Conclusions
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Those with hearing loss are at a greater risk of not awakening to emergency notification
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People 60 years and older are at greater risk of not awakening to the standard notification devices
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The deaf, hard of hearing, and aged populations can be provided with a device, namely the Intermittent Bed Shaker that
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Provides 100% waking reliability, and
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Equals the effectiveness of the audible detector for hearing able subjects.
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