Product Review: Amplicom PowerTel 500 Cordless Phone Combines Land-Line Clarity With Wireless Convenience
Amplicom PowerTel 500 Cordless Handset Combines Amplification For Hard-Of-Hearing Users With Advanced Business-Phone Features
I have been using the Amplicom PowerTel 500 cordless telephone for a month, and it’s the first cordless handset I’ve tried that works well enough with my hearing aids to combine the superior clarity of a land-line phone with the portable convenience of my wireless cellular phone. It also combines amplification and sound-shaping features for hearing-impaired users with all the top-end features anyone needs on an office or home-business phone, such as caller ID, multiple handsets that communicate internally, conference calling, and an extensive contact database with one-button dialing.
The new phone meets the Telecommunications Industry Association’s TIA-1083 hearing-aid compatibility standard and is among the few amplified phones to offer DECT 6.0 technology, the low-interference frequency that is standard in Europe but only recently being widely adopted in North America. The PowerTel 500 is a cordless handset with hands-free speakerphone, caller ID, and a large two-line illuminated display. It provides amplified volume of up to 50 dB and features a sound-shaping equalizer with five frequency settings. Read more
Clarity Cordless Phone Provides Maximum Amplification with Mobility
Clarity Cordless Amplified Phone
Amplification of a bad signal is worse than no amplification at all, and until recently many amplified phones made comprehension more difficult, not easier, for people with hearing loss. Recent advances in digital sound shaping technology borrowed from the digital signal processing in hearing aids have improved the situation markedly in wireline phones. But jamming all that processing power and software into a cordless handset has been a challenge. Clarity Products decided to tackle the problem head on, and people with hearing loss can be glad the company did. The Clarity Professional C4230 5.8GHz Cordless Amplified Phone not only provides up to 50 decibels of amplification, but also provides a very clear signal through its wireless handset. Read more
