[Diabetes-Talk] Alarming at public events

[Milton]

I should also mention that there are many new OTC hearing aids that could function for those with mild hearing loss to be able to use in noisy environments so one can hear the alarm should it go off or in a meeting so that it doesn't distract those attending the meeting.



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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2024 1:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Alarming at public events

Hello! I have a pair of earbuds that I bought at Walmart for only $20 that worked just fine for what you are doing Milton. I just have my phone connected to them during church or a meeting and just have one of the earbuds in my ear or pocket. If I feel my phone buzz me, I can just put the earbud in and see what it is telling me.  I am using the Omnipod five system, and there is, unfortunately no way to keep the pod from making it loud alarm sound when my blood sugar is dropping below 55, but I can deal with that. It doesn’t happen very often at all. The way I look at it, that is an alarm that I don’t want silenced!


         Jamie 
Jamie Gurganus, Resource Coach


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> On Apr 7, 2024, at 1:11 PM, Gary Wunder via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Nice. Thanks for these thoughts.
> 
> 
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> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Milton
> via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2024 12:42 PM
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> Cc: Milton <mota1252 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Alarming at public events
> 
> A suggestion, there are now ear buds and headphones that have what is called
> transparent mode and that seems to work for me while sitting in a meeting or
> crowd where it is extremely noisy so that if the alarm goes off only I will
> hear it and still be able to hear what else is going on around me.
> 
> The Apple AirPod Pro and AirPod Max along with a few other ear buds work in
> a similar way.
> 
> Check prices and expect to pay a starting price at around $150.00
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gary
> Wunder via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2024 12:26 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Alarming at public events
> 
> One of the things discussed at last year's meeting of the diabetes action
> network at our national convention was the difficulty with alarming from CGM
> devices that takes place during public meetings. While we certainly want to
> be notified when our blood sugar runs low or high, how do we manage the
> frequency of noise that is generated in public events, especially those with
> a large number of blind diabetics? This may be an agenda item we can discuss
> at our Knowledge Is Sweet seminar, but only if we have good ideas. I know,
> for example, that if I wear an Apple Watch, the watch will vibrate rather
> than my phone. I also know that I can go into the Libra application and
> temporarily disable alarms if I am confident that my blood sugar will not go
> low or high.
> 
> 
> 
> Please share any thoughts you have about how you would go about handling
> this situation. Your contribution may well make a big difference at the
> seminar. Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> Gary Wunder
> 
> gwunder at earthlink.net <mailto:gwunder at earthlink.net>  
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