How it Works

 

Deafgard is a wireless, battery powered, acoustically triggered bedside unit that incorporates a high intensity strobe, and a vibrating pillow pad.

Deafgard is given to the deaf and hard of hearing person upon arrival. The person responsible checks and shows the person how to operate the Deafgard unit. Deafgard accompanies the person to his/her room.

The connected vibrator pad is placed under the pillow. When the Deafgard unit hears the fire alarm, the under-pillow pad vibrates waking the sleeper, whilst the activated flashing strobe and LCD provides the visual indicator. The result is an immediate and effective motion and visual trigger, which signals that the fire alarm is sounding, allowing the individual to leave the building to a place of safety.

Deafgard beside bed

Deafgard at reception

Operating Deafgard

On/Off

  1. Turning the unit on for the first time or after changing batteries:

    Depress the on/off button (top left button on the keypad marked 1 on diagram page 3 in your Fitting and Operating Guide) to turn the listening circuitry on. The listening circuits will remain active until the unit is manually switched off.
    The LCD will also flash to inform the user that the time needs to be set. The LCD will flash for 30 seconds.

  2. Turning the unit on when in passive mode (batteries installed and time set):

    Depress the on/off button (top left button on the keypad) to turn the listening circuitry on. The listening circuits will remain active until the unit is manually switched off. The LCD will display the time.

  3. Turning the unit off:

    Depress the on/off button (top left button on the keypad) for more than 3 seconds to turn the LCD and listening circuits off. If the time has been set, the internal timer will continue to run despite the unit being turned off.

    Please click here to download the Deafgard Technical Specification.

    Please click here to download the Deafgard Userguide