How can I find a smoke alarm that makes a LOWER frequency? Can’t hear high pitched sounds.?
September 8, 2010 by
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I have some hearing loss and can’t hear high pitched sounds — such as smoke alarms and CO detectors. Is there a company that makes a smoke alarm with a lower frequency that I could hear? I’ve looked at strobe light alarms but don’t really feel like that would be as good as having something I could hear. Thank you.
I am pretty sure they make flashing fire alarms for the visually impaired. So look for some of those.
My son did a science project on smoke detectors.
First, I would like to say to adults, set off your detector at night and see if your children hear it, because roughly half of children do not.
To address this problem and your problem, there are all kinds of alternate smoke detectors sold on the Internet. There are some that use flashing lights and some where you can tape record your own sounds. Parents typically use their own voices and give instructions to their children.
I think you can find these smoke detectors if you look for children’s smoke detectors, smoke detectors for deaf people etc.
if you where to bee asleep when fire alarm went off you can get a vibrating pad for your pillow
You can look into visual alert systems as well as different audible alert systems. Check out http://www.harriscomm.com/ or http://assistivedevices.net/smoke-detectors.htm. There are a ton of devices designed for the hearing impaired! You have to find the right fit for your problem.
Ask your audiologist and he/she may have some devices on hand to demonstrate or can easily order for you to try.
Should be able to do that by an trained electrician to bring down the current passing to the buzzer using a variable rheostat component to set which pitch sound waves suitable for your ear.
Hope this answer ur Q about frequency stuff.
Eureka. I have your answer. There is a company that specifically makes a smoke alarm that makes a low frequency. My dad has one. Check http://loudenlow.com
Hope this helps.