Dedicated home mobile phone with Bluetooth handset (hearing aid user)

OldBugger on 15/02/2017 - 11:33

I've just set my farmer friend up with connecting his hearing aids to a mobile phone. It works perfectly where he can answer and disconnect from mobile calls by tapping his hearing aid (he needs the HA dongle attachment around his neck).

He didn't use a mobile phone previously but would now like to change from using the poor quality landline connection to the mobile phone.

I'm thinking of one of those Bluetooth telephone handsets may be the go. He can have the mobile phone charging from it and will feel more comfortable using the familiar telephone handset. He can have a few handsets located around the house instead of searching for the one mobile.

How well do those Bluetooth home phones work that supposedly connect to your mobile?

Do you know at all if it is possible for a mobile to pair with two devices at the same time? So for example, his hearing aids AND the Bluetooth telephone? Or can the hearing aids pair directly with the telephone?

The situation would be when his mobile phone rings, the option is for him to answer the the call via his hearing aids or he or someone else in the house can answer the call via one of the bluetooth telephone handsets.

The telephone I was looking at: Panasonic KX-TG7893AZS Cordless Phone with Link-to-Cell.

Cheers for any advice.

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Comments

  • ESEMCE on 15/02/2017 - 12:11
    +1

    Bluetooth has bugger all range…
    The only benefit of bluetooth is handsfree.

    Since both the Panasonic and Bluetooth headset will be using the Bluetooth audio protocol I don't think that the phone will be able to manage both simultaneously (ie in order to pass a POTS call from Panasonic to mobile to headset), but the headset might be happy to be paired with both POTS and Mobile and activate the Audio protocol on the appropriate device when a call comes in.
    Who knows how it would manage if a call came in simultaneously on both POTS and mobile though.

    If they have a decent Internet connection, you could potentially look at moving them to VoIP. Then you could set up the Mobile to be a VoIP handset.

    EDIT: I'm not sure that that Panasonic does what you think…
    It reads to me that Link to Cell allows the Panasonic to accept calls that come into your Mobile (provided the mobile is in range of the Bluetooth), not the other way around.

    • OldBugger on 15/02/2017 - 20:52

      pass a POTS call from Panasonic to mobile to headset

      I think he wants to get rid of the landline altogether. So it will be calls to mobile passing to hearing aids and handset. Sound feasible?

      • ESEMCE on 15/02/2017 - 23:06

        Yeah I misread.

  • Sunny84 on 15/02/2017 - 13:16
    +1

    I have a Siemens S685IP cordless phone/voip with 5 handsets, each handset has the capability to pair to a Bluetooth headset however you would have the same challenge as a mobile phone to ensure that the handset is within 10m of range.

    • ESEMCE on 15/02/2017 - 13:27

      When phone rings, grab a handset and stick it in your pocket I guess.
      But they're pretty expensive each aren't they?

    • OldBugger on 15/02/2017 - 20:55

      I envisage that the mobile would sit charging next to the base station handset. Although he was able to walk all around the house with the hearing aid connecting to the mobile stationed in one room.

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