Used in bedrooms, the Night Cradle™ wakes up a Deaf person when they are asleep in bed, or attracts their attention when they are in the bedroom or en-suite bathroom and the fire alarm is activated.

On retiring to bed or undressing, the Deaf person places their Alerter into the Night Cradle. When an alert or message is received, the Alerter communicates with the Night Cradle which switches on the under-pillow vibrating pad and flashes a light. (Note: the flash frequency of the light has been carefully selected not to affect people with epilepsy.)

The vibration unit and light will continue to operate until the fire alarm is reset or the Alerter removed from the Night Cradle. The mains-powered Night Cradle contains its own battery-backup facility to operate during “mains fail” situations. An optional feature is to also connect the bedroom's telephone or minicom. When an incoming ringtone is detected, the strobe will flash and the pillow pad will vibrate. This can be used for hotel wake-up calls or general alerting of an incoming (text) minicom call.

A major advantage of the Night Cradle is that Deaf people do not have to be allocated specially modified rooms and can move room easily. This means they can have the same freedom of room selection as a hearing person, and does not demean Deaf people by insisting that they have to use a "catch-all" modified room with features designed to encompass all manner of disabilities (some or all of which might have absolutely no bearing on that person).

The robust metal case of the Night Cradle makes it especially attractive for use in hotels and student accommodation.