Living with a mobility impairment can cause you many problems, but using a smartphone shouldn’t be one of them, especially if we use wireless earbuds.
In any city, train station, or local store, you’ll see someone holding a cell phone to their ear and talking on it while walking, carrying luggage, or pushing a grocery cart. However, if you have a physical disability and get around with a walker, wheelchair, or scooter, holding a cell phone while walking is logically impossible.
It is difficult to operate a wheelchair with one hand (unless you want to ride in circles). It’s easier to use a scooter and make turns while holding your phone with one hand if you know how to walk with a cane. I can’t imagine holding on to a walker or rollator while holding the phone with both hands at your ear.
Anyone with a disability needs to have access to a phone in every situation.
The phone will be a lifeline when you are home alone or want to go on a trip. If, for example, you’re stuck in your wheelchair or your scooter’s battery dies, you need a way to call for help. But what if you accidentally tipped over or fell? You needed a way to use your phone to call for help.
It’s worth trying to use a Bluetooth headset that won’t impede your movements. Even regular wireless headphones (good quality) will work!
These headphones fit snugly in your ears and won’t fall out even when traveling bumpy roads. The sound quality on both ends must be excellent. You need to be able to hear the person you are talking to, and the person you are talking to must be able to listen to you. The volume controls are a separate plus that allows you to adjust the volume to a comfortable level. It will be able to warn you with a special beep if you set the volume at a level that could cause hearing loss.
In addition to making and receiving calls, Bluetooth headphones are great for listening to music or podcasts. This is very handy in crowded and noisy places. Listening to music allows you to focus on a single sound source rather than a loud crowd, which reduces fatigue and disorientation.
It’s also important that the headset support a voice assistant. So if you ever fall and can’t reach your phone, all you have to do is say, “Hey, Google, call this number.”
We strongly recommend that every person with a disability choose a quality Bluetooth headset. It can give you back your freedom and sense of security, all in one device. This site tozobuds.com has a catalog of the best wireless earbuds that will work great for most people.
