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I'm confused. iPhones have an alarm clock already, and you can already set it to vibrate. Why do I need this app?

(Serious question. I'm hard of hearing, and I do this with my iPhone already.)

To answer some other questions I see in the thread, they make alarm clocks and doorbells specifically for deaf people. I personally own an alarm clock that has an attachment that you slip under the mattress. The vibrations from the attachment shake the bed, waking me up. I don't use it anymore, since I share the bed with my girlfriend, but it worked wonders for me in college.

Here's a website with some deaf-centric things like alarm clocks and doorbells: http://www.harriscomm.com/



From the description : " It stays up all night, listening out for loud and repetitive noises like fire alarms, and vibrates to wake you up when it hears anything similar."


Because this isn't an alarm clock, it's a vibrating alarm triggered by noise. It's not supposed to replace an alarm clock, but notify the deaf user about other things, like a fire alarm.


Because you didn't read the article :(




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