!#44# What are the Best Extra Loud Alarm Clocks and Signaling Systems For the Hearing Impaired?

!±8± What are the Best Extra Loud Alarm Clocks and Signaling Systems For the Hearing Impaired?

There are extra loud alarm clocks for the hearing impaired that are fundamentally house hold signaling systems. These integrated systems provide the basic alarm and bed shaker features of the extra loud alarm clock category, but also include wireless connection to door bells, telephones, audio alarms (like that of a baby crying), smoke alarms and more.

Today we will review two of the top integrated alarm clock systems for the hearing impaired.

Sonic Alert Sonic Boom SB1000 Alarm Clock

Like most signaling systems for the hearing impaired, this unit comes with base and optional features. The base features include a 113 decibel extra loud alarm clock with adjustable tone and volume control, a bed vibrating alarm unit, a built in receiver that links to other Sonic Alert Signalers, and a lamp connection for visual alerts and flashing alert lights.

Additional options available for this unit include:

Audible Telephone Signaler/Transmitter TR100 Baby Cry Signaler/Transmitter BC400 Wireless Doorbell Signaler/Transmitter DB100 New Combination Wireless Doorbell, Telephone Signaler/Transmitter (Doorbell signaler is smaller) DB200 Original combination Doorbell, Telephone Signaler/Transmitter DS800 Videophone Signaler/Transmitter TR75VR Universal Sound Signaler/Transmitter alerts you to any household sounds USS360

The base unit for the SB1000 will run about . Each of the options run from to 0 (0 for the combination doorbell and telephone signaler). A fully loaded system will run about 0. Like all of the Sonic Alert products, this system has a one year warranty and was designed and manufactured with the hearing impaired in mind.

Alertmaster AM-6000 by Clarity

This full featured notification system comes standard with the base unit, a bed shaker and a wireless telephone and doorbell transmitter. It is easily connected to a nearby lamp to provide a visual notification of doorbell, telephone or other connected alarms. By adding optional transmitters and receivers, the system can be upgraded to include:

Notification of baby crying (option AMER-AMBX) Motion detector alarming (option AMER-AMSX) And other audible warning devices within 80 feet of the base unit (option AMER-AMAX)

The base unit described above will run about 0. Each of the options will cost from to . A fully loaded system would cost around 0. This system is top of the line, well tested and comes with a NiCad battery backup feature. Clarity is a Plantronics Company which is known for high quality and reliable products.

Both the above systems are full featured and reliable. Sonic alert is a US Company with headquarters in Troy MI and has been in business for nearly 40 years. Likewise, Clarity is a US company, in business for 40 years and is headquartered in Chattanooga, TN. Given the comparable features and capabilities, a recommendation on the two systems would be a toss-up if not for two areas that lean towards the Sonic Boom Product by Sonic Alert. The Sonic Alert System has an option for connection to a videophone and comes for about less for a fully loaded version.