Ameriphone XL50 Phone with 60-dB Amplification and Large Keypad (White)
by AMERIPHONE
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Manufacturer: AMERIPHONEFormat: CD-ROM
Model: XL-50
Color: White
Product features:
- Clarity Power technology amplifies incoming sounds up to 60 decibels
- Adjustable incoming volume and tone control
- Bright visual ring indicator and extra loud ringer volume
- Large, high-contrast backlit keypad
- Hearing aid compatible
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Customer Review: Older, simpler version worked better
Summary: 2 Stars
Over many years I have purchased several Walker Clarity phones for my father-in-law who has significant hearing loss and needs amplification to understand most phone conversations. In general these phones have been very effective and make life much easier for all of us.
Recently, the better of two such phones (one which he'd been using for well over 15 years) ceased to function. He still had a second and somewhat cheaper model that worked reasonably well but I wanted to replace his better phone with an updated version. I bought the Ameriphone XL50 expecting that it would work at least as well or better. It didn't. After several days trial, I am returning the phone and will be looking for a different model.
In general, the features of this new phone would seem to promise improvement over older technology. It claims greater amplification, improved feedback control, and better tone adjustment to selectively enhance high or low frequencies as needed. In practice however, the overall tone delivered to the ear by the XL50 was significantly lower in quality than that of the older Walker Clarity still in operation.
In a side-by-side comparison to the older phone, the XL50 sound was distinctly less clear, produced greater hiss at all tone settings, provided less actual voice amplification relative to other incidental noises, and was simply a strain to listen to and understand--even for someone with unimpaired hearing. Voices sounded "hollow" and far away even when amplified to an uncomfortable level for me and the overall effect for my father-in-law was distinctly less intelligibility compared to his older phone.
I have no reason to think that the particular phone we were testing was malfunctioning but without other sets to compare I can't say that our experience was the norm. I will say that the phone seemed to be working as designed but perhaps not as promised. It appears to me that perhaps in this particular implementation of the technology the manufacturer chose to place too much emphasis on sound frequency corrections and digital processing at the expense of overall sound quality.
Description of Ameriphone XL50 Phone with 60-dB Amplification and Large Keypad (White)
Ameriphone uses the latest communications technologies to develop superior-quality products that truly meet the unique needs of its customers. The XL-50 model features a powerful amplifier that increases incoming sounds up to 60 dB for extra loud and clear conversations. An adjustable tone control lets you customize the amplifier for optimum word clarity; it makes similar sounding words crystal clear and easier to understand. The amplifier can be set to turn on automatically or manually every time you lift the handset. The XL-50 also features an audio output jack for connection to a headset, a neck loop or a cochlear implant. The phone's extra-bright ring flasher and super loud ringer (95 + dB) with adjustable tone let you know when your phone is ringing and a Missed Call Indicator lets you know that you have missed a call.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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