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Best suitable aids for a 96 yr old

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@MDB said:

Re: Phone calls. I’d guess best solutions for phone are either landline with adjustable volume (usually also have large numbers for visual impairment too

Thanks @MDB, he has 2 of these phones already, one at each phone point. One is newer than the other, and that’s the most used one. Thank you for the link.

Another suggestion for a phone which I have is a Caption Call phone. It captions a receiving call on a fairly large screen. You can get the application on line and have your audiologist sign it. It’s a free phone no charge to you and they will come out and install and show you how to work it. I think now you can get one without internet connection.

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@cjpines said:

Another suggestion for a phone which I have is a Caption Call phone.

He is not in the US and US does not allow telecom relay services (TRS) outside the US market because it is funded with US tax dollars.

Full disclosure: I am deeply involved in the TRS industry.

OK. We convince our elderly neighbor to get a mobile phone and take it with him when out of the house. Obviously my suggestion does not apply here.

Praying for your situation.

Your neighbor sounds like me. My son got me a flip-phone as part of his family plan when his first child was a baby (he is now in collage). Pre COVID lockdown, I used it for baby-sitting and transportation tasks. Last Fall his provider changed systems but forgot to tell me. I found out about 6 weeks later when my wife attempted to call me from the airport. I got a replacement phone on Dec 3rd, it will make its first real call Wednesday. When my wife again phones from the airport. But I take it with me whenever I’m away from the house.

That’s a thought, before my wife gets on the plane.
It did work last week.

In reply to @SpudGunner

Im now in my mid eighties and aids management gets tougher. I also added a pull tab to my hearing aid mold that was difficult to remove as it sat down a bit in the canal. I drilled a hole near the edge of the mold and used a bit of plastic coated tie wire such as comes with electrical wire to tie up the cord. I’m very pleased as to how it works - much easier now. I also bought a lighted magnifying lens that sits on a little stand through Amazon. Very helpful - in my case to remove a tiny pin in my so that the mic cover can be changed, Weak ears and getting weaker eyes. Using a pair of tweezers helps to get the battery out of my Phonak hearing aid. Getting the battery out is a bit tricky - putting it in is easy.
My wife’s grandfather was deaf years ago and then lost his wife - so lived alone. His sons got him a dog that was trained to bark at him when the doorbell rang or the phone rang. Grandpa was trained to phone one of his sons every evening - even though he couldn’t hear them - to just say everything was ok with him and then hang up. It was a missed phone call in the end that alerted them to drive to his house and find that he had passed.

@rsinclair123 : Wow! You guys are tough ol’ birds! I send kindest regards. I will try to help as my knowledge and my wits permit.

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