Re: speakerphone for a deaf kid

[Guest guest]

> Does anyone have any recommendations for speakerphones that are both loud

> and clear?

About 5 years ago (and technology does change fast) we tried out a number of

them. It surprised me that the one JD does best with is the old cheap-o

model at Radio Shack. It doesn't even have a handset that you can dial with.

I wish it went louder than it does, but JD keeps it in his bedroom on his

dresser so he can get close to it if he needs to (not very often).

Kay

[Guest guest]

Hi CHris,

We have tried many different phones and Genelle prefers the 2.4 gigahertz

protable even to the high powered speaker phones. Is it possible the t-coil

is stonger in these? The speaker phone she will use with friends is a AT & T

620 - also a powerful phone but not portable. Have fun:)

Benna

[Guest guest]

We have a two line phone with speaker by Lucent Technologies, Model 822.

Jake doesn't have any problems hearing the conversation on it.

I think it came from Best Buy.

Elaine

Cueing Mom to Jake/6yrs/Clarion CI/2-99

[Guest guest]

You also might want to check with your phone company. In California, with a

letter from the audiologist, PacBell will give you a speaker phone adapted for

your hearing impaired child to use. In our case, it was suprisingly fast.

Sheri

[Guest guest]

At 12:08 PM 10/2/00 -0400, bennat@... wrote:

>Hi CHris,

>

>We have tried many different phones and Genelle prefers the 2.4 gigahertz

>protable even to the high powered speaker phones. Is it possible the t-coil

>is stonger in these? The speaker phone she will use with friends is a AT & T

>620 - also a powerful phone but not portable. Have fun:)

has tried the 900MHz handhelds but hasn't done well with the

T-coil. He has Widex P38 hearing aids which are supposed to have a decent

T-coil, but who knows. I'm looking for a speakerphone that is both loud and

clear. If I have to design and build it myself, I will, however, I have to

believe that there is a commercial product on the market, maybe from a

specialty manufacturer.

Chris

[Guest guest]

At 12:14 PM 10/2/00 -0400, beat4girl@... wrote:

>We have a two line phone with speaker by Lucent Technologies, Model 822.

>Jake doesn't have any problems hearing the conversation on it.

>I think it came from Best Buy.

Makes sense, I have a Lucent landline phone ($9.99 special) which is both

loud and clear. We'll check it out.

and

[Guest guest]

At 12:21 PM 10/2/00 -0400, sbyrne1281@... wrote:

>You also might want to check with your phone company. In California, with

>a letter from the audiologist, PacBell will give you a speaker phone

>adapted for your hearing impaired child to use. In our case, it was

>suprisingly fast.

has already exhausted his freebies from the telephone company.

Thanks,

Chris

[Guest guest]

<<<Does anyone have any recommendations for speakerphones that are both loud

and clear? I will be working with folks from e on this but I thought

I'd ask the list first.>>>

My daughter's hearing loss is similar to your children's. She is prelingually

deaf and her SRT is 100 db. Her aided threshold is off the speech banana

after 2000 hertz. Telephone usage was a challenge. We have tried countless

telephones and the ones that work well for her are the old telephones such as

the rotary phones or the old (1980's) collectible Mickey Mouse or Snoopy

phones. She wore hearing aids until she was 17 years old, but we were able to

carry conversations on any topic over the phone. However, the number of

people she can communicate with over the telephone was limited to family

members and some of her friends. All these things changed when she was

implanted at age 18. Using the phone is no longer intimidating. She can

understand most people over the phone.

One point of advice: if you find the right phone, get a few of them. We have

four Snoopy phones and she brought one to her dorm. My daughter still puts

the phone receiver on her hearing aid and uses the phone adapter on her CI

when she uses the phone. She hears with both ears when she uses the telephone.

Good luck!

Betty