will give you a door bell for free.

MrC

You could try one of these it works for door and phone
http://www.1stchoicemobility.co.uk/other-products/phones-and-alarms/telephone-ring-flash-wireless-door-bell/prod_275.html