How does a hearing impeird person living by themselfs talk on the phone?

Answer 1

They have special keyboards that are connected to the telephone.

Answer 2

They use the relay system. A hearing operator works as the go-between. She is able to talk to the hearing impaired person via keyboard and monitor. There is a special phone # to call in order to use this system.

Answer 3

they have aspecial phone they talk into that calls an operator who then talks to the person on the other end, and types the answers back to the deaf person. I used to be the person they asked for in my last job because I was the only one who had the patience and education to make informative responses.

Answer 4

If they don't have a keyboard hooked onto the phone, there is also a special code which involves tapping on the phone.
Otherwise they just don't use the phone. The internet is good enough.

Answer 5

I worked in the hotels for 10 years and we had a special phone which cost about $450 that had a little sreen on it and you plugged the reciever of a standars phone into it, its very similar to instant messaging, we also had a special bed shaker alarm clock, door knocker, smoke detector etc

Answer 6

By using a telewriter. It works much like text messaging through a call centre where the message is then relayed to a hearing person.

Answer 7

There is a service by the western institute for the deaf that connects your phone to your computer so you can talk on screen. Anyone can use it, you phone the intitute and they type what you say and read back the answers.

Answer 8

With a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) which allows text communication via a telephone line or a telephone typewriter/teletypewriter (TTY), textphone (continental Europe), or minicom (UK).

Answer 9

I wouldn't think that they could,unless they had a really good hearing aid.