Home Set Up for Hearing or Vision Impaired

Can you see it now?

The visually impaired function successfully when their surroundings are familiar and placement of furniture remains unchanged. Coping in this age where phones fit in pockets and computers fit in purses makes living with impaired vision difficult. Low vision aids can simplify the basic operating skills that those with full sight take for granted.

• Sonic Boom Bedside Alarm Clock has easy-to-read display, multiple alarms, and a 12-volt bed shaker.
• Jumbo Atomic Wall Clock has large LCD, calendar, and alarm - perfect for any room in the house.
• Hands-Free Around-the-Neck Magnifier can be used for reading or needlecrafts.
• Telephones with light-up features, announces numbers dialed and names accessed through the memory function.

Can you hear it now?

The level of hearing impairment is generally determined by how much the speech volume must be turned up in order for an individual to hear. Profound deafness occurs when the loudest measurements of sound cannot be heard. A number of hearing impaired products keep their silent world safe and connected.

• Sonic Boom Alarm Clocks with large numbers and bed shaker works for all levels of deafness.
• Amplified Big-Button Phones are hearing aid-compatible; phone and handset light up for incoming calls and handset vibrates when a call is coming in.
• The Emergency Connect Telephone: armband is used in an emergency to signal the phone to dial pre-determined numbers and leave a pre-recorded call for help.
• The Wireless Alert, Alarm, and Notification Systems attach to a lamp that will flash when the phone or doorbell ring.
• Voice Carry-Over Telephone for severe hearing loss places calls to the local TTY relay service and allows the hearing-impaired to speak and read the incoming response.