I%26#39;ve always been partial to Nokia phones. I%26#39;ve heard they work the best for deaf people because they have deaf engineers working on the technology. However, the newer digital hearing aids from Oticon and GN Resound have bluetooth technology built in, and that seems to be the direction both the hearing aid and cell phone industry is going, so I definitely would not buy anything that didn%26#39;t have blue tooth -- eventually the voice on the phone will go straight to your HAs over bluetooth. any mobile which is having vibration option and a external ligthning option will be helpful A fully deaf friend of mine uses a T-Mobile Sidekick.
I%26#39;m not fond of T-Mobile, but the speaker on the phone was excellent (he could feel the vibrations...perhaps a partially deaf person would hear it?) and the keyboard was essential to the text messages that he relied on for communication.
If it%26#39;s easier to text than it is to carry on a conversation, I would recomment the Sidekick or a Blackberry. I%26#39;m not particularly fond of the blackberry, either, but it too has a keyboard of sorts.
You may also want to look for types compatible with something of this nature (which is why I recommended the BlackBerry)
http://www.directron.com/laserkeyboard.h...
There will be a bit of expense involved, including additional fees for unlimited text (if that%26#39;s the route you%26#39;re taking), but think of the functionality that suits you best and go from there.
Good luck!
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