My father has limited use of his hands, and his fingers do not interact with touch screen phones. I need a flip phone with large buttons, Verizon compatible, hearing aid compatible.
This is going to be hard to explain. But its hearing aide compatable. Which means that the hearing aide and phone will work together so there is no feedback, like a whistle. It does not mean the person will hear better. A hearing aide can only help so much. Like I said, my DH hears 20 to 30% with a hearing aide. The hearing aide cannot help him hear 100%. Just because someone where's a hearing aide, does not mean they hear. My husband has been told, there is no new technology that will help him hear any better for now.
Yes, you can put the volume up as far as you can, maybe the person may hear the person on the other end maybe not. Now, there are hearing aides with bluetooth that will bring a conversation directly to the ear. That maybe something Dad may try. It costs a little more.
You put in search "flip phone with large #s" and there are several. Hearing aide compatable depends on how well he hears. My husband cannot hear on a cell phone. He is deaf in one ear and only hears 20 to 30% in the other ear with a hearing aid.
To be honest, you may be better going back to a land line, and finding a special phone for the deaf. The Captel has a screen, he talks to the person and when the person responds, what they say comes up on the screen. We have two landline phones for the deaf with large buttons. The one I use the most has a "phone book". You program in a persons name and number. When my husband wants to call someone, he clicks on "phonebook", then the key with the first letter of the persons name, scroll to that person and then hit dial. His fingers do not touch the keys other than to find tgepersons name. If he does not want to use the key, he just scrolls to the name. If he misses a call, he can see who called or left a message and just pick up the receiver and the phone uses the number on the screen to call. This one is a Radio shack phone.
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Yes, you can put the volume up as far as you can, maybe the person may hear the person on the other end maybe not. Now, there are hearing aides with bluetooth that will bring a conversation directly to the ear. That maybe something Dad may try. It costs a little more.
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To be honest, you may be better going back to a land line, and finding a special phone for the deaf. The Captel has a screen, he talks to the person and when the person responds, what they say comes up on the screen. We have two landline phones for the deaf with large buttons. The one I use the most has a "phone book". You program in a persons name and number. When my husband wants to call someone, he clicks on "phonebook", then the key with the first letter of the persons name, scroll to that person and then hit dial. His fingers do not touch the keys other than to find tgepersons name. If he does not want to use the key, he just scrolls to the name. If he misses a call, he can see who called or left a message and just pick up the receiver and the phone uses the number on the screen to call. This one is a Radio shack phone.