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What do deaf people use for alarm clocks?

Question

What do deaf people use as an alarm? How do they have alarm clocks or smoke alarms?
Luke, Brentford

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Name: Steve, St Albans
Qualification: Fire alarm engineer
Answer: There are a number of options. You can have a strobe attached to the alarm, so the light gives a visual indication. For an alarm clock, you can get a vibrating pillow. At a shopping centre, you can have a vibrating pager.

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