Geemarc Amplipower 50 - Amplified Corded Telephone with Tone and Volume control, Large Buttons and One-touch Memories - Hearing Aid Compatible - Specialised for Hearing Impaired - UK Version - White

loud clear sound and easy to use.

This is amazing!I’ll be honest, I really didn’t have much faith that a new phone would be able to make much of a difference to our predicament.My Granny is 90, sharp as a tack and loves to chat. Unfortunately she’s very deaf and has an uncanny ability to loose/hide her hearing aids. Thus the phone has become all but useless, and this posed a frustration for all.I read the reviews here and took the plunge; and the whole family is so pleased I did!Be warned though; the reviews that mention its “painful” for young people to use it are spot on; this handset is LOUD!There are volume controls that help mitigate that though, and given it’s primary purpose is to reconnect our matriarch with her brood, it’s a price entirely worth paying.The one small downside is the battery cover is very fiddly to remove (it’s important to have the batteries installed as well as the power adaptor plugged in to ensure the phone is useable during a powercut) and there’s no way Granny could have managed that solo. That’s it though, that’s the only one tiny negative.

The biggest problem with this phone is that when the volume is amplified, the person on the other end of the line can barely hear you.[edit: this seems to improve with use - phone sounds normal now]. This seems to be a common problem with a number of amplified phones and phone amplifiers.In addition I also found that when installing this phone for a deaf relative the volume and tone adjustment sliders don't respond in a uniform manner therefore getting to sound right is fiddly.[Edit:once set it's fine]This is the second Geemarc Amplipower 50 I've tried and both exhibit the same problems.[Edit: after a few initial problems this phone has proved to be invaluable for it's user - maybe a batch of these phones were kept in a damp warehouse and dry out once in a heated home but whatever the reason for the initial problems the phone seems to improve with use. I've improved my initial 2 star rating to 4 as it is an excellent product when it works but quality control could be better.]

My father's hearing is now very poor, and telephone conversations were proving very difficult. This phone has changed all that, and we can have a normal conversation. To those with normal hearing, the sound from the headset does appear distorted (it is extremely loud) and there is a hissing in the background, which I think is intended to help those with tinnitus. However my father cannot hear the hissing, and says the sound is very clear. He has the volume almost to the maximum, and uses it without his hearing aid. He is using the phone with the settings as it arrived from Amazon, though you can control volume and tone of the ringer and the hansdset.

Bought this for my mother who following ageing deafness and an ear infection gave up using the phone as she could not hear anything. This has helped, and she can now hold conversations on the phone, but has to adjust the tone and volume controls quite a bit to get it 'just right'. It helps if the person on the other end does not shout, I have found. So its been successful and I'm glad I bought it. Other good points are that the ringer is very loud and the quick dial buttons are easy to program and work well. There are some negatives: a lot of background noise which gets worse the louder you set the controls, and the buttons are a bit on the stiff side. Its also a bit pricey in my opinion. However, it does work, and once again, I'm glad I bought it.

This phone has made a great deal of difference to the quality of life of my parents. They can now not only hear the phone when it rings, but they can also hear me much more clearly and at a volume that suits them at the other end.When they couldn't work out how to set the flashing light for incoming calls, I received excellent support from the Amazon team on their behalf. They were able to follow the instructions and set it up.We are all delighted with this phone and the quality of support for the product.

From reading other reviews I can only think that these phones are affected by the installation location. (or there are one or two that have a bad component and I was unlucky enough to get one of those). I purchased mine for an elderly relative, tried it at home (unpluged the wire out of my phone and pluged it into this one). Phoned it with my mobile and thought it was fine. Took it to my relative who lives in a sheltered housing flat and did the same thing - it powered up ok but no phone line. I then took out her old phone wire and put in the new one that came with the new phone. Got the dialing tone together with a noise I can only describe as being like a deep fat frier. Rang it from my mobile and the sound from it gave my voice like someone in an echo chamber and the same background noise as of a deep fat frier. I tried all the adjustments many times which changed the volume and tone fine but not the background noise or the echo effect. I also tried it with the speaker and the handset down. I then tried it with my hand blocking the speaking end of the handset to be sure the voice from the ear peice could not recycle back through the handset. I am pretty keen that my relative can use a phone again so I thought maybe she would be able to ignore the distractions and use it anyway but as soon as I handed it to her it started screeching (I think its called amplifier feed back) so loud we all had our hands on our ears. Maybe it interacted with her hearing aid. So so disapointed (cause I was kind of excited that I might have solved what is a very difficult problem) I just packed it up for return. I suppose I could have tested it at home again so I could tell you if the location was the problem but too late now.May I just add that; if the supplier reads this; I have no idea if the phone I got was faulty or not but please please check that any returned phones are not just re-sold without being checked. Because when you are dealing with something so life changing as hearing loss the disapointment can be quite upsetting.

Le caratteristiche del prodotto corrisponde a quanto richiesto, il telefono è di facile utilizzo e molto utile per persona con problemi uditivi

Volume très puissant, largement modulable. Cet appareil était destiné à mon père malentendant, qui a du séjourner dans une maison de repos et de soins après une thrombose cérébrale. Grâce à cet appareil, il arrivait encore à communiquer avec le monde extérieur, alors que cela n'aurait pas été possible autrement (il avait besoin d'une très forte amplification).

Ein lautes Telefon, das kann man wirklich sagen, ein sehr lautes. Als ich es das erste Mal ausprobierte, dachte ich als gut hörender: Da muss man aber aufpassen, dass man keinen Hörschaden bekommt.Das Telefon ist für meine hör- und sehbehinderte Mutter und endlich nach langen ausprobieren verschiedener Telefone das Beste. Es ist sehr stabil gebaut und macht einen qualitativ sehr guten Eindruck. Der Hörer erinnert ein wenig an ein Retro-Telefon, ist aber sehr gut durchdacht so, denn ältere Menschen können ihn dadurch sehr gut und bequem halten, die Ohrmuschel liegt direkt am Ohr an, was bei den meisten modernen Hörern, die oft kantig und eher gerade und breit sind, schon ein Problem ist. So tut auch die Hand nicht so schnell weh, denn ältere Menschen, wie auch meine Mutter, telefonieren oft sehr ausgiebig und lange. Ist doch das Telefon für ältere und behinderte Menschen oftmals ihr einziger Draht zur Außenwelt.Die Tasten sind riesig und die Zahlen gut zu sehen, sind auch nicht plan angebracht sonder stehen schön weit nach oben.Die Bedienung der einzelnen zusätzlichen Elemente ist recht einfach. Schön finde ich, dass die Schieberegler ein wenig schwergängig sind, so kann man sie auch nicht versehendlich verstellen, was ich besonders wichtig finde bei der Lautstärkeregelung.Und die Lautstärke erst, wenn man voll aufdreht ist es schon extrem. Da kann man auch schon mal das Hörgerät weglassen und trotzdem gut telefonieren. Entgegen der Beschreibung hier bei Amazon kann man die Laustärke bis zu 60dB verstärken.Auch kann man die Tonhöhe einstellen. Manche hören besser hohe Töne und manche die tiefen. Hier kann man das wirklich gut einstellen.Die Freisprecheinrichtung ist auch super und schön laut. Der Hörer bleibt einfach liegen und man kann sich gut unterhalten.Es gibt ausreichend Belegungstasten, so dass man die wichtigsten Telefonnummern speichern kann und somit ein manuelles wählen überflüssig macht. Ältere Menschen werden dankbar sein, sind sie doch oft vergesslich, oder suchen ihr Telefonbüchlein.Die Ruftonlautstärke ist auch schön laut und kann man in drei Lautstärken einstellen und wird, wenn man es mag, durch einen hellen Lichtblitz noch unterstützt. Auch gibt es verschiedene Klingelarten.Die Bedienungsanleitung ist auch altersgerecht verfasst. Gut und ausführlich wird die Bedienung erklärt, keine Fremdwörter oder technischer Firlefanz. Und was ich besonders hervorheben möchte: Die Anleitung ist mit sehr großen Buchstaben geschrieben - einfach perfekt.Fazit: Ein altersgerechtes Telefon ohne überflüssigen Firlefanz, bequem zu bedienen und schön laut.

Das Teil ist einfach nur klasse. Kein übersteuerter Klang und gut verständlich. Es lässt sich so gut wie alles einstellen. Alle Tasten sind groß und gut lesbar. Die Belegung der Speichertasten war auch kein Problem. Telefonieren ohne den Hörer abzunehmen geht auch sehr gut. Oma ist sehr zufrieden und telefoniert seid dem auch wieder gern.

pour une personne agee