How do deaf people know when the phone is ringing, fire alarm going off, etc?

Answer 1

Deaf people don't "hear" anything. At least not in the traditional way. They use flashing lights and shakers to know things are going on. Flashing lights signal the doorbell, fire alarm, alarm clock going off. Alarm clocks also have these round or square things attached to them that shake when the alarm goes off as well as having the flashing lights. They also have baby cry signalers to tell them their babies are crying. Sometimes they might have hearing ear dogs, but from my experience, this is rare, because I've never met anyone who had hearing ear dogs. Although my sister, a sign language interpreter, knew 2 people who had them, so I guess people do have them.

Answer 2

Current fire alarms are required to have a flashing strobe light to alert the deaf. telephones can be rigged to make a lamp go off and on. Many deaf people do, by the way, use the phone with TTY (text-based) connections.

Answer 3

I actually live opposite a deaf housing association. It looks like the lights flash on and off when the phone/fire alarms are going off.

Answer 4

This is just a hunch but I'm guessing the deaf don't spend a whole lot of time on the phone. Personally I can't remember the last time I called a deaf person. However to answer your deaf (and dumb, pun intended) question, visual aids for both phone and alarm systems.

Answer 5

Just like the other person said, they have a divice hooked up to the phone. Then the lamp goes on and off. And deaf people can talko on the phone a lot. My deaf dad calls me all the time on relay and on the tty or tdd(same thing).

Answer 6

perhaps they lived interior the Montana State college-Billings dorms for a on a similar time as. the fireplace alarms might in many cases flow off at 3 interior the morning on the worst days for climate out of the year, for reasons which incorporate a pipe iced up and dripped water on the administration panel or a random glitch interior the device. this might each at times take place greater suitable than as quickly as in a evening. It grew to grow to be just about impossible to take the fireplace alarm heavily. somewhat via certainty interior the in all probability 15 or greater fireplace alarm soundings they experienced for the period of the 4 years i became there, NONE of them have been for an certainly fireplace! the closest area of an certainly fireplace became some burnt toast interior the cafeteria. No certainly fireplace, in basic terms a skinny cloud of smoke and a somewhat perceivable black circle on the ceiling. i can not say that i individually take any fireplace alarm heavily after that. I take notice as quickly as I initiate seeing smoke.

Answer 7

There is a device attached to the phone and also attached to a lamp so when the phone rings the lamp goes on and off until the phone is answered or the ringing stops.

Answer 8

maybe it vibrates and also they have very good sight so they would see the fire duh