Customer Reviews

Ameriphone HA40 In-Line Telephone Handset Amplifier

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(15)

 

 

I recently purchased this little unit and it works very well. You are able to control both the volume and the tone so that you can remove any "hiss" from the higher frequencies. It is very loud when cranked up. It has a boost function which is even louder - but I haven't even needed to try it. The battery is voice activated to save energy. Runs on an ordinary 9v battery. The only thing I would have liked better is if it was the color black instead of white.

Bought this for my boss who uses 2 hearing aids. He absolutely loves it and it does not interfere with his hearing aids. The volume control is excellent and you don't need to use it on the highest setting it is so powerful. You can also adjust it to accomodate the pitch of different voices. Would highly recommend this product for those who cannot hear well.

There are a lot of 5-star reviews for this product, but it didn't work for me. My wife is very hard of hearing. We have one Clarity phone with bass boost, and she loves it. So, I thought I'd try this amplifier instead of buying another amplified phone system. This way we could use it at home and easily take it with us if we traveled anywhere. There was incredibly loud feedback when the phone was first answered. That could have been due to our DSL line, but with/without phone filter, it didn't work. Also, in order to use the "boost" function, the button has to be pushed and held down while listening and then released when talking. It eliminates background noise by shutting down the telephone microphone, so the hard of hearing person has to keep their thumb on the boost button--press, release, press, release--throughout the telephone conversation. Kudos to Amazon for their return policy.

Warning - This amplifier cannot be used to supplement a hearing aid. Feedback is intolerable. And the product cannot be returned!

Until I purchase a new phone with the key pad located in the base rather than in the handset, I will not be able to test this item.
Unfortunately this is not noted in the description of the item. One has to carefully read the package instructions to determine why the amplifier does not work on a phone with the key pad in the handset.

I wear hearing aids behind my ears, so holding the phone up to my ear gives me no amplification. This has been frustrating for some time now. When I saw this product I was a bit nervous about ordering it because of some the bad feedback. But it hooked up in less than a minute and worked perfectly at once. It is easily adjustable and gives no feedback or unwanted noise. The boost button has not been needed yet. After half a day I can already recommend this for anyone with hearing problems. Yes, it won't work if the buttons are in the receiver and that should be explained in the description. If there is a downside, and it's a small one, it's that the cord could be longer but they're cheap to by anywhere. This gets a 10 out of 10 rating

Bought this to help me answer phones at work as I am hard of hearing. Worked better than the round amplifier that covers the hearing part of the phone but this device quickly showed it's limitations. To save battery it shuts off when there's silence. I have to listen to clients tell me about a problem and the device shuts off because I am not talking. Then I can't hear the customer talking either! Have to tap and fuss with it to turn it back on- often the customer is still talking during all this time I am trying to get it to turn back on. Turned out to be dangerous with customer relations as I often missed several differnet parts of the conversation.

My 88 year old dad suffers from hearing loss. In the last couple of years I havent really been able to talk to him on the phone as he just couldnt hear me well enough to cary on a conversation. After purchasing this device and installing it (very simple!) he can hear me and we can converse normally. Product works just as advertized and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to have a conversation with an elder parent or loved one.....

I Bought this Telephone Amplifier as an aid to hearing conversation better.The sound level on my end was fine but not clear .The tone control was about useless. People on the other end of the phone could barely hear me. It was certainly a disappointing unit.I Had to return it.Thanks Amazon for your excellent return service.

Couldn't live without this device. Hearing on the telephone was diffcult, asking people to repeat themselves over and over again was worse. The device could be a little clearer if you have to increase the volumn; but, other than that, I'm glad I purchased it.