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I know someone who called their elderly father at his breakfast time as this is when he was in the same room as his landline phone. Otherwise, never heard it.
Another sends a simple cheery txt via a messenger service about the same time each morning. The beauty of those WhatsApp/Messenger type things is you can see the little tick or whatever so you know she has seen it. Least she is alive that day 😉 although it won't let you know when she will be home!
She may prefer txt to calls?
Send you a 😇👍 in return. Or a cheeky little emoji of her planned day? ⛷️🏄♀️💃 😁
My BIL loves his bluetooth aids but they are expensive. For my husband to get an add-on for his aid, it was going to cost another $400. Since he is almost deaf, he does not use a cellphone. So before you put money out on bluetooth, find out why Mom won't wear her aids.
Has she been back since her first fitting.? Digital need to be tweaked. Adjustments are all done by computer. There is a baseline and the volume up and down are set according to that baseline. Maybe that needs adjusting.
The mold, they can not fit right and will make the inside of the ear sore. They can be shaved down to fit better. Molds also shrink with age and then don't fit right. Thats where whistling comes in. Tubing on the over the ear models can be too short or too long and rub the ear. Tubing also gets brittle with age and crack.
Further loss of hearing means new adjustments.
A very small ball of wax can clog tubing and make it hard to hear.
Hearing aids need constant maintenance. At least checked out yearly to get the most from them.
Yes, hearing aids can interfere with cordless phones or any landline phone but the ones we have are for the hearing impaired and as such are hearing aid compatable. As are cellphones. In the settings there's a switch to turn on the hearing aid feature.
Another thing the audiologist recommended, use the speaker option on the phone. Seems people with hearing aids hear better using the "speaker".
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210065
Allowing the elder to call ALL the shots ALL the time means that you'll wind up taking long drives and arriving at an empty home quite often.
A phone that flashes, I've found, doesn't work b/c my mother never saw the flashing lights and/or didn't realize why her phone was flashing. Your mother already has a loud ringer on her phone but finds it 'too annoying' to keep on the loudest tone, so there's that issue.
You have to call the shots now. Answer your phone or we don't come see you mother. If she wants company, she may change her mind and become reasonable all of a sudden.
Good luck.
I have 2 hearing aids. I hated to talk on my cellphone, & I couldn't hear it ringing, anyway. My landline rang loud enough, but I had to put it on speaker to carry on a conversation..
My life changed when I got Bluetooth compatible hearings aids that pair with my cellphone: I hear the ring & conversation through my hearing aids, & I can adjust the volume. (I have it set to answer all calls, except when I'm in the car - then it goes through my Apple carplay - Android has something similar). The aids also have "general" and "restaurant" settings.
I realize that hearing aids are expensive, & this is an add-on, albeit not too expensive. I'm lucky because my Medicare advantage plan covers some of the hearing aid costs. It was well worth it because it improved my quality of life, not only on the phone, but in other situations, like restaurants, theaters, even watching TV.
I don't think you can get Bluetooth capability as an after-market purchase. If new hearing aids are out of your price range, then getting a hearing-assisted landline might be your best option, but I can't tell you enough what a life-changer Bluetooth technology is in hearing aids.
Maybe there is that problem, too?
https://www.amazon.com/Future-Call-Picture-Speakerphone-FC-1007SP/dp/B01JZYSK0S/ref=asc_df_B01JZYSK0S/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198091272190&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6926055698257109316&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028940&hvtargid=pla-349478348373&psc=1
Take her to an audiologist and get the hearing aids dealt with. Otherwise you're just looking to gloss over the actual problem.
https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Amplified-KX-TGM420W-Reduction-Answering/dp/B01LZV2HVG/ref=asc_df_B01LZV2HVG/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167129669973&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5468842603165681687&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003829&hvtargid=pla-379021923357&psc=1