Accessories

Just what we needed....
I bought this for my eighty-six-year-old mother who is sure that she doesn't have a hearing problem; wish I agreed. So far she doesn't need the 'boost' button, but the regular sound is much better than the other cordless phones we'd tried. It does change sound quality a bit - voices sound a bit different, but they are clear enough for her to understand. It was just what we needed.

Very disappointed
I purchased this for an elderly parent. He loved the loud ringer and the phone looks very nice. It appeared to come partially assembled so that we could not hang on the wall - left us wondering if we actually got a new one or previous repair. We then realized that none of us could hear well on it. Boost feature does work, but TALK button does not change colors to warn those with normal hearing that it's on - volume of speaker on other end fluctuated up and down in volume. Also, when speaking into mouthpiece it sounds like you're in a tunnel - noise in your setting seems to amplify in the earpiece adding to the frustration. The volume control is easy to use, but increases the 'noise' along with the voice. The tone control appeared to do nothing and was a disappointment. We tried to use it for several days but decided that, aside from the loud ringer, it was useless. We've returned it and will try again, but it certainly won't be a Clarity phone this time. Maybe we just got a lemon. And Amazon is great, as usual.

Relieved
I bought this phone for my mother who is 85 and VERY hard of hearing. She has had other phones for the hearing impaired but was not able to hear very well. She was constanly trying to adjust her hearing aid. With this phone she can hear clearly, I don't have to yell into the phone, and she actually hears it ring, answers on the frist call, instead of me having to leave several messages, or stop what I was doing to go to her house to check on her. Now she can have a normal conversation without trying to guess what was said, or missing out compleatly. She is happy therfore so am I.

phone for hearing impaired
I bought this phone for my dad who is very hard of hearing and uses hearing aides in both ears. He likes the phone very much and is able to carry on telephone conversations much more easily now.

Great phone
I am very happy with this phone. I can hear with or without my hearing aid. The sound is slightly mechanical, however, it is clear. There are only 2 problems that I have encountered:
1. No caller ID
2. When calling a number that asks you to "Press 1 for customer service", the numbers I press never register and I continue getting a voice telling me to make a selection