( 15 reviews )
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Posted: Jul 22 2009
I got this phone for my Grandfather who has pretty severe hearing loss. The amplifier is a joke. His phone from 1972 was louder than this! He could barely hear someone talking, even when they were talking loudly. I have NO hearing loss and thought the sound level was about sufficient when it was on the loudest setting and the booster was on. Additionally, the clarity was quite poor. My Grandfather complained that the voices were a bit fuzzy. Again, not as good as his phone from the 70s. I suggest that you don't waste your time, unless the hearing loss is pretty mild.
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Posted: Jul 11 2009
My Mother is hearing impaired and has had a lot of difficulty with phones, espcially cordless ones. This unit, with the built-in answering machine, is a major breakthrough for her. The sound is clear and loud and the features are relatively easy to use. The only negative is that the buttons on the answering machine should be bigger to make it easier for the elderly and vision impaired. Overall this is a great phone.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jul 7 2009
[...]. The power supply needed to be replaced once, a few months after I bought it. Then came the really chronic problems. On many occasions, the phone just plain would not ring. Other times, the ring was intermittent, as though the "ring signal" was being interrupted. The biggest problem is the handset becoming non-functional. The phone rings, you pick it up, hit the TALK button, and nobody's there. When this failure mode is going on, it's also impossible to get a dial tone. The solution? Pull out the battery for one minute, then set the handset back on the cradle. Then it beeps to indicate it's working correctly. Sometimes, doing even that won't work, and it's necessary to both remove the battery and unplug the power for a moment. This is a real pain in the butt. Why Clarity/Plantronics' engineers haven't fixed this is beyond me. Again, this is the third identical phone from them; they have replaced it twice. This handset problem is now occurring a few times daily, and this is unacceptable. I'm currently searching for a replacement. Update 7/8/09: I neglected to mention that the Caller ID feature quit working on my current C-4230. LOL Due to its chronic problems, I can't recommend the Clarity C4230...but I wish I could.
