I'm not quite sure I understand your last sentence, Botts. You mean that rescuers should be able to figure out that a person was deaf or HoH as the individual came to and didn't respond to anything that was said?
Well, as I said, I don't know if some sort of medical info bracelet or necklace would be great or not, but I don't see how it could hurt.
My sister was in a car accident years ago. She was in the front passenger seat, the car hit another car head-on, and she went through the windshield, literally. Ended up on the hood of the car and rolled off. She was walking and talking, but was in shock. The police had to find her ID card with my mom's name and phone number as an emergency contact in order to call my mom, as my sister was pretty much out of it and wasn't making sense.
That's a different situation of course because the issue was not with her hearing, but it did impress upon me at the time the importance of always having emergency contact info with your wallet or someplace easily found. Seems like medical information would fall into that category, too.
Plus info that I have dogs at home - I always carry a card with that vital info, so my dogs could be rescued should I be seriously injured and hospitalized unexpectedly.
I'm turning this into a grim thread, aren't I? Maybe I'll just shut up now... ;-)
