# What to use to wake a person that’s hard of hearing when having a low **URL:** \ **Category:** C/GM\ **Tags:** cgm, dexcom\ **Created:** [February 5, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557 "2023-02-05T02:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mtmcattle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mtmcattle](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Mtmcattle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557/1 "2023-02-05T02:32:40Z")
So my wife is hard of hearing (wears hearing aids) and does not wake up to her alarms on her phone going of, so interested in what y’all use for heavy sleepers or hard of hearing people. After trying several things I’m at my whits end. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557/2 "2023-02-05T03:24:14Z")
Welcome, @Mtmcattle! We use Sugarmate which offers the ability to receive a phone call which I still hear. I no longer hear regular alerts but do wake up to a phone call. If that won’t work have you considered bed shakers and the like? Lots of IFTTT contraptions that may help. ---
**Author:** ![Mtmcattle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mtmcattle](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Mtmcattle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557/3 "2023-02-05T03:30:16Z")
Well she can’t hear alerts or calls. I’m looking for something like a bed shaker that will plug into the phone or syncs to it. ---
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557/4 "2023-02-05T03:56:34Z")
> [@Mtmcattle](#): > > I’m looking for something like a bed shaker that will plug into the phone or syncs to it. I use a fitbit watch that vibrates. Do you think she would respond to that?. I use xDrip on android phone, that enables this setup for me. There may be other watches that can do same. ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557/5 "2023-02-05T04:05:21Z")
There are some threads on these forums from the past that cover some ideas. You should do a search for bed shakers! > [@Help with Plan to create a Bed Shaker/Light Alarm triggered from Dexcom Urgent Low](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/help-with-plan-to-create-a-bed-shaker-light-alarm-triggered-from-dexcom-urgent-low/5418): > > So, I am looking into the feasibility of setting up a quiet alarm that can wake my son when he has an urgent low alarm on his Dexcom. The goal would be for a light to light up and a bed shaker to be activated when he has an urgent low. I am assuming that I will need the following to make this work: Android phone on wifi network Nightscout IFTTT Bed Shaker and Light that can be triggered by IFTTT Does this sound correct? Is there another way to accomplish this? My goal is to have a syst… > [@High school son won't wake up to alarms: help!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-school-son-wont-wake-up-to-alarms-help/3328): > > Hi All! I found this group at 1:30 this morning while treating my son for a low. Nine glucose tabs and 2 hours later, I finally went back to sleep. I promised myself to join this group today and try to get some support and input from others in the same boat. So here goes… I am a single mom of a 17 year old high school junior who has had T1D for 9 years. My son is on the Omnipod with a Dexcom G5 cgm. He seems to have hypo unawareness overnight. After having a few overnight lows in the 20s, the … > [@CGM alarms and partners - what's your experience?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/cgm-alarms-and-partners-whats-your-experience/5655): > > I’ve been dating a wonderful man over the last year, and we’re planning to move in with each other in about a month. We’re currently working through the planning that goes into a move like that. I’ve never lived with a partner before. It might sound silly, but I’m probably most worried about waking him up all the time when my cgm alarms go off. I don’t want to deprive him of sleep. It’s not that uncommon for me to wake up once during the night to have to correct for something - either a trendi… Several others exist also. ---
**Author:** ![elver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/elver/32/8772_2.png) [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557/6 "2023-02-05T05:05:22Z")
@Mtmcattle I am in your wife’s predicament (I wear hearing aids, otherwise I’m stone deaf) and I use a sugarpixel cgm display which has a bedshaker with randem patterns. It’s worked well for me so far. The clock face is a cgm display which is large enough to see without glasses. [Sugarpixel](https://customtypeone.com/products/sugarpixel) ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557/7 "2023-02-05T20:19:13Z")
Cool solution. ---
**Author:** ![elver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/elver/32/8772_2.png) [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-use-to-wake-a-person-that-s-hard-of-hearing-when-having-a-low/13557/8 "2023-02-05T20:56:59Z")
It works well. and when I work outdoors in my tiny little yard, I put the SugarPixel in the window so I can keep track of my BGs. My spouse is able to just glance at it for peace of mind, which keeps everything calmer on the homefront.