Customer Reviews

StarPlus45 Amplified Phone WHI

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I have a moderate to severe bilateral hearing loss and wear hearing aids. I cannot hear well on standard phones even ones with a volume control. On the advice of my audiologist, I looked for a phone that could provide a 40+ db increase in volume. The Krown StarPlus 45 was one of the least expensive, but feature rich models that I looked at. Competitors that I looked at with similar features were usually twice as expensive.

The phone works well with my hearing aids, which have a T-coil. I rarely even have to use the amplifier feature. The built in caller-ID is nice and the display is easy to read.

I recommend this phone if you are looking for a corded model with amplification.

i thought getting a more expensive amplified phone would be the way to go--wrong. After about 6 months the keys began to stick and my dialing would get screwed up. Then the static background noise began to increase with any volume adjustment. Pressing the amplify button would actually wipe out any conversation with the increased noise. The tone control was useless from the beginning. I eventually found myself grabbing the standard telephone instead of the StarPlus45. Finally trashed it. My "cheapie" amplified phone from Walmart is doing much better.