| Having to listen to a baby crying all the time, say when | | | | are hard of hearing. This makes caring for a baby |
| it is teething, can be a very harrowing experience and | | | | twice as demanding for a deaf person. |
| most parents have wished that their child would just | | | | There are various types of baby monitors for the |
| stop crying for an hour or two and give them a bit of | | | | deaf, some work with a flashing light and others |
| peace. That is quite natural, parents need some rest | | | | vibrate and some do both. These monitors can be |
| too. | | | | large free-standing objects which are easily visible or |
| But crying can have another function too - to alert the | | | | they can be smaller like a mobile phone so that they |
| parents that something is not right. So what would you | | | | can fit in your pocket in order that you may be aware |
| feel like if you were deaf and you were never certain | | | | of the vibration whenever a sound comes from the |
| whether your baby was crying or not? That would be | | | | baby's room. |
| a worrying state of affairs, would it not? Fortunately, | | | | Some of these baby monitors for the deaf are even |
| there are such things as baby monitors for the deaf. | | | | more complex. The receiver may have a built in clock |
| Baby monitors for the deaf are not the same as baby | | | | that you can set for feeding times and a large vibrating |
| monitors for the hearing. Baby monitors for the hearing | | | | rod so that you can place the receiver under your |
| pick up the sound in one room and replay it | | | | pillow at night. It will then alert you not only at feeding |
| somewhere else so that a hearing person is always | | | | time but also if the baby makes a noise. |
| conscious of any noise made in the baby's room - | | | | The most advanced baby monitors for the deaf are |
| breathing, crying, gurgling, falling, intruders, dogs etc. | | | | not cheap, but at the end of the day you have to |
| More pricey devices will relay video footage as well | | | | consider your amount of disability, your peace of mind, |
| so that you can focus the camera on the baby's cot | | | | the baby's safety, your lifestyle and your finances. |
| and see what is going on there as well. This is useful if | | | | For instance, If you are totally deaf and a housewife, |
| you are worried about your baby smothering itself or a | | | | who has to move around the house for much of the |
| cat getting into bed with it. This footage can be | | | | day cleaning, cooking and gardening, a baby monitor |
| replayed over your television or a special monitor. | | | | for the deaf with a light on it sitting on top of the TV is |
| Clearly, baby monitors for the deaf will have to work | | | | not really of much use to you, whereas a portable |
| on a different principle, because the noises coming | | | | vibrating unit would be. |
| from the baby's room will not alert its parents if they | | | | |