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If you have a family member who has hearing loss, then you know the frustration on your end in trying to hold a conversation on the phone.  I have to imagine it is even more frustrating for the one with hearing loss to not be able to hear kids and grandkids as the years pile on.  Radio Shack is here to help with the Clarity D613 Dect phone that not only increases volume but increases clarity making voices crisp.

The D613 is senior-proof: not only does it up the volume but features large buttons and text screen.  The buttons themselves are soft and easy to push for those with arthritic hands.  A answering machine is also built into the phone, but I have doubts if that will get figured out (at least, not by my grandparents).

Carsten Trads, president of Clarity says, “for someone with hearing loss, a simple conversation is one of the best gifts possible. With affordability in mind, we created our new DECT phone for people like your parent, grandparent, sister, uncle or friend who are missing out on these conversations. We all love a good holiday sweater, but we want people to know there are life changing products like this available too.”

Radio Shack has many phones from Clarity, some with positive reviews, some not.  This new D613 with DECT should be a winner but no reviews are listed yet.  All the usual phone functions are there: call waiting caller ID, call screening, call transfer and mute call functions,speakerphone, a 30 name and number phonebook and nine speed dial options. Also included is support for three menu languages (English, French and Spanish).

Product page: [Radio Shack]