Ameriphone XL40 Phone with 43-dB Amplification and Large Keypad (White)

List Price: $109.99 Discount Price: $77.39

Features:

• Clarity Power technology amplifies incoming sounds up to 43 decibels
• Adjustable incoming volume and tone control
• Bright visual ring indicator and extra loud ringer volume
• Large, high-contrast backlit keypad
• Hearing aid compatible

Accessories:

Home Phone Tunes HPT001 Ringboxx

Customer Reviews:

Telephone for the hard-of-hearing [Posted on 2008-03-01]
I purchased this phone for my mother, who has severe hearing loss along with other health problems. She had one like this for several years, and it just "wore out". So this is a replacement. Actually, she has two of these...one in the main living area and one in her bedroom. We tried "loaners" from various health facilities in our community and through our local Senior Citizens' services. They were not satisfactory. She is able to hear clearly on this phone, with proper volume adjustment, and the larger keypad and the ability to pre-program a number of phone numbers for emergency is a great plus. Her only wish is to stay in her own home, and this phone is a tremendous help. Her only sources of communication are through her e-mail, reading the daily newspapers and one-on-one phone conversations for immediate contact with family and friends. Thanks for helping her stay connected to the world.

great ! [Posted on 2008-03-20]
the ameriphone XL40 works great. my husband has not been able to talk on the phone for years and he wore a hearing aid. he can hear good on this phone and if you're like me and like to be outside a lot, you can turn the ringer up and it shakes the house.

repeat buyer [Posted on 2008-03-26]
This is the 2nd Ameriphone I have purchased, 3 if you count the first 2 I purchased over 6 yrs
ago. My dad has hearing loss and since we live so far apart it really helps us stay intouch.
It is a quality product that is easy for seniors to operate.

Ringer is too damn loud! [Posted on 2008-06-28]
I bought a different model Clarity phone. The ringer was adjustable - from extremely loud to fire alarm loud. I was afraid that my mother would get a heart attack from the startle reflex of the ringer going off. She is frail, and I imagined what it would be like if she fumbled the phone while reaching for it! It would drive anyone crazy. I had to return the phone, and fortunately Amazon's return policy is a generous one. I called the Clarity/Ameriphone company to complain about this defect in their phone and asked them if there was any phone they made which permitted the ringer to be turned down to something reasonable. They told me 'no'. All of their phones ring loudly enough to unsettle a person unless they are very hard of hearing. It's amazing to me that they manufacture a phone like this. The phone even has an adjustable ringer control, but it does not permit the phone's ringer to be set at a reasonable volume. The phone does have better clarity and enhanced loudness as compared with the lousy sound of most phones today. But the ringer renders this phone unusable, except for the severely hearing impaired. I'm more than disappointed; I'm angered by the stupidity of the engineering of this phone!

No need to talk loudly any more [Posted on 2008-07-16]
If you are talking very loudly during phone conversations, to enable your loved one to hear you, shout no more... please, consider buying this phone, and you'll all be happy. I purchased this phone for my 86 year old Dad, who already had a cheap phone that had only volume control. Expect to assist an elder loved one with the setup of the phone, and help them learn the controls. I do not live in the same state, but I arranged for my brother to help him. Setup was very simple, and the learning process for my Dad took 15-20 minutes, as he experimented listening to recorded messages. My Dad called me shortly after, exclaiming how well the phone worked, and how well using both the amplifier and tone control hugely increased his ability to hear AND understand conversations on the phone. He was also so pleased that he could use his (inexpensive) hearing aid while using this phone. I must tell you that over the last several years I observed my Dad increasingly emotionally separated from his children, as phone conversations have been so difficult, especially with his daughters, who's pitch are higher than men's. All of his children have noticed the difference, and are enjoying being able to talk to Dad again on the phone. I am so appreciative that I can talk to my Dad more frequently now.

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