| It is natural to feel confusion when you are in the | | | | allows the user to adjust the frequency either high or |
| market for a hearing impaired phone. This is because | | | | low to enable the user to hear those who have |
| of the things that need to be considered before you | | | | naturally soft voices.c) Hearing Aid Compatibility: |
| venture out to find a hearing impaired phone for | | | | Not all hearing impaired wear hearing aids but if the |
| yourself or for a loved one. | | | | person who is going to use the hearing impaired phone |
| But what is a hearing impaired phone and is this | | | | does have one or a pair of hearing aids, then the |
| necessary? Contrary to what might seem a logical | | | | phone should be compatible to this type of hearing |
| conclusion, this phone does not hear nor is it impaired. | | | | device. If the phone isn't, there is a tendency that when |
| This type of phone however is a type of modified | | | | the phone handset is placed next to the ears |
| version of the regular telephone which means that | | | | feedback will occur.d) Other Features: |
| aside from the usual call function, this phone has other | | | | For added measure, the phone should have visual call |
| features that are deemed friendly to those who are | | | | indicators such as large flashing lights. This helps when |
| hard of hearing seniors who may or may not have | | | | the person who has problems with hearing in case he |
| eyesight and manual dexterity problems. | | | | or she was not able to hear the phone ring. |
| In acquiring this type of telephone here are the | | | | If the user suffers from long term illness, he or she can |
| conditions that you must think of:a) Level of Hearing | | | | benefit greatly if the phone has one touch dialing for |
| Loss: | | | | easy access to immediate help such as the 911. For |
| Whether you're buying the phone for yourself or for | | | | those with eyesight problems, large buttons keypad |
| someone else, you should know the level of hearing | | | | with back lighting is the solution. |
| loss you or that other person has as there are | | | | Another great feature for those who have manual |
| appropriate phone for whatever degree of hearing | | | | dexterity problems due to arthritis and other ailments |
| loss any person has. For instance if you have mild to | | | | that limit the use of their hands is the speakerphone |
| moderate hearing loss amplified telephones are good | | | | feature. This allows the user to go about doing other |
| for you because it allows you to adjust the volume | | | | activities while talking to the phone.e) TTY, or CapTel: |
| level of your phone.b) Volume and Tone Control: | | | | There are also other types of phone for the hearing |
| Just in case the phone is going to be used by other | | | | impaired that are available to those who have severe |
| persons in the household who are not hard of hearing, | | | | hearing loss or are profoundly deaf. Their alternative is |
| see to it that the ringer and incoming call volume can | | | | a type of telephone called the teletypewriter telephone |
| be adjusted easily to their comfortable level. Tone | | | | (TTY) or the Captioned Telephone. |
| control on the other hand is important as this function | | | | |