If you are Deaf or know someone or about it.

I have to write a paper on a technology for Deaf people, and i am thinkign about doing the flashing doorbells and similar items. if you have some info for me please respond.

here are the questions i have to answer...
What was the impact of this technology on the era it originated? (the positive and negative impacts) What about now? Is it still used? Why was it created? Is it accepted in the deaf community?

or if you have an idea of a better technology i could use feel free to suggest it.

alarm clock
it has a plate you put under the bed
it shakes the bed
lights up
and is really loud

feel free to let me know about some of the technology! i lost some of my hearing a year ago when i went through chemotherapy. i lost all high-pitched sounds so i can't hear fire alarms, smoke detectors, etc. i didn't even know they have flashing doorbells!

the bump things on sigins so they can tell what it says or on the key bored to tell the numbers and letters.

Quoting Due dec 16th 2009:“ the bump things on sigins so they can tell what it says or on the key bored to tell the numbers and letters.”

That's for blind people, isn't it? lol

Dh & I have a deaf friend named Mark.
He uses the flashing doorbell & alarms. He telephones us using Relay call, which is where he is on video chat signing with a translator, who talks for Mark.When we are together, he uses his phone to type messages to us, or just plain old paper & pen.
I'm trying to think of more technology he uses....

Quoting jess♥ava:“ feel free to let me know about some of the technology! i lost some of my hearing a year ago when i went ... [snip!] ... all high-pitched sounds so i can't hear fire alarms, smoke detectors, etc. i didn't even know they have flashing doorbells!”

they have flashign smoke detectors too.

Quoting Becky (plus Spawn!):“ That's for blind people, isn't it? lol”

yeah haha.

Quoting tantric☮lemons:“ alarm clock it has a plate you put under the bed it shakes the bed lights up and is really loud”

can you answer any of the questions i have to answer? it is easy to find stuff but nothign that says how Deaf people reacted to it when it came out, and what they think of it now.

Quoting lolajessup:“ can you answer any of the questions i have to answer? it is easy to find stuff but nothign that says how Deaf people reacted to it when it came out, and what they think of it now.”

its been out for a while lol
so no i don't know the answer

Quoting lolajessup:“ they have flashign smoke detectors too.”

nu-uh! i need to get me one of those. i'm always scared when i'm home without SO because i won't be able to hear the fire alarms going off or the smoke detectors. we live in an apt building, and believe it or not, the building next to us, their fire alarm was going off the other day and the only reason i knew was because there were 4 fire trucks outfront.

Quoting jess♥ava:“ nu-uh! i need to get me one of those. i'm always scared when i'm home without SO because i won't be ... [snip!] ... to us, their fire alarm was going off the other day and the only reason i knew was because there were 4 fire trucks outfront.”

google flashing doorbell and smoke alarm and it shows up.

Quoting Becky (plus Spawn!):“ That's for blind people, isn't it? lol”

damn im dumb sorry lmao

Quoting lolajessup:“ google flashing doorbell and smoke alarm and it shows up.”

damn. it's expensive to be hard of hearing. they have low-frequency smoke alarms (which i would be able to hear) and it's $160. that's bs.

nobody else has any input? I am havign sucha hard tiem finding real accounts from Deaf people on the devices.

I think I chose to use the vibrating alarm clock because i did find one source for that.