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Mobile Phone with a Loud RingTone

Hi, could anybody recommend a decent but cheapish mobile phone with a loud ring tone. This is for my Dad who in his old age is now a little hard of hearing.

Any help is appreciated.

Regards
Chris
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  • From my very limited experience of mobile phones, you can go to settings on most mobile phones and alter the volume, maybe go into a shop and get someone to show you how loud different phone ring tones are, also a very simple ring like an ordinary phone would, imho sound louder. Hope this helps.
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    Your dad might do better with a phone that vibrates.
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    It's not just the ring tone though, is it? You need to make sure that he can hear what the other person is saying as well. I don't know if they've improved things in recent years, but they didn't all used to work well with the phone setting on some hearing aids.

    Unless he's just using it for texting, in which case big buttons might help. Can be darned hard to get those these days ...

    I'm sure there was a recent-ish thread which had a link to some 'simple' mobile phones - anyone know what I'm talking about to hunt out the link? Might have been for someone with Parkinsons ...
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    Nokia do an 'array' which can be plugged into some of their phones so people who wear hearing aids can use the inductive coupler setting.
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  • I`m young so not propperly qualified to answer this question. But due to my job i cant have a phone that makes a noise. I find that I very rarely miss the vibrating that the phone does when called, but the phone must be in a place that you can feel it ie. not around your neck.
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    beetplek wrote: »
    I`m young so not propperly qualified to answer this question. But due to my job i cant have a phone that makes a noise. I find that I very rarely miss the vibrating that the phone does when called, but the phone must be in a place that you can feel it ie. not around your neck.
    Age has nothing to do with it, alas, but you make a good point: I do sometimes manage to miss my phone vibrating in my trouser or skirt pocket, depends on the fit and how much other junk I've got in there, but if I'm wearing a shirt with a breast pocket it gets me every time! :rotfl:
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  • Savvy_Sue wrote: »
    Age has nothing to do with it, alas, but you make a good point: I do sometimes manage to miss my phone vibrating in my trouser or skirt pocket, depends on the fit and how much other junk I've got in there, but if I'm wearing a shirt with a breast pocket it gets me every time! :rotfl:

    But remember to do the button up to hold it in..I have just bent over and and my phone fell out and damaged the screen.

    Dave
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    navig8r wrote: »
    But remember to do the button up to hold it in..I have just bent over and and my phone fell out and damaged the screen.
    You have to be careful with ANY kind of pocket: I've drowned a couple of phones in the loo ... :o :mad:
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  • Advice sought. My new digital hearing aid has a Telecoil (says - will pick up signals from telephones). This evidently only works with some phones. It does not seem to work with mine. Anyone know how to find a phone that it does work with I.E. what to look for in the specifications and best of all a good money saving one.

    Thanks
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    Would probably be worth looking at RNID and Hearing Concern websites - they both do extensive catalogues. Also Connevans - I think they do the one my Mum can actually use!

    Oh, and looks like BT do a Sound Connections leaflet which might help.

    We have had this question before but I don't have time now to go and look for the relevant links, will try to do so later unless someone helpful does it for me ...

    Maybe that explains why I never got on with the 'telephone' setting on my digital aid, but no-one ever said it only worked with some phones. Since I have one 'good' ear I went back to using that, will be stuffed when that ear goes too I know!
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