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Old 04-07-2010, 11:09   #1
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Question very loudpeaker phone

Is possible to get an amplified speaker attachment for a standard landline telephone?
I have a very deaf very elderly mother-in-law who finds that at maximum volume speaker phones distort & even then are barely loud enough.
Alternatively is it possible to link the phone to a set of powered PC style speakers?
n.b. She is unable to use the induction loop system. She is also very technophobic so it needs to be a solution that I set up that requires little or no “fiddling about” on her part.
Thanks in anticipation
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Re: very loudpeaker phone

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Is possible to get an amplified speaker attachment for a standard landline telephone? ...
Have you had a look at the RNID website?

http://www.rnid.org.uk/shop/products...ne_amplifiers/

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Re: very loudpeaker phone

Problem with adding speakers to a speaker phone is that you'll get to a point where it'll just feed back on itself..

There are though specialised phone designed for the elderly for example

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Geemarc-Clea...8234769&sr=8-1
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Re: very loudpeaker phone

Thank you TheNorm for the welcome. Yes I have looked at RNID but there appears to be nothing that appears to have a large enough speaker to have the power without the distortion.
It is a shame she is so technophobic because when she comes to our house I sit herdown infront of the computer & she can converse with her grand & greatgrand children over Skype with the camera on so she can lipread.
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Here's one getting good reviews. LINK
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