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Table 4 Comparison of Median Time-to-Awaken and Median Time-to-Escape Between Children and Adults

From: Optimizing smoke alarm signals: Testing the effectiveness of children’s smoke alarms for sleeping adults

Type of Alarm

Median Time-to-Awaken (seconds)

Median Time-to-Escape (seconds)

Childrena

Adults

Childrena

Adults

Female Voice

4.0

1.0

24.0

9.0

Low-Frequency Tone

4.0

1.0

41.5

10.0

High-Frequency Tone

> 300.0

2.0

> 300.0

12.0

  1. aValues for children are from Smith GA, et al. Academic Pediatrics. 2019 (2020a)