Does Oticon have a list of compatible landline phones? – a list either readily available online or available from their tech support people.
Phonak sent me a list of GigaSet (a Siemens brand) phones they have tested and found to work, and although more expensive than a Panasonic phone (for example) a lot less than $300 for a single handset.
The Oticon Phone adapter connects to the analog phone line, not to a landline phone. It uses the ConnectClip to relay the phone call to the Oticon aids - the hearing aids and ConnectClip effectively are a headset that the Phone Adapter connects to the phone line. See the following for information:
I have no experience with the device - I use Oticon OPN S 1 aids with a ConnectClip that I have used to connect (as a “headset”) to a bluetooth enabled Cisco VOIP phone at work. Another user on the forum uses the phone adapter with his landline, ConnectClip, and Oticon aids (OPN and now More).
If the hearing aid user the OP is helping has a cell phone, a possible solution would be to forward landline calls to the cell phone. If the phone is an iPhone, the MFI connection would “just work” without purchase of additional equipment. If the cell phone is Android, the a ConnectClip would be probably be needed.
You didn’t say exactly which Oticon HA model your father has. And whether it has the tcoil built-in or not. If it has the tcoil built-in, then you don’t need the Phone adapter or ConnectClip. Just have your father’s HCP program in a telecoil in one of the programs. When your father picks up the landline phone handset, just switch over the to tcoil program, put the handset up to the HA, and he should be able to hear it just fine through the tcoil. It’s much simpler than having to set up the phone adapter and ConnectClip for him.
I can vouch first hand for what @Volusiano says about the T-coil program. I have it as a program choice on my Oticon More1s , and it gives me loud, clear phone calls on analog devices.
It’s easy to select the program using either the ON app or the remote control accessory.
@flashb1024: Sure - as long as you don’t mind the significant extra wear and tear on the poor little rocker switch. (I use mine very sparingly because those, and receiver wires are the Achilles heels of HAs, I figure.)
Well, it seems Oticon got one thing right.
Those rocker switches are invincible!
I got in the habit of using them with the Agil Pro, ON, OPN S, and now, the More, and never wrecked a rocker!
I bought my Oticon hearing aids from Hearing Revolution and it was an excellent experience. They are indeed legitimate. They are a division of Hearing Care Solutions.