Everyone needs to be prepared, specifically when you have rechargeable hearing aids. No one wants to be caught off guard during a power outage. The timing couldn’t be worse. Being in storms, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, or widespread fires, you could have no power until recovery begins. That could be in a couple of hours or …
What Your Rechargeable Hearing Aid Batteries Need in an Emergency Read More »
Audio notifications are the perfect solution designed for people with hearing abilities. It gives them complete access to an emergency event without any issues as long as they are present near the building. However, if you have hearing loss, mainstream fire and smoke alarms are a complete fail. What if you slept at night or …
19 Top Fire Alarm for Hard of Hearing | Your Complete Resource to Finding the Right One Read More »
Safety and security are one of the basic needs of human society. One needs to feel secure in their environment and surroundings. Otherwise, a heightened state of anxiety and constant feeling unsettled becomes a daily thing. It’s like living every day without any sense of trust. Yet, even with all the tools and technologies to …
What Everybody Ought to Know about Emergency Alert Devices for Deaf Read More »
It was supposed to be a typical night. I found myself ready to go to bed early. Again, I followed my usual routine. I brushed my teeth, took my hearing aids out, and headed to bed. But I had no idea what could happen during the late night hours. But before I tell you what …
I read a post on social media from a mother who was deaf in Ukraine. She wrote about her fear of not hearing the sounds of the war sirens to inform her that a bomb or the Russian army would soon come shortly. She expressed her vulnerability and fears for her life at war. She …
The Exclusion of People with Hearing Loss from Public Warning Sirens Read More »
Visual Flashing Lights Alarm Do Not Always Work There is an unspoken secret going on around us. For many years, lobbyists, hearing loss advocates and governments told us that solutions exist to help people with hearing loss in the case of an emergency. Local fire stations and retailers promote and sell visual alarms as a …
Visual Flashing Alarms Are Not Always Saving Us. This is Why. Read More »
