How do you hear a smoke alarm if you are deaf? What about an alarm clock? For hearing impaired children Benji (9) and Sadie (7) Earl these two every day challenges have been overcome with ...

GRAND ISLAND - A member of the Grand Island Fire Department installed Monday the first specially designed smoke detector to help families with children who are deaf or hearing impaired.

Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing are especially at risk because they cannot hear standard smoke alarms,” said Nancy Trench, assistant director at Fire Protection Publications.