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I'm a high school senior with bilateral Nucleus 5 CI's (got them in 2004 and 2007). I was born moderately deaf and lost my hearing gradually thereafter, but luckily was able to retain all my auditory memory and speak normally with a bit of impediment/"deaf accent". I am now 100% deaf without my CIs.
I'll be headed to college next year, which brings me to my question for you all:
Since I take off my CIs at night I need an alarm system to wake me up in the mornings and to alert me to any alarms (smoke/fire, carbon monoxide, etc.). I have tried a few different bedshakers...none have worked for me because I am a sound sleeper and have a very severe case of Restless Legs Syndrome. One bedshaker I "learned" to sleep through after about a week and another woke up the rest of my family...haha.
I am going to college in the fall and need some way to wake up for class. (Currently my mom physically drags me out of bed and slaps me continually to get me to wake up.) I've been approved to get a service dog - which could alert me to any alarms as well as to doorbell, phone ringing, my name being called, etc - but am currently unsure about the commitment level. Though I'm a huge dog lover, I've never had a pet before and certainly never a working one! Does anyone here have experience with a hearing service dog?
(If I don't get the service dog, I will likely have to "hire" someone to wake me up in the mornings.)
Sorry for the wall of text - thanks to anyone who read it through! Really appreciate your input - my parents and I don't have much experience with this stuff or much of a D/deaf/HOH community to bounce things off of.
I'll be headed to college next year, which brings me to my question for you all:
Since I take off my CIs at night I need an alarm system to wake me up in the mornings and to alert me to any alarms (smoke/fire, carbon monoxide, etc.). I have tried a few different bedshakers...none have worked for me because I am a sound sleeper and have a very severe case of Restless Legs Syndrome. One bedshaker I "learned" to sleep through after about a week and another woke up the rest of my family...haha.
I am going to college in the fall and need some way to wake up for class. (Currently my mom physically drags me out of bed and slaps me continually to get me to wake up.) I've been approved to get a service dog - which could alert me to any alarms as well as to doorbell, phone ringing, my name being called, etc - but am currently unsure about the commitment level. Though I'm a huge dog lover, I've never had a pet before and certainly never a working one! Does anyone here have experience with a hearing service dog?
(If I don't get the service dog, I will likely have to "hire" someone to wake me up in the mornings.)
Sorry for the wall of text - thanks to anyone who read it through! Really appreciate your input - my parents and I don't have much experience with this stuff or much of a D/deaf/HOH community to bounce things off of.