very loudpeaker phone

[Darkewood]

Is possible to get an amplified speaker attachment for a standard landline telephone?
I have a very deaf very elderly mother-in-law who finds that at maximum volume speaker phones distort & even then are barely loud enough.
Alternatively is it possible to link the phone to a set of powered PC style speakers?
n.b. She is unable to use the induction loop system. She is also very technophobic so it needs to be a solution that I set up that requires little or no “fiddling about” on her part.
Thanks in anticipation

[TheNorm]

Is possible to get an amplified speaker attachment for a standard landline telephone? ...

Have you had a look at the RNID website?

http://www.rnid.org.uk/shop/products/telephone_amplifiers/

Oh, and welcome to the forum!:welcome:

[Kymmy]

Problem with adding speakers to a speaker phone is that you'll get to a point where it'll just feed back on itself..

There are though specialised phone designed for the elderly for example

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Geemarc-Clearsound-CL100-Amplified-Telephone/dp/B000IBIEK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1278234769&sr=8-1

[Darkewood]

Thank you TheNorm for the welcome. Yes I have looked at RNID but there appears to be nothing that appears to have a large enough speaker to have the power without the distortion.
It is a shame she is so technophobic because when she comes to our house I sit herdown infront of the computer & she can converse with her grand & greatgrand children over Skype with the camera on so she can lipread.

[slowcoach]

Here's one getting good reviews. LINK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000W71348/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1)