Smoke Alarms: Do They Really Help The Hearing Impaired?

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Smoke Alarms Do They Really Help The
Hearing Impaired?

• MyHearGear carries about 2,000 Assistive Living
  Devices for the deaf and hearing impaired.  One
  product that is often overlooked is a Smoke or
  Carbon monoxide alarm that has a very high sound
  output and comes with a flashing strobe light.  A
  person with a hearing loss will not only HEAR the
  fire/smoke/CO alarm, they will also be able to
  SEE alarm alerting them to danger. If you cant
  hear or see an alarm going off, that can lead to
  deadly consequences. There are 1.6 million or
  more fires every year cost the lives of civilians
  and firefighters. Fire kills more Americans that
  all natural disasters combined.  Its a horrible
  tragedy, especially in places where hearing
  impaired and vision impaired live and there is no
  alerting system in place to warn them of fire or
  smoke.
• MyHearGear carries many different brands of fire
  and smoke alarms that are loud and easy to be
  seen. Some different types of alarms are
• -Smoke Alarm Systems with built in transmitter
  and receiver You can set up wireless receivers
  in different parts of the house or building and a
  smoke alarm will send a sound and flashing light
  signal to each of the receivers
• -Plug In Smoke Alarms Sound Light Alarms that
  can be plugged in (no wiring needed by a
  contractor). You can move these alarms around
  wherever you want.

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-Bedside Fire Alarm Clock These clocks will
detect the sound of fire and smoke alarms and
will sound an alarm, turn on your lamp, and even
vibrate your bed! It might be time for you to
take inventory of what alarms you have in your
home that will also alert those with hearing and
vision loss. Can all the residents hear the
present alarm in case of an emergency?  Are all
these alarms in working order? Yes, these special
alarms can be a bit more expensive than standard
smoke and carbon monoxide smoke alarms. If cost
is a big concern, you might want to contact your
local fire dept. and see if they have any special
programs for providing these alarms according to
the American Disabilities Act (ADA) Don
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