The smoke alarm detector went off at my Mom's place a couple weeks ago & I panicked. I ended up going onto a chair to press the reset button in hopes of shutting it off. As I reached forward with my left arm, the damn alarm sounded and hit my left ear like a gunshot. Now my left ear is even louder at times, especially at night, than what was my worse ear, my right ear. It has affected my sleep & has undone all the progress I made during the past 2 and 1/2 years habituating to reactive tinnitus & hyperacusis.
It's high time these alarm manufacturers & distributors start placing warning signs on their products & apartment residential managers get educated about the dangers of getting tinnitus from these devices & passing on that information to renters! With new code laws & apartment buildings taking extra precautions with placing more alarms in bedroom apartments & other places throughout one's apartment, people will be at more risk of getting tinnitus & suffer from some loss of hearing. Things have gotten out of hand with all these alarms everywhere we look. The same issue with car alarms going off when you least expect it in parking lots.
It's high time these alarm manufacturers & distributors start placing warning signs on their products & apartment residential managers get educated about the dangers of getting tinnitus from these devices & passing on that information to renters! With new code laws & apartment buildings taking extra precautions with placing more alarms in bedroom apartments & other places throughout one's apartment, people will be at more risk of getting tinnitus & suffer from some loss of hearing. Things have gotten out of hand with all these alarms everywhere we look. The same issue with car alarms going off when you least expect it in parking lots.
