My parents need a basic hone. Their hearing and eye sight is not good. They do not want a answering machine. Any suggestions?
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They can use this as a speaker phone but there is a big button phone out there that is better if your parent are vision impaired and hearing impaired look for that one. And change the cord to a longer one as well so that they don't pull it to the floor or short change themselves when answering. This one is good but for their purposes that one will be better.
1063712
I would highly recommend the AT&T; corded phone. Large buttons, easily adjustable volume control, speaker phone function and best of all if the power goes out you can always use this land line phone. Great phone for us seniors!
1063713
I have had the 2939 phone for several months. Overall it is an adequate phone with both strengths and weaknesses.The readout uses an LCD display with fairly large (3/4" high numerals) type. It is however an LCD, meaning the contrast is not the best. The keypad is large and easy to see. The sound is adjustable and quite good on reception. The speaker phone feature however has problems, as I have had several callers complain hat they could not hear me well. The hand set however is good for both sender and receiver. The address book is a handy feature for frequently called numbers. The number of an incoming call is retained and if it is not from a blocked caller, the name can also be displayed. It will save several incoming calls in this fashion making recalls a simple process. The only major downside of this phone is the complexity of the phone's features. It does a lot of things and it is not intuitive. Overall I would say it is a good phone and quite a bargain.
1063714
This would be a good choice. LCD display is bigger than most and the number buttons are large and easy to use. The drawbacks are the volume control for the handset isn't very effective and produces an annoying "hum" at maximum volume. The audio assist feature improves the audio, but is not as pronounced as it could be.
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Because I have hearing loss in both ears I use 2 hearing aids, therefore, I always use the speakerphone. It works really, really well. I never have had a tinny sound. If I had I would have returned the system and bought a completely different phone company. I would not have trusted vetch but this company definitely manufactures a quality product. I have a handset in each room in my apartment, never again have to run for or miss a phone call again. I just love this phone system. I am 64 and don't know how I ever got along without it. I hope this helps you.
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It's probably best to contact Hon and ask them. Go to their website and click "customer support" at the top.
2079860
My mother is 86 and about 80% deaf and blind in one eye. This device helps a little bit but only in very quiet situations, and, again, only a little bit. However, since the item is refundable, you might want to try it and return it if it does not work for her. Good luck.
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Maybe Dennis is a senior, or maybe he is just helping a senior with the selection. I am trying to find something for my parents, who are 80-ish. They had a computer a while back for word processing, but have never gone online. I know they would love it if they had a very user-friendly machine.Dennis, did you find something good? I'd love to know.
2123192
Unfortunately, The representative at T-Mobile told my parents that they would have to manually type their contacts by hand from there AT&T; phones. Although the phone works well it also has it's limits. Best wishes!
1251987
I faced this need and satisfied it by buying a complete new system with the answering part, then I used only the hand sets. I think I found a source for the handsets, and it was cheaper to buy the complete set and use only the new handsets. If you buy additional handsets, I found you had to cancel all the current handsets and then re link the old as well as the new handsets. Worked fine doing that.
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This is the best earphone for my mother, beter than clínical earphones. I buyed one of them at Walmart Orlando; that changed my mother's life. When she breaks it, I search in Amazon and buyed two of them. You must know that small batteries play only 2 hours, you must buy a lot of them.
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Hi, I have used this phone for about 6 months now. I love it. It operates like any other cordless phone for non hearing aid users. For those of us with Phonak hearing aids, you just have to press a small button when you want it to broadcast to your hearing aids. It has a vibrate feature for the ring. A volume control that can be set in the normal range for regular folks. It is basically no different from regular phones except for the feature that connects to the hearing aids. I have other phones but they come with a warning about the volume and other family members have to be careful when they use them. That is not the case with the Phonak telephone. It also has good range. Hi, I have used this phone for about 6 months now. I love it. It operates like any other cordless phone for non hearing aid users. For those of us with Phonak hearing aids, you just have to press a small button when you want it to broadcast to your hearing aids. It has a vibrate feature for the ring. A volume control that can be set in the normal range for regular folks. It is basically no different from regular phones except for the feature that connects to the hearing aids. I have other phones but they come with a warning about the volume and other family members have to be careful when... » Read More Hi, I have used this phone for about 6 months now. I love it. It operates like any other cordless phone for non hearing aid users. For those of us with Phonak hearing aids, you just have to press a small button when you want it to broadcast to your hearing aids. It has a vibrate feature for the ring. A volume control that can be set in the normal range for regular folks. It is basically no different from regular phones except for the feature that connects to the hearing aids. I have other phones but they come with a warning about the volume and other family members have to be careful when they use them. That is not the case with the Phonak telephone. It also has good range. « Show Less
1336687
Hi, return this one. I bought a different one for my parents. I didn't like this one because it was too difficult for my parents to use.
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Yes. My mom has an answering machine that still works. I beg to differ with one of the answers. In fact, you CAN answer incoming calls with the button.
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no hone, works with Digitel. With movistar and movilnet works on EDGE and its terrible.
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I got mine from my dad as a gift. You can rent them from Home Depot if you have one close by.
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You really do need some one there---How frail is Mom?. I'm not joking. My husband and I went through numerous Maxi rub's. Not because they are bad---but it's the greatest and best gift I ever gave my construction worker husband. We used to do each others backs every night for 1/2 an hour each and it really did the greatest number on our backs. He's passed now and I really realize what a great deal of help that massager was doing for both of us. I miss him---and our 1/2 therapy with that maxi. It would be awkward if it was for your Mom to do on her own. If she had a lower back problem she might be able to "prop" it in a chair and lean against it. If she's elderly it might be a problem. I'm 64 and I bought myself a "Shiatsue" massager (sp). If your Mom has siatica (sp) that might be a problem too. Some women who have Calcium deficiancy in their bones might find this uncomfortable. There are cheap models under a 100.00 out there but they aren't much good---the one that's about 125.00 or so is great---My boss borrowed it and 4 friends---I had to threaten one of those to give it back. They are like a matte that you sit on with a back. The good ones have metal or hard plastic balls in the back part that go up and down---mine can go side to side along the spine---you can also use the remote to hit the button to make it stay in one spot. I love mine---If any of this is too much sometimes a plain old heating pad works Let me know if you need more help-I've had back problems my whole life with a handicap child
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The phone can be answered by either the touch screen on the front or open up and hit OK button to answer. If your Dad is anything like my mom I probably would not recommend this phone as the touch screen locks itself to prevent butt dialing and so you have to unlock before you can answer it. If you open up the phone to answer you can set it to automatically be on speaker which is great for anyone with hearing aids. I love the keyboard for texting which is the main reason I've held out so long in upgrading to the new tech savvy phones.
837355
Hello,You will need your 'Basic' tools. You will not need any special tools outside of you very basics.
163658
This was for my mother. She Uses the headphone device. It's easier for her.