How do deaf people wake themselves up for work in the morning?

Answer 1

http://www.rnid.org.uk/information_resources/factsheets/equipment/factsheets_leaflets/?ciid=214990

They have a few different sorts.

By the way I tend to see Blind people with Guide dogs, don't know many deaf people that have them!!!

Answer 2

You can get alarm clocks which vibrate. You put a thing which is connected to the clock under your pillow and it vibrates when you need to get up. I have one, I am not deaf but my hearing is not brilliant and I think they're great! You can also select the volume of the alarm so it goes really loud. It6's ok to wake yourself up but anyone in the rest of the house thinks it's the fire alarm lol!

Answer 3

My ex was profoundly deaf... he used his internal clock, always up and always early.

I am partially deaf (no ear drum one side) and I also have an internal clock as well as a clock radio alarm... I frequently wake before the alarm goes off.

Why?

Do you assume being deaf makes people less normal than yourself?

I find having to ask someone to repeat a word occasionally, they look at me as if I'm stupid, yet, if I carried a white stick, was blind, instantly, people understand and make allowances.

I noticed this before my ex began to use a hearing aid, that he was often treated as if he were stupid... I became resilient to it eventually, because living with Asperger's syndrome people, I grew to understand that not everyone has the ability to empathise!

So I too make allowances!

Answer 4

I would imagine they set their mobile phone to vibrate on alarm and put it under their pillow or a device designed for deaf people to do a similar job. If they have a hearing dog, the dog will wake them up.

Answer 5

They hang a bucket of water above their head before going to bed every night.
The bucket is linked to a timing device which is set for the time they want to wake up.
When the timer goes off, the bucket is tilted and the water dropped on the head of the person.

Statistics have shown that after about a month of this treatment, the person learns to wake up every morning 5 minutes before the timer goes off.
But that only works if you always get up at the same time. Those who want to sleep in during the weekend and change the timer... keeps getting wet weeks after weeks.

Answer 6

1. They have something under their pillow that vibrates and links up to their alarm clock.
2. Their guide dog hears the alarm and wakes them up.
3. They have a light linked up to their alarm that flashes red around the room (They use this as a fire alarm too)

Answer 7

I don't understand why this question has caused offence to deaf people...My dad is deaf and I think it's fine to ask this question, it's always good to promote understanding. It's time people started to be more open, if you don't like the question then don't answer.

Answer 8

Haven't you ever woke up before your alarm goes off? We all have an internal clock. But my deaf friend's dog is trained to lick him when the alarm goes off.

Answer 9

What it's to you? Why do you wanna know?
I'm deaf and How I wake myself, well like everybody else, set my alarm on my mobile and it's vibrates. Bob your Uncle!!

Answer 10

I really don't know...good question..I know that they can sense vibration so maybe a vibrating alarm clock placed right beside the bed can wake them up .

Answer 11

I have seen automatic lights.Also some wake up by training the mind.