safety devices for the hearing impaired
Here is an issue that I have never seen addressed - warning devices in RVs that are for the hearing impaired. Every new RV has smoke detectors, LP gas detectors, and maybe carbon monoxide detectors. ...
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You know this is a very interesting post as probably the majority of mh owners are in the upper age brackets where hearing impaired is common.
The light suggestion would be fine if it is located within the subjects line of sight, but if it was in the bedroom and the person in the front of the rv...useless. Also when sleeping, unless the light is a foot away and very bright...again useless.
Vibrators might work sometimes but for us who are sound sleepers, it would take more that a little vibrator to wake us.
I, like the OP, am very hard of hearing and ware aids whenever I'm awake. Also like the OP, I am for all intents and purposes, deaf without them. For me, it would take a very loud alarm to wake me and I see this as the only solution.
Fortunately for me, I can count on one hand the number of nights per year that my DW is not sleeping beside me and also fortunately for me, she has very good hearing and will wake at the slightest sound.
I'm not sure what the answer is, but I think the rv mfg'ers should take this into consideration.
Good post.
Ron
The light suggestion would be fine if it is located within the subjects line of sight, but if it was in the bedroom and the person in the front of the rv...useless. Also when sleeping, unless the light is a foot away and very bright...again useless.
Vibrators might work sometimes but for us who are sound sleepers, it would take more that a little vibrator to wake us.
I, like the OP, am very hard of hearing and ware aids whenever I'm awake. Also like the OP, I am for all intents and purposes, deaf without them. For me, it would take a very loud alarm to wake me and I see this as the only solution.
Fortunately for me, I can count on one hand the number of nights per year that my DW is not sleeping beside me and also fortunately for me, she has very good hearing and will wake at the slightest sound.
I'm not sure what the answer is, but I think the rv mfg'ers should take this into consideration.
Good post.
Ron
