To concur with Mary Foley I would have thought it was sensible to prewarn
her in the same way (I assume) some staff are pre warned, fire alarm bells
are incredibly noisy and can be damaging I believe. Through a hearing aid,
or worse still a cochlear implant, the noise and subsequent pain must be
awful, I would have thought that special dispensation could be granted. I
hope that is how this University would react to such a request.
Chris Baxter
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> Our Health and Safety Exectutive Committee has asked me for advice on how
> to address the needs of a student with a hearing disability who had asked
> to be alerted to fire alarm testing exercises as the sound caused problems
> for him/her. How do other institutions address this sort of situation?
>
> Clare
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