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Want a Simple Cell Phone for Hard of Hearing People?—Try the Jitterbug

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D.

A man wrote: “I found your website (http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/) with a keyword search via Google, and I’m grateful for the helpful information on it. I wear two Phonak hearing aids with telecoils. I haven’t used them so far, but I’m now shopping for a cell phone, and I believe my t-coils will be very helpful to me.

I’m looking online for a cell phone with M3-M4 and T3-T4 capability, and I’ve found several that seem suitable. I don’t want (and don’t need) the gizmos on most phones nowadays—camera, video, e-mail, messaging, exotic ring tones, etc. Can you recommend a “plain Jane” phone with M3-M4 and T3-T4 built-in?”

If you want a really plain and simple cell phone and system, have a look at the Jitterbug phones. They are simple and easy to use. They are also engineered for hard of hearing people. If you want to check them out, snoop around the Jitterbug web site to see if these phones may meet your needs.

According to the Jitterbug website:

Jitterbug phones feature a padded earpiece that’s not only more comfortable (especially for customers who wear a hearing aid), but keeps unwanted noise out. Plus, the volume adjusts from low to super-high, and has a speakerphone option that appears when you move through the volume choices. The volume can also be adjusted while you are on the call. The newest Jitterbug phones have the latest hearing aid compatibility technology called “T-coil” to ensure the best sound quality for those with hearing aids.

Note that Jitterbug phones have the highest hearing aid compatibility rating (M4/T4) although it doesn’t specifically say this on their website.

The one feature Jitterbug phones don’t currently have that you may find you want is a 2.5 mm headset jack. Without this jack, you can’t use these phones with t-links and neckloops. However, if you find you can hear well with just your hearing aids and/or t-coils just by holding the phone up to your ear, they should work just fine for you.

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Loop Systems

Loop your home or meeting room. Discover how you can hear wonderfully clear sound again when listening to the TV/radio, etc, or when listening to a speaker at a meeting.

Loop systems are one of the best-kept secrets in town. To learn more about Loop Systems and what they can do for you, click here.

Take Control of Your Tinnitus—Here’s How

If your ears ring, buzz, chirp, hiss, click or roar, you know just how annoying tinnitus can be. You do not have to put up with this racket for the rest of your life. This book teaches you many things you can do to help bring your tinnitus under your control so it no longer bothers you.

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Sounds Now Too Loud for You?

Hypersensitive to Sound front coverIf some (or all) normal sounds seem so loud they “blow the top of your head off”, or make you wince or jump, or cause you headaches or ear pain, or affect your balance, or result in fear or annoyance of sounds so you feel you have to avoid these sounds, this book is for you!

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Hearing Phantom Sounds?

When hard of hearing people begin hearing phantom voices or music, they immediately worry they are going crazy. It never crosses their minds that they are sane and are just experiencing Musical Ear syndrome.

To learn more about the strange phantom sounds of Musical Ear syndrome and what you can do about them, click here to read a comprehensive article about Musical Ear Syndrome.

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Neil G. Bauman, Ph.D.

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"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life [which also includes perfect hearing] through Jesus Christ our Lord." [Romans 6:23]

"But know this, in the last days perilous times will come" [2 Timothy 3:1]. "For there will be famines, pestilences, and [severe] earthquakes in various places" [Matthew 24:7], "distress of nations, the sea and the waves roaring"—tsunamis, hurricanes—Luke 21:25, but this is good news if you have put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, for "when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads [and rejoice] because your redemption draws near" [Luke 21:28].