PanasonicCordless Phone Handset Accessory Compatible with KX-TGM420W Series Cordless Phone Systems - KX-TGMA44W (White)

The loudness of the ringer is great. Large numbers on the unit is great for my 96 year old mother.

Very nice phone. A little pricey but definitely worth it if you need more volume.

3 week update - she figured it out in less than 2 days and absolutely loves it. She can now carry on those important calls with her health care professionals and her family. Thank you for a great product that is elderly friendly!I purchased this for a 95 year old client of mine after her hearing tool a turn for the worse. It's a bit of a learning curve for her since she's had the same phone for almost 20 years. I promised her that if she gives it a week, she will get accustomed to it. She is VERY happy with the sound and volume. She can now hear her doctors, her children, grand and great grand children on the phone again!I left 4 stars because I personally feel a few things could be different to make it more user friendly. When the answering machine picks up, the user cannot hear their recording playing out loud but can hear the person leaving a message. This confuses the new user who is used to knowing that someone is going to leave a message as they hear their recording play. The buttons are a bit hard to press for older and more fragile hands. The clarity is manageable with the tone buttons, but sometimes the reception of the person on the other end sounds like they are in a hole. Call blocking seems easy enough. If getting this for an elderly person, be sure to sit with them and make a hand written instruction page for them to see clearly. There are several functions that may confuse them. Show them the basics and focus on those basics. Value for the money is good compared to similar products.

Short background to our situation.My husband was born with irreparable 90% hearing loss in his right ear. For his entire life, he has done well having hearing only in his left ear.Several months ago however, he suffered complete sudden hearing loss in that left ear. He received treatment right away, but has so far not recovered any of his hearing. This essentially left him completely deaf.He has since gotten Cros hearing aids that provide comfortable hearing for most daily face-to-face situations, and these phones make a world of difference allowing comfortable tele-communication the rest of the time.There are several volume settings which are all very intuitively easy to set (even without reading the manual).There were a handful of days that he was without his hearing aids. This meant all he had was about 10% of hearing in one ear. People could communicate with him if they had their mouth within inches of that ear.We turned up both the ring and speech volume on these phones, and he could actually have a conversation. It wasn't the most comfortable, as he had to hold the handset very tight and close to his ear, but it did still allow him to communicate with his essential clients.Once he got his hearing aids, all he did was lower the volumes. Very adaptable to use in many situations.What is most handy are the volume control buttons on the side of each handset.He works mainly from our home office and he and his partner work here several times a week. His partner and I both have no degradation in our hearing, but we can comfortably use these phones by just lowering the volume using those volume buttons.The sound quality is clear and no different from our other cordless phones.Both the base unit and the handsets, flash when there is an incoming call, which allows you to lower or mute the ring when necessary.The ring volume on each handset is independently controlled, so you can set one handset to ring more loudly than the others. Ring volume gets turned up when out in the garden and the handset is sitting a ways away. We also have the bedroom handset volume turned down since we can easily hear the other handsets ring.We purchased this base unit and 4 other extra handsets. The handsets register and pair very easily and the range is quite remarkable. We have a 2000sq/ft home on 3 levels. The base unit is on the top floor and a handset in the garage poses no connection issues at all.A bit pricey for the entire 5 handset system we needed, but a godsend you cannot put a price on, as it allows "business as usual" for my husband and our household.

My husband works for the Railroad & yrs ago, he had to fix a Horn that was stuck and lost some of his hearing... other home phones just weren't loud enough, where I had to talk for him ... I bought these specifically for the BOOST feature (for extra loudness)... this works well , now he has no trouble hearing any conversation .A few other things I love about these phones... the SLOW feature, when playing back a message -when someone is saying a return phone # too fast...you can SLOW it down and catch the #, without repeating the message again & again..I also LOVE that it holds 100 names/ numbers in it's Phone book (last phone only held 50)... that it has a WHITE backlit display uses larger lettering, very helpful to read from a distance - has blinking red lights too...also goes a very nice distance from the house ... about 400 ft away, it's still working clearly from the house...Another feature I love is : you can set the phone to SPEAK the # each time it is pressed, so you "hear" it -- I have never seen this feature before on a phone.We use MAGIC JACK with this phone.. no problems at all.. works GREAT.. There is a blocking feature , I have no used this yet... it has a number of "Groups" you can list your names/ numbers under to help find them quicker... and you can designate a different RING to each group...which is also very nice!The handset itself is heavier & larger than what I was used to, but with all these wonderful features (& more I haven't explored yet)... I was compelled to write this review ... these phones are expensive.. but they are HIGH QUALITY & can really help those who want a larger clear display and need a boost in Hearing.