Comment Re:Deaf alarms. (Score 1) 249
Yep. I'm deaf, in IT and on call. I have an alarm clock now, designed for deaf people of course, that has the giant vibrator that goes under the pillow. The alarm clock also has a port to plug in a lamp so it can flash the lamp (though this won't help your wife) and a phone port that activates the system whenever someone calls. Basically, if either the alarm goes off or someone calls my on call emergency number then the pillow shakes like it's having a seizure, the lamp on the bed side table goes on, off, on, off, etc and also it has a strobe that flashes. As a bonus it has a 24 hour clock option. I used to have a sonic boom alarm clock for deaf people that also had the phone jack but the clock couldn't keep time. Every week I had to re-adjust it to have the proper time again (every week it would be about 7 minutes off). The downside to all of this is it always woke my girlfriend up too (with the old one that didn't have the flashing lights) but the good news is that giant vibrator you stick under you're pillow can be used for all sorts of other things that your girlfriend or wife may enjoy