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Practically all hearing-impaired people remove their hearing aids at night, according to the Ministry of Social Development and Human Society in Thailand. But 70 percent of common household dangers also occur at night. So what happens when you can’t hear a siren or an alarm?
The Thai Health Promotion Foundation partnered with the Deaf Association of Bangkok to create a smarter hearing aid for Thailand’s 300,000-plus hearing-impaired inhabitants. The result is “Hearing Rescue,” a modified version of existing hearing aids that transforms into a bracelet at bedtime.
Some 35 percent of hearing-impaired people surveyed have had accidents at night because they can’t hear sounds that signal danger.
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