Mobile Phone with a Loud RingTone

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Hi, could anybody recommend a decent but cheapish mobile phone with a loud ring tone. This is for my Dad who in his old age is now a little hard of hearing.

Any help is appreciated.

Regards
Chris

Best answers:

• From my very limited experience of mobile phones, you can go to settings on most mobile phones and alter the volume, maybe go into a shop and get someone to show you how loud different phone ring tones are, also a very simple ring like an ordinary phone would, imho sound louder. Hope this helps.
• Your dad might do better with a phone that vibrates.
• It's not just the ring tone though, is it? You need to make sure that he can hear what the other person is saying as well. I don't know if they've improved things in recent years, but they didn't all used to work well with the phone setting on some hearing aids.
  Unless he's just using it for texting, in which case big buttons might help. Can be darned hard to get those these days ...
  I'm sure there was a recent-ish thread which had a link to some 'simple' mobile phones - anyone know what I'm talking about to hunt out the link? Might have been for someone with Parkinsons ...
• Nokia do an 'array' which can be plugged into some of their phones so people who wear hearing aids can use the inductive coupler setting.
• I`m young so not propperly qualified to answer this question. But due to my job i cant have a phone that makes a noise. I find that I very rarely miss the vibrating that the phone does when called, but the phone must be in a place that you can feel it ie. not around your neck.
• Advice sought. My new digital hearing aid has a Telecoil (says - will pick up signals from telephones). This evidently only works with some phones. It does not seem to work with mine. Anyone know how to find a phone that it does work with I.E. what to look for in the specifications and best of all a good money saving one.
  Thanks
• Would probably be worth looking at RNID and Hearing Concern websites - they both do extensive catalogues. Also Connevans - I think they do the one my Mum can actually use!
  Oh, and looks like BT do a Sound Connections leaflet which might help.
  We have had this question before but I don't have time now to go and look for the relevant links, will try to do so later unless someone helpful does it for me ...
  Maybe that explains why I never got on with the 'telephone' setting on my digital aid, but no-one ever said it only worked with some phones. Since I have one 'good' ear I went back to using that, will be stuffed when that ear goes too I know!
• It's a noisyphone. Not from Connevans, after all. I think it's a bit pricey and not exactly to my taste with its big buttons and flashing lights, but it does mean I can talk to my mum on the phone again!
  If you have a local Centre for the Deaf, they may be able to advise on where you could go and try equipment before purchase. I believe RNID have a good refund policy if it turns out not to suit you.
• i ,too, would be very gratful for any persoanl recommendations. have trawled through google and can't seem to find any reviews for phones for the hard of hearing. have a dect gemarc and it isn't very good and so need to replace
• Impossible to make personal recommendations, because it does depend on the type of hearing loss you have and also what type of hearing aid you have. Some are meant to work with the T-setting, possibly including the noisy phone mentioned above. That means it's a bit fiddly for mum to pick calls up on it (Think "Just a minute! ... That's better ... Hello, who's that?") but it's good for her to make calls out. She can hear most people quite well on it but not all.
  So my best recommendation would be to either buy from somewhere with a cast-iron guarantee that you can send it back if it's no good FOR YOU, or find somewhere to try before you buy.
  If you don't have a local Centre for the Deaf, a shop or support group for disabled aids may be able to help.
• I am partially-hearing and now use a digital iad after many years with the analogue version. I, like, perhaps many others are finding suitable DECT phones that are suitable to use with the digital aids as when switching over to the 'T' setting it creates a loud humming noise which makes conversations very awkward indeed.
  I believe that BT allegdly do a noise free version in Argos which staes it's hearing aid compatible https://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...%7C9555824.htm
  Have not tried this yet so if anyone out there who have done so, any views would be appreciated. I am not sure if there are some old stock of the analogue variants are available but i do know for a fact they are a lot better to listen to!
  HTH
• Thanks.
  Argos is a good place to buy because you can always take it back if you don't like it. I think i will give it a try, May be a while before I get round to it but will try to remember to let you's know what it is like when I do
• Just picked up on this. The BT website 'shop' has details of which of their phones are digital aid compatible and which aren't.
• The RNID rate the phones for the level of hearing difficulty - we bought a ringer from there so my Grandad could hear the phone ringing.
  Had no joy in persuading him to go for a new phone though so he could hear it ring and would pick it up and then hang up as he couldn't hear the other person :confused:
• Try your local Social Services Department. They should have a team who can advise on suitable equipment for people with sensory problems.