CLARITYP300 Landline Phone with Sound Amplification, Hearing Impaired Phones, Adjustable Ringer Pitch and Volume Control, Corded Phone Design

Bought this for my 83-year old mother-in-law in assisted living with advancing dementia. Her old flip cell phone didn't survive the washing machine so we first tried an iPhone which remained portable and yet trackable as she is losing things constantly now. That didn't work - the touch phone was just too confusing even though we added an app for easy picture dialing.So we punted and made the jump to a good old land line phone. We made our own graphic that used 3 pictures on the top buttons (my wife, me and MIL's friend), the other 6 buttons we just typed names - we didn't want to overwhelm her with too many pics.Lo and behold it's worked perfectly. She sometimes forgets where she is and thinks she's traveling but she knows our pictures and has no problem calling us. We only live 17 minutes away and visit weekly but this phone gives her peace of mind and a connection to the old way of doing things.A few weeks ago, she dialed me which she doesn't do to often. I asked if she meant to dial my wife and she said "No, I just wanted to see how you were doing. Okay, I'll let you go, bye!" Ha!The amplify button works but not used too often. The light is great for visual notifications.If I could change one thing, I'd move the tone/pulse (seriously, is this still an option??) to the back. Every week we visit, we clean up around quickly for her, do any misc dishes and I check her phone by dialing it out quickly. The other day, it was pulsing so she must have bumped it moving it closer to her kitchen seat.

Bought this for elderly parents (90's) who refuse to get hearing aids. The higher volume is definitely an improvement over "typical" desk/wall phones. AND, the sound quality is still good and clear, unlike some other amplified phones we have tried, which sound distorted and fuzzy when setting the receiver to the loudest setting.The large buttons are a plus, since my parents also have reduced eyesight, like many seniors do. The speed-dial button area does not have to be filled with photos, as shown in the example. The card insert can be turned over, and you can write a name & number in each position. My mom preferred this instead of pictures. The space is fairly limited, but if you are careful, you can print some larger letters in each space -- maybe with a Sharpie. You could even use markers to color-code each one, or stickers, if you are creative. Programming is simple once you get the sequence of buttons right. It's not hard, but you sort of need to get into a rhythm when doing several in a row.You'll need a 9v battery for the light that blinks when the phone rings, but the phone works fine without it.

Got this for my mother-in-law who has dementia. She couldn't use a cell phone anymore & we thought the familiarity would be helpful. She has problems with it, but it's not because this isn't a great product. The volume can be quite loud both on the ringer & handset. It also flashes. It doesn't have an answering machine, which makes it easier. There is also no calller ID. The one design flaw, in my opinion, is that there is a toggle on the top of the phone that turns the ringer off completely. I wish that was harder to get to. My mother-in-law turns it off, basically just because it's there. However, it still flashes even with the ringer off. Programming the speed dial numbers is easy & buttons are big enough to label in big letters. We didn't use pictures. We really couldn't find a better design for our 89 yr old mother-in-law.

great phone for a reasonable price

The short version:1) Phone is limited to 16 digits for the memory buttons. This is prevents most long distance codes from being used. These are exactly the long numbers we bought the phone to help with.2) The large keypad buttons and the amplifier work well but the amplifier must be pressed on with every call. A safety feature I suppose but more reaching and pressing for the user.3) The memory buttons under the pictures require too much force in specific locations. They are not easy for some to use. If you are standing over the phone they may be ok but reaching to the phone from a chair doesn't work well. Hard to press; Hard to know if its pressed only once. Very Poor design for the intended audience.-----------------------------------------------I recently purchased a P300 phone for my 100 year old father in law. He uses a long distance service that requires 7 digits be entered prior to a long distance number. This service is fairly common among the elderly in my brief survey.With 7 service digits, a pause, and 10 digit phone number, 18 digits are needed per memory location for one button dialing of a long distance number. The P300 apparently only supports 16. Neither their web site, spec sheet, or user manual describes this limitation. In a call to customer service I learned of the limit and I was told that the XL50 or XL40 would not have that limitation. While Customer Service was pleasant their information on the XL40 and XL50 also appears to be wrong.The XL50 again doesn't specify a limitation that I can find on the web site, spec sheet, or user manual.The XL40 doesn't indicate any limits in the spec sheet but the user manual states only 15 digits can be programmed.Amerphone/Clarity should update their literature (or better yet update their product!) to indicate this limitation so that users will not purchase inappropriate products nor spend hours trying to make them do things they are unable. For a product targeted to the elderly this is a an unreasonable limitation that severely restricts the intended use for a large number of potential users.

This phone lives up to its claim to be easy to use for a senior with poor vision and hearing and some cognitive disability.I programmed the speed dial buttons and labelled them with the largest capital letters I could fit on the tiles. It works great for my aging mother who was unable to use a conventional phone with small buttons and small memory keys. The sound is also way better than what she had been using.It was very reasonably priced and well worth it .AH Guelph Ont

I bought it for my 88 year old mother as she needs to see bigger numbers and also one button push for her closest 9 friends is a big help with her rheumatism in her fingers. Only thing missing for me is one button touch to use a speaker phone and would have been great if the chord from the phone was longer for older people. Other than that, great phone.

Perfect for Seniors who struggle to use a small phone. Easy to preset for those with memory loss as well.

This product did not do anything it said it would sound was awful could ringer was not loud enough, I purchased this for a 98 year old female, Then when I returned it 2 months ago for refund I received a reply but have never received my money back very disappointed to say the least

I like the phone, as did my mother-in-law for the whole 5 minutes she got to look at it. I programmed the nine numbers at my house, which is a 5 hour drive from her house, thinking the numbers would stay in memory. Well, as confirmed by the company today, the numbers only stay in memory for maybe up to 30 minutes. Would have been nice to know! I could have saved some time and energy (and embarrassment - someone else delivered the phone for me and I assured them it was ready to go, just had to be plugged in).The main issue was that the phone worked fine at my house, but when it was plugged in at my mother-in-law's there was so much loud static that neither party on the call could hear the other. A call to the company and I'm told a DSL Filter is required. I just ordered one on Amazon where some reviews say it does the trick and the static is gone, while others say it didn't do anything to get rid of the static. I won't know until it arrives June 1st, I arrange for for delivery of the phone, and they get it all programmed yet again.I hope it works this time! It was supposed to be her Mother's Day gift and she was disappointed that it had to taken away; her memory issues make it difficult for her to dial phone numbers accurately.So, it seems like the answer to her difficulties, but I feel these issues should have been covered in the Amazon description. I could have easily ordered a DSL Filter at the same time. And surely its a minor thing to mention the 30 minute max for storage of numbers when the unit is unplugged!