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Item Details
_Buyer's Guide: Choosing A Telephone
ILC Reference NO 61:20:001
Item sourced from ILC SA database
Short Description
The correct telephone may be the most important means of keeping in touch with family and friends. It may also be the method of calling for assistance in an emergency situation.
The FIRST STEP is to consider your requirements.
Is your present phone satisfactory?
Do you find it difficult to use?
Can you hear when it rings and can you hear when people talk to you?
Do you have difficulty getting to the phone in time?
When you are tired or disturbed, do you find it difficult to remember how to dial a number for assistance?
Price Guide
Refer to supplier information for pricing details.
More Details
Dial Telephones
Dial telephones are no longer readily available, but some people feel comfortable with their familiarity.
Disadvantages
No memory facilities.
No redial.
Are not compatible with most monitored personal alarm systems.
Require good hand function.
Push Button Telephones
Features
Memory function where frequently used numbers can be called again at the press of one button.
Disadvantages
Difficult for some people to learn to use.
Some have small buttons set close together.
Numbering is sometimes hard to read.
Cordless Telephones
Features
Similar to push button phone but buttons are smaller.
Portable around the house and garden.
Can be carried on a belt or in a pocket.
Saves hurrying to get up and move to the phone to answer, thus preventing some falls.
Can be useful in case of an emergency
Handsfree Telephone
There is no need to hold the receiver.
Some calls can be answered from a distance by pressing a button on a transmitter worn by the person.
Volume Control may enable you to hear the caller.
Voice Amplifier
This makes it easier for others to hear a softly spoken person.
Head Phones
There is a range to fit most phones to save you holding the receiver.
Very Large Buttons
Large Numbers.
Large Adhesive Numbers
To attach to regular button or dial phones.
Widely Spaced Buttons
Are available on some models.
Flashing Light or Vibrating Alarm
To alert a person with hearing impairment that the phone is ringing.
Loud and Variable Tone Ringer
To alert a person the phone is ringing.
Synthesised Voice
"Speaks" the numbers as they are pressed for people with vision impairment.
Telephone Typewriter
For people who cannot communicate because of lacking of speech and/or hearing.
Additional Comment
Telstra Aged and Disability Services Equipment Concession Policy
provides a reduction in costs or free installation on a wide variety of Telstra Equipment for people with disabilities.
Standards
For some types of equipment, specific Australian Standards are applicable to the materials used in, and the manufacturing processes applied to products. Compliance with relevant Standards is indicated by written certification that a product has been tested and assessed as compliant with specified Australian Standards. Purchasers are advised to check with the supplier or manufacturer of an item as to its compliance with the relevant Australian Standard(s).
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