Hearing Aid Batteries

Hearing aids and cochlear implants are the best things for the people who are hard of hearing or suffering with hearing loss. There are various types of hearing aids, including Behind The Ear (BTE), In The Canal (ITC), In The Ear (ITE), and Completely In The Canal (CIC) hearing aids, from which you can choose according to your preferences. No matter what type of hearing aids that you choose, it does work on battery, which means you need to change the batteries after a certain period of time. The biggest question at that point would be, where o get the batteries for hearing aids. Well, in the following article we are going to find out the sources to get batteries for hearing aids as well as hearing aid battery reviews. So, keep reading!

Hearing Aid Battery

Once you are done with searching for the best hearing aid, you are left with an important task of searching for the best hearing aids batteries. First of all, you need to find out the expiration time that your existing hearing aid battery will take, which of course depends on the type of hearing aids that you are using. Understand the fact that the analog hearing aids batteries last longer than the digital ones. A standard hearing aid battery lasts for a week or more, if not, then chances are there that your hearing aid is not working properly. However, batteries of larger hearing aids are durable than the smaller ones. Secondly, the exact size of the battery for the hearing aid type. The hearing aid industry has made thus task really easy for you, by giving a certain color code to a specific type of battery. This color code is mentioned at the back side of the battery, you will see a tab which you need to pull off to start hearing aid/activate the battery. The size of hearing aid with orange Tab would be 'size 13', with brown tab it would be 'size 312', with yellow tab it would be 'size 10' and with the blue tab the battery size would be 'size 675'.

Reviews

You can find numerous brands of hearing aids that offer a wide range of hearing aids batteries. Apart from size, an important selection criteria would be selecting the most preferred one amongst cochlear, mercury free, trial test pack or the rechargeable batteries. Here is the comparisons according to the battery brands.

Cochlear Implant Batteries

• PowerOne P675i+
• Rayovac 675CA
• Zenipower A675P
• Energizer C675
• Professional Card - PowerOne P675

Mercury Free Batteries

• Energizer Audio PRO Hearing Aid Battery
• Rayovac Mercury Free Hearing Aid Battery

Rechargeable Batteries

• PowerOne Accu Plus NiMH Rechargeable Hearing Aid Battery
• Card Charger for PowerOne Accu Plus NiMH Rechargeable Hearing Aid Batteries
• Pen Charger for PowerOne Accu Plus NiMH Rechargeable Hearing Aid Battery

Some of the popular battery brands that you might like to try include are: Royovac, Energizer, Panasonic, Duracell, ZeniPower, PowerOne, Renata, etc. These batteries are available in the pack of 6, 10, 30 or 40; which affects the cost of these batteries. Average cost of a pack of 6 batteries is around USD 4.

Once you are done with the selection of the batteries, then you also need to understand some essential things. Understand the fact that most of the hearing aid batteries are actually electro-chemical batteries that are also called Zinc Air. It means, these batteries are made of zinc and they get activated when they come into contact with air. Once you remove their colored tabs, these batteries get reacted with air and get activated and these tabs cannot be replaced again to deactivate the batteries. Hence, as a precaution, remove the color tab, only when you need it! You also need to keep the 'active' batteries separate from the 'expired' ones, because they could get mixed up with the older ones.