There are approximately 70 million deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-impaired people worldwide. All of which could not use phones to communicate until recently. This article reviews some of the available home phones and cell phones that cater for the hearing impaired.What is a Text PhoneA telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) is an electronic device for text communication via a telephone line, used when one or more of the parties has hearing or speech difficulties. The typical TDD is a device about the size of a small laptop computer with a QWERTY keyboard and small screen that uses LEDs or an LCD screen to display typed text electronically. A new development called the captioned telephone, now utilizes voice recognition. Newer text based communication methods, such as short message service (SMS), Internet relay chat (IRC), and instant messaging have also been adopted by the deaf as an alternative or adjunct to TDD.Unfortunately using a home phone or cell phone that enabled the hearing impaired to communicate was not an option until recently.There are also corded phones, or home phones, that offer text messaging, some of them may also contain other features that can be profitable by the hearing impaired or completely deaf.
Such as:Send and receive2-way recordAmplify ButtonCall indicator lightHeadsetsHearing Aid FriendlyPrivate PlaybackSending and Receiving SMS text messagesIf ever you have trouble hearing someone during a telephone conversation you can switch to SMS messaging. This will allow you to send instant messages via the phone line by typing small lines of text. There is also Textphone which allows you to have a complete discussion via your phone line through text.2-Way RecordIf ever you have missed out on some parts of your conversation some answering machines are able to record the entire conversation. You can then go back to it anytime as to make sure you did not miss out on some important details during the conversation.Amplify ButtonThis is used to increase the volume of the conversation by a considerable amount, making it a lot easier to make out what the other person is saying. There are also some phones that allow you to increase the volume of your speech so that the person you are talking to can hear you better.Call Indicator LightThe call indicator light will brightly flash when there is an incoming call. If for some reason the ringer is off or you can not hear it due to being deaf or hearing impaired, this can greatly help.
In most cases the indicator light will flash very fast making it easy to perceive.HeadsetsHaving headsets installed on a phone system will direct the sounds straight to your ear therefore making it all that much clearer. It will also cut out other noises there may be in the background enabling you to properly concentrate on what it is the other person is saying.Hearing Aid FriendlyHearing aid friendly means that the phone includes an Inductive coupler. Inductive couplers are built into to most BT phones to help people using Analogue hearing aids to hear better on the phone by reducing or cutting out background noise. It is usually a good idea to ask the person who supplies your hearing aid for advice on this. Most hearing aids with a 'T' setting will work with an inductive coupler.Private PlaybackPrivate Playback will allow you to listen to your messages via the phones handset, this may be easier then listening through the machines loudspeaker.Mobile or Cell phones for the hearing impaired.There has been a break-through that may just enable real-time-text exchange for the hearing and speech impaired on all mobile phones. As of yet not all the phones are capable of interacting in this manner although it has been said that manufacturers may attempt to make it an option on the phones they make.Nokia 9000il Communicator smart phone was one of the first to have real-time-text exchange as a function. Similar Documents.
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