5 Reasons Your Disposable Hearing Aid Batteries are Dying SO FAST!
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- 5 Reasons Your Hearing Aid Batteries are Dying So Fast! | Dr. Rachael Cook, audiologist at Applied Hearing Solutions in Phoenix, Arizona, talks about the top reasons your hearing aids are burning through disposable batteries so quickly.
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Rayovac hearing aid battery tester: www.amazon.com/Rayovac-Hearin...
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Disposable Battery Advantages
01:51 How Zinc Air Batteries Work
02:52 Battery Not Fully Activated
03:56 Improper Battery Storage
04:30 Debris in Battery Compartment
05:20 Expired Batteries
06:06 Need Better Batteries
06:53 What to Do When Batteries Die Too Fast
07:34 Final Thoughts 
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I had NO idea! I've been wearing hearing aids for 15 years and nobody has ever told me that I should wait after taking off the sticker! Thank you!
That's always been the problem sometimes you have to wait weeks to find out and really good friends wait years before they tell you
I have replaceable battery hearing aids. My audiologist told me about waiting, so that's what I do. I have been buying batteries from Costco for years, and have had no issues.
I am genuinely shocked by 1. I’ve been shoving them in as fast as possible. I will now change my ways.
Try this trick:
Do not loose the sticker. When you don’t use the hearing aid in the night put the sticker back on. It has really helped me extend the life of the battery.
I usually put the sticker back on the battery when I am not using the hearing and it helped extend the battery life than normal.
Thank you for this video! I was just telling my Audiologist that RayOVac batteries lasted longer than any other batteries.
I never knew that it takes 3 full minutes to charge a battery. Now that I do. I am sure I'll have a much longer life of a single battery compared to a week before I need to change it. I currently use the orange tab one, 13.
Thanks again.
Honestly, the waiting on the battery thing was new for me too! I had always heard to “wait for a few” but never knew what it really meant. After testing it in office, I could really see the proof!
@@rachaelcookaud2695yeah I'm kinda guilty of that myself I waited 2 minutes and that's it but mine never died on me and I used them quite often
Now with Bluetooth hearing aids I will use more Battery power too but I can hear more if I have just the sounds I need to hear sent to my hearing aids and amplified and connected to my Phone and TV.
I kind of learned this from my Audiologist when I got new hearing aids. They know from the Testing that you are not Hearing a lot so they kind of prepared me what it will be like with my hearing aids and what you need to do with them and what they do to hear and understand speech because I do not know what they all do for me like mute background sounds around me and things like that but you need something to separate the speech from the background sounds to hear some of it.
I am guessing that the VA that I use wants to keep this information from me?!
Can't wait to see if I can get more than 36 hours in the future.
Thank you
I look forward to viewing more of your presentations.
Thanks! I didn't know those reasons why my batteries have been dying so fast. Thanks!
Never knew about the charge of oxygen thing. Thanks for the 411.
I do know that you need to wait three minutes and that Ray O Vac Batteries are better than Generic ones because even if they cost less but you need to change them right away it really does not work with Ultrapower Hearing Aids to do that because you need all the Power you can get all the time to hear with.
Great video. Thanks you!
I prefer disposable batteries. I'm a teacher and absolutely need them to work.all the time. If rechargeable batteries run out, it can take a while before I'm up and running again. With disposal, it's under 30 seconds.
Great example of one of the many advantages of disposable hearing aid batteries! Thanks for sharing. :)
Me too. If you travel internationally you have to remember to bring the case and then futz with power adapters for various countries. Batteries are available just about anywhere in the world.
Another great video !!! I always wondered why ?
Glad to help!
very helpful!
this is why I stick to rechargeable hearing aids because in Aug 17 when I get my new hearing aids my old ones will be used when charging the new ones
Have been a hearing aid user for the past 6 years and have never had a problem with disposable batteries dying. I only purcahse batteries from Costco, replace them every Sunday morning after both stickers have been removed for five minutes and before going to bed remove each battery for the night. Love or hate Costco, they have excellent batteries at killer prices.
That they do! A perfect routine!!
@@rachaelcookaud2695 While changing batteries it's a good time to go over each aid with a little brush and an Alcohol Prep Pad, which can be purchased by the box at most drug stores.
I do think that better batteries last longer and it depends on what hearing aids you have and what they do. Mine are Ultrapower Hearing Aids and I have the most amplification possible and they mute background sounds around me to hear and understand speech so my batteries will not last that long compared to hearing aids with less amplification and power but you need it to hear so you always need to have extra batteries with you. Ultrapower Hearing Aids are not rechargeable because they would not have enough power and amplification to hear some sounds and get them up to your level of Hearing. I never really thought about how much battery life I have left and I just wanted to be able to hear some sounds with them.
Excellent video and advice. I recently experienced my batteries dying quickly. Now I know it's probably my fault.
Once you know better, you can do better!
For me I noticed that if I let the disposable batteries sit for 3 minutes after removing the sticker the battery life was always much shorter than when I just put it in right away.
The same thing applies again to my CI disposable batteries, if I wait 3 minutes they only last a day, vs when I put them in right away, when I put them in right away I would get 5 days out of the same batteries.
For my hearing aid I would get atleast 25 days with the same battery and rarely I would get a full month with them. So it really depends on the user and their programming which is something that wasn’t mentioned in this video.
Anyone have the link to the video from Dr. Kelsey Beck? RUclips’s algorithm seems to be hiding it
Looking forward to the rechargeable batteries video. Please address if it's safe or not to use dehumidifiers/dryers like the Perfect Dry system.
It is safe! For both disposable and rechargeable hearing aids. Just remove the battery (disposable) or turn off the hearing aids (rechargeable) before putting through the dry cycle.
@@rachaelcookaud2695Thanks for clearing it up! I just keep hearing people freak out that these systems are too hot.
Excellent tips. I do have 2 sets of devices,one rechargeable and one disposable. I realize that having two sets are excessive but i get some peace of mind having both. I have not been tracking the battery drain time as i do a lot of Bluetooth streaming. I do track wear time on the My Phonak app as i use the rechargeables most of the time.. i just assumed that the shortened charge time was because i use Bluetooth 8+ hours daily and i know that that’s a big drain on battery life.. It is comforting in my mind to have disposables as I haven’t perfected a charging schedule and the rechargeable occasionally give me a low battery notification during an important zoom meetings and I don’t want to miss anything. It hadn’t occurred to me that i should allow more time for the zinc battery to activate. These are great tips to know when i am using my disposable batteries. Thank you for the informative tips. It definitely was an eye opener.
Didn't know that. Always wonder why my batteries died so soon. I have a question about when you are not using your hearing aids do you open the battery compartment or leave it close. I open mine so it not connected , I think that saves the battery and doesn't drain them. I have another question the box said I have oticon hearing aids but on the hearing aids the names not there so how do I know what kind of hearing aids I have. Due for a new part in December that will be one of the question I will ask.
Keep the battery compartment open when not in use! Also, if they are Oticon aids, the model name should be written on the battery door.
What about the new technology? Is this one using more energy while streaming to the cellphone and vice-versa ? What do you think ? Now patients can even answer the cellphone directly from their hearing aids.
You are correct that bluetooth streaming drains battery much faster than normal!
I have always wondered why batteries wear out when I havent used them as much after I pulled off the sticker. More importantly I have never heard to wait three minutes before inserting them. My hearing aids aren't water resistant, so air probably is getting in, but I might as well start a good habit! Thank you!
I was surprised it made so much of a difference when we used a battery tester. Now I treat it like law!
This is why I like rechargeable LMFAO
As a heavy user 18hrs a day, heavy bluetooth use for phone, yt, movies, disposable batteries eliminate down time during use. One friend trialed rechargeables during a period of multiple back to back double shifts, said one night during a 5hr sleep period he was too tired to remember to place them in the charger, then the batteries died at work and he had to go 1-1/2 shifts unable to clearly hear what people were saying (very unsafe in his job)...to he returned the trial rechargeables and bought the disposable battery hearing aids.
Neither of us has time to wait for rechargeable to charge up, so we prefer the quick return to full function we get from disposable batteries.
If one removes the batteries at night while sleeping, does it help to put the tabs back on them while we sleep? I read somewhere that doing so slows the rate that fresh oxygen flows into them, thus adding life.
I have not heard that. Once the battery is active, it will remain active until full discharge. I’m not sure if it would make a huge difference, but if you try out a little experiment let me know what happens!!
@@rachaelcookaud2695 I did this before and I felt like it gave me an additional day or so. I'm guessing it slows down the chemical reaction by a bit due to no additional oxygen for those few hours.
I put the sticker back on when not in use and it has helped extend the battery life.
WOW that’s what I am doing wrong. Not letting them charge for 3 minutes.
I can verify that the Rayovac Proline Advanced Batteries work great. I used to use big box store HA batteries and they would last around 4 days. The Rayovac batteries last around 6-7 days. I recently started streaming a lot of videos via Bluetooth and that has cut my battery life back down to 3-4 days. Though I must admit I haven’t been careful about how long I wait for the batteries to activate.
Questions:
- Would it save battery life if I disconnect my HAs from Bluetooth when I’m not streaming videos? I haven’t tried it because it would be a pain to keep repairing them to my iPad.
- Do you know who makes the Oticon brand of batteries?
Bluetooth streaming will certainly eat up battery life. However, during times you are not streaming, it does not use much power to keep the hearing aids and the electronic device connected via Bluetooth. I am unfamiliar with Oticon-branded batteries.
@@rachaelcookaud2695 thanks, that’s good to know. I just bought some Oticon HAs, and they came with Oticon batteries. After my 60 day trial, they’re supposed to send me more batteries. I’m used to getting 8 batteries per 312 pack, but these only have 6 per pack.
Why dont they tell you about this
no one ever told me that thanks
Only moron's have hearing aids without rechargeable batteries. A scumbag tried to sell me a pair ot those for 7 grand. I walked away, then my hearing came back
I'm sorry you think that - disposable battery hearing aids are awesome! Totally depends on the person and your needs.
@@rachaelcookaud2695 Disposable battery hearing aids are 100 percent obsolete. The only reason that they still exist is because old and senile people cannot know this and are victimized by the rapist pushing cheap hearing aids for big bucks
You left out the item that the "moron's" have.
Lmao 🤣, agreed! Rechargeable is so much better and easier
@@kaylasmusic So why should any older and partly deaf person be tormented by obsolete garbage. Hearing aids with replaceable batteries should be triple of rechargeable or literally made illegal for the sake of respect for people