Phones for the Hearing Impaired

At Hear for Less, we understand that having a hearing impairment can make day-to-day life difficult if no adjustments are made. It can often feel like you’re at a disadvantage, turning simple tasks like talking on the phone into a struggle.

If you have problems with your hearing and need a home telephone that lets you take calls just as easily as anyone else, then one of the many amplified home phones available from Hear for Less could be exactly what you’re looking for.

Whether you have a hearing impairment or you’re a senior in... Read More

Phones for the Hearing Impaired

At Hear for Less, we understand that having a hearing impairment can make day-to-day life difficult if no adjustments are made. It can often feel like you’re at a disadvantage, turning simple tasks like talking on the phone into a struggle.

If you have problems with your hearing and need a home telephone that lets you take calls just as easily as anyone else, then one of the many amplified home phones available from Hear for Less could be exactly what you’re looking for.

Whether you have a hearing impairment or you’re a senior in need of adjustments to improve your day to day life, we’ve got you covered. Our models have a range of different modifications to make them much more convenient to use.

This includes a speaker option to make incoming audio louder in case you have difficulty hearing the phone, so you’ll no longer miss important calls.

Some of our telephones for the hearing impaired are also compatible with a variety of different hearing aids, so you can use one of these devices without worrying about uncomfortable whistling feedback in your ears.

Some phones are M4/T4 hearing aid compatible, so they can connect to your Telecoil-enabled hearing aids and allow you to hear the conversation through them.

Why choose amplified home phones from Hear for Less?

These adapted phones for hard of hearing are perfect for anyone who needs louder audio when calling friends and loved ones, or phoning businesses for customer support.

Thanks to our dedicated range of hearing impaired phones, you can use the telephone freely without being restricted by a hearing difficulty.

Hearing impairments can feel quite isolating sometimes, but amplified home phones can improve your quality of life by restoring your independence, allowing you to maintain social connections, and in turn boosting your mental health.

Browse through our full selection of amplified home phones below to find the one that suits your needs best. If you have any questions about our hearing impaired phones, simply fill out the online enquiry form at the bottom of the page to contact us.

You can also quickly get in touch with the Hear for Less team by calling on 1800 432 736 or sending an email to sales@hearforless.com.au for a swift and informative response. 

Frequently Asked Questions about hearing impaired phones

Read our FAQs below to find out more about our range of amplified phones. If your question isn’t answered here, please contact us so we can resolve your enquiry as quickly as possible. 

What is the best amplified phone?

The best amplified phone could be different according to each person’s circumstances, but no matter which option you choose, it should have these features as a minimum:

• Loud ringer and voice volume
• Clear display with big buttons
• Visual ring indicator (e.g. flashing light)
• Answerphone for taking messages

Every hearing impaired phone in our collection has these functions and more, to make using your brand new device as simple as possible for every single customer.

The best amplified phones will not only be compatible with hearing aids, but with a range of other accessibility boosting tools, too.

At Hear for Less, we’re proud to stock hearing impaired phones from leading brands including Oricom, Uniden, and VTech. Some of our most affordable hearing impaired phones are produced by VTech, such as the 15450 and 17450 DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) models.

These cordless phones have an extra-loud base ringer and bright ring indicator light, and they’re compatible with a selection of accessories that provide further aid for people with hearing difficulties.

Additional items like ringer light extensions and personal SOS buttons can increase your peace of mind, making sure you won’t miss a call while out of sight of the phone and allowing you to call for help in an emergency even if the phone is out of reach. 

What is the best telephone for the hard of hearing?

The best telephone for a hard of hearing person is an amplified telephone with hearing aid compatibility.

For example, our popular Uniden SSE45 amplified phones have a ‘natural tone’ setting adjustment for hearing aid users, plus a T-Coil mode for those with a T-Coil hearing aid.

These modes reduce interference so you can make and receive phone calls with complete clarity, and no unpleasant buzzing or background noise.

If you are hard of hearing but don’t use a hearing aid, you can still make use of the phone’s extra features like text-to-speech and slow talk or playback modes to make sure you never miss important information.

These cordless phones have a flashing light for incoming calls on both the base and the handset, so you can see when someone’s calling even if you’ve forgotten to return the handset to the base after a previous call.

The SSE45 Dual Phone set is also available, with an additional phone in its own dock that can sync to the main dock, allowing you to make and receive calls in another room without having to go to the primary phone.

Options like these make daily life much easier for people of all ages with hearing impairments. 

What is the loudest landline phone?

One of the loudest hearing impaired phone models available is our bestselling Oricom Care80 amplified phone, with an extra-loud ringer up to 90 decibels and earpiece volume up to 24 decibels.

It’s compatible with most hearing aids, including T-Coil aids on the T setting, and has a straightforward ‘boost’ button which allows you to turn up the sound quickly.

This model is especially popular because of its extended picture dialling function.

Where most hearing impaired phones offer up to 3-4 picture dialling slots, the Oricom Care80 has 6 slots for you to place a photo over the button and connect it to that person’s number.

Once you’ve set this up, you can contact any of the 6 people you’ve selected right away without having to remember and dial their full phone numbers.

This is especially helpful for those with other impairments such as vision, dexterity, or memory issues, as the large buttons and one-touch picture dialling options make it easy to see and hear who you’re calling.

Added features like these make this wall-mounted corded phone the best all-rounder out of our amplified landline phones, as well as being the loudest.