The issues I have with rechargable battery hearing aids are: 1. You have to charge hearing aids every night. Not an issue but when travelling you have to bring charger with you. Or if the power in your home goes out over night you have a less than full battery charge in the morning. 2. Hearing aid size. It seems that hearing aid size is slightly bigger with the rechargable battery. This may change with newer technology 3. Charger. You cannot get a generic charger for your hearing aids. Have to use the manufacturer charger. Scenario. Took a day trip and decided to stay over night at a hotel last minute. Do not have my charger with me...what do I do? If there is a generic charger for the major manufacturers, may be able to get one at a Walmart. 4. Cannot change a rechargable battery yourself. Have to have provider or manufacturer change the battery. I think the major hearing aid manufacturers need to take a closer look at the inconvenience of using rechargable hearing aids and try to resolve those inconveniences even if they have to work together to benefit the hearing aid user. I still use disposable battery hearing aids today for the conveniences of using disposable battery hearing aids
Many hearing aid manufacturers make chargers that offer up to three days of charging without being plugged in. Starkey has made these types of chargers since at least 2018. I had the Muse IQ charger in 2018 which had that feature. I'm now using Genesis AI rechargeable aids, and there is also a charger for those that will offer three days of charging without plugging in the charger.
Try keeping the old style package. While at home with time on your hands, transfer the new batteries into the old package and keep them in a safe place.
I don't like the rechargeable hearing aids. Of course, I've worn a hearing aid most of my life and independent battery charged. Never swallowed a battery in my life time.
I don't either. Also hearing aids are too expensive once the battery does not charge anymore. Too expensive for disposable hearing aids and depends on the brand and cost of the hearing aid it can be sent in to have a new rechargeable battery put in.
I am totally deaf in one ear and wear a hearing aid in the other. If I have a rechargeable hearing aid, then if (when) it goes bad and I have to send it off to be fixed, I'm essentially deaf until it comes back. This is not a good solution for Seniors.
Oct. 2023 I got a cochlear implant, left ear. Dr. took my left aid, connected it to a older right side ead bud, so now my left aid, is a back up for my right side aid.
I keep a Banglijian Hearing Amplifier BLJ-109 Rechargeable on hand for down time. They cost about $80 each. Might not work if your hearing loss is severe. They usually don't last more than a year before the switch or charging port goes bad.
True, batteries ordinarily last 7 days. Rechargeable, get three to four days max. When they go dead, they go dead now. How many people carry a charging case with them?
@@williamgates4399 That’s unfortunate. The rechargeable batteries I had didn’t last a full day. I had to keep disposable batteries with me and finally that’s all I used.
Recently switched to rechargeable powered hearing aids and was concerned about what would happen if our home had a prolonged power outage. I found that the hearing aid charger for my Signia HAs could be successfully plugged into the DC power outlet in my vehicle.
I recommend to start saving the plastic cases that some hearing aids come in. Then you can open the entire new packaging at once and load the new hearing aids into those. Also I would like to see the research that shows how many ingestions were due to hearing aid batteries as opposed to the myriad of other devices that use button batteries. Also again if you are elderly and can’t tell your medication from your batteries then you should seek help taking your meds as many potentially dangerous meds look similar.
This is a terrible solution to the problem. So now I'm forced to use scissors that are usually sharp enough to do serious damage to hands or fingers, and possibly introduce an infection through the wound. Seniors will definitely have a problem with this new packaging. So now there are 3000 cases of battery swallowing per year, but how many cases will be of incidentally cutting hands while unpacking the battery? I imagine ten times more at least. And yeah, you can STILL swallow that battery, so the initial problem isn’t even solved. Amusing to see this.
Thank you for the update. Some of us have kiddos that wear hearing aides and this means her teachers will need to be aware of the new packaging and need for scissors.
Rather than have people be responsible for the batteries let's pass a law making it harder for people, especially those with dexterity issues to access the batteries. Brilliant!
Now they got to pick on deaf people and find things wrong with hearing aids!! Sorry about the kids who got hold of those batteries, but responsible adults should know to keep them out of reach of children-just as one would keep prescriptions and OTCs from kids. Can anyone say responsibility? Yes-I am deaf and I've tried several kinds of the rechargeable ones and evidently, they are not compatible with my ears to hear.
I can't find button cell size 675 batteries anymore since 2008 . Walmart Supercenter stores and department stores and groceries stores and pharmacy doesn't sell them anymore and I had to buy another different types of hearing aides with buttons cell size 13 are getting harder to buy and they are much smaller than 675 but last same 3 weeks and my Old First Digital Phonak Milo Plus has been better than my other brands hearing Aides from 2013 when no other Professional Hearing Aides seller AuD professional Audiologist hearing Aides Centers office in my small town and other cities couldn't help me so I went 100 miles away from my small town and gotten a new digital hearing Aides with 13 size button cell and my hearing Aides started to losing hearing Aides microphones filters and being damaged by sweating and thunderstorms and snow storm and kept have to sent it back to hearing Aides center 100 miles away and I gotten tired costing me money and having no hearing Aides to wear so I rewatching a lot of Dr.Cliff AuD professional Audiologist videos on RUclips channel and in 2021 he talked about and reviewed different brands hearing aides and I wanted a Phonak Paradise hearing aides rechargeable battery with digital Bluetooth microphone ports without any microphone filters to be replaced every 4 weeks normal wear and every 2 weeks during exercise and sweating and thunderstorms and snowstorm so Dr. Cliff did his homework on new Phonak Paradise Life Aud`eo sweat proof waterproof digital Bluetooth surround sound 360 Senors automatic Sensors from 4 different types of environment and has a rechargeable batteries base totally portable power of 3days worth without any electricity power and I can use solar powered and truck and car UBS ports and emergency radio LEDs lights solar power panels and weather alerts channels and hand cranking regenerator handle to recharge my hearing Aides base and using Rechargeable batteries Battery Solar power 4 USB ports to hook up to cellphone computer and hearing Aides power base and LEDs lights to charge at the same time under day time sun or not and I can go camping and hiking and boating and fishing for months without any electric power and spending time outside in thunderstorm and snow storm and sweating summer times and using digital Bluetooth to hook up automatically without touching my hearing Aides and cellphone and my t.v. speakers that I bought a new Phonak Audio Roger-On digital Bluetooth t.v. audio hookup as soon as I walked in my living room my t.v. Bluetooth speakers turned on my hearing Aides without bothering my neighbors with my loud t.v. speaker blasting so I haven't used my t.v. normal speakers and they are turned down and I can walk away from my living room into my bedroom and still be able to listen to my t.v. 40 feet away as well as listening to my cellphone computer 30 feet away with my Bluetooth cellphone computer and Bluetooth hearing Aides I bought the hearing Aides in 2022 and still working recharging hearing Aides batteries every 3 hours full charge at night and I still use my backup Phonak Milo Plus disposable 13 size button cell and I still keeping 36 button cell battery as backup in packaging and I don't have to go back to Hearing Aides Dealership AuD professional Audiologist Center office 100 miles away until I wanted to. My job and Medical Insurance Company paid for my hearing Aides and I paid for hearing testing and cleaning up and new small Custom ear molds and wires no more plastic tubes no more plastic ears molds and no more microphone filters to be replaced no more replacing disposable batteries and trying to find batteries at stores and no more repairing hearing Aides and Rechargeable battery hearing Aides Phonak Paradise Life hearing Aides are smaller than normal regular size Old Fashioned Phonak Milo Plus digital hearing Aides and can wear sunglasses and regular glasses and cowboy hat and ball cap at the same time. Yes I know it only 12 to 16 hours long wearing hearing Aides during the day and night but I can recharge it several times to full charge before night time start since Bluetooth hearing Aides will using up power if watching TV shows and movies and or using cellphone computer RUclips videos and music and movies and News Stations will be down to 10 hours a day and night hearing Aides using.
In their response to this case, the government completely disregarded disability accessibility and independence. For most other products that pose a risk to children, there are warning labels on the packaging of the product. It is the responsibility of the child's parents to educate their children and to protect them. The original packaging of hearing aid batteries was specifically designed to be accessible to its users. Personally, the new packaging will not be an issue for me, but I do see how it could be an issue for young children learning to wear hearing aids and for the elderly
That BIG headline was totally unnecessary. My immediate reaction was that the non - rechargeable disposable batteries are to be discontinued. SHOCK! HORROR! Thankfully that isn’t the case at all. However my feelings on the actual BAD NEWS is one of resignation to the usual government shenanigans. Absolutely nothing I can do about it. Just another government made problem that’s frustrating but thankfully easily solved. There’s always a way around a problem. In this case prior preparation of transferring the batteries to another packet or small container like those small Vaseline tins. Just pad the inside with cotton wool or even soft tissue paper with the batteries enclosed in the normal battery pack it comes in. Save the packets now! Or even simpler use the little plastic bottle that comes with ear plugs. Place one battery on the bottom then another one between the plugs plus one on top. This helps to insulate them from each other. Problem solved.
Hi everybody 😊 With rechargeable aids, we should always consider charging time, which can be stressful. What if we are on vacation and forget to bring the charging device? Or what will we do the morning after we forget to charge the aids? Moreover, there may be a power outage, making charging impossible.
One way around the cost is if you have a three year warranty on your hearing aid. Send it in before end of warranty and request they replace the battery.
Most of the watch etc batteries have the cut out type packaging in the UK, although my hearing aids use non rechargeable batteries supplied by the NHS and upto now not the ones requiring to be cut out.
It's sad that people blame batteries instead of irresponsible parenting. I want to be able to use rechargeable batteries but the drawbacks exceed the advantages for me. I hope the hearing aid manufacturers continue offering a disposable battery option.
Just as Tide redesigned their packaging for Tide Pods, these manufacturers can redesign disposable battery packaging to address these problems. Not buying all this whining over INCONVENIENCE VERSUS SAFETY.
I love my disposable battery hearing aids. If I'm out somewhere and the battery dies, I can just buy some new batteries at a grocery store or drugstore. Try that with a rechargeable! My batteries last about 9 days, but I just change them out once a week to develop a weekly habit. Try making your rechargeable last a week, haha. And finally, rechargeable batteries lose their storage capacity as they age. A laptop computer that goes through daily charge/discharge cycles will lose about half of their battery capacity within 3 years. Do you want to be FORCED to replace your hearing aids every 3 years, if you have rechargables? It's one thing to want a new hearing aid, it's quite another to be forced. What if you're still happy with your hearing aid's features after 3 years, and don't want to get new ones?
I have hearing aids, rechargable, wear one right ear lasts all day. Left ear cochlear implant, Dr. said use replaceable, the recharge battery does not last the full day.
Have worn hearing aids for 60 years. Thought about rechargeable the last time I replaced my aids 2 years ago; but decided to stay with disposable because I have significant power needs and would have needed to recharge daily. I prefer the ability to get 5 days charge out of my aids even though there is some significant costs associated with this convenience. However after seeing this video, I will probably be more willing to consider rechargeable batteries on my next set of aids. Thank you for the information.
I live in a hurricane zone. When we have a hurricane, we lose power for 4-6 weeks. There is no way to charge rechargeable HA’s without power. I tried the rechargeable hearing aids and returned them for the disposable battery hearing aids. The rechargeables don’t hold a charge all day and have to be charged during the day. Plus you are tethered to a charger. If it breaks, you have no way to charge the batteries unless you buy a second backup charger. Plus I have a severe hearing loss and cannot hear the burglar alarm or telephone when the hearing aids are in a charger overnight. As others have said, how is it going to go when we board an airplane with scissors? People get food stuck in their throat and choke, so maybe we should ban food. And no, I don’t have a problem knowing the difference between a metallic battery and a pill.
I am 80yo and really love my Resound HA's that are BTE style, a set of 13 size batterys lasts me 8-9 days. they're turned off at night and I can put them anywhere, (just remember where) no worries about charging . I will manage with the new legislation OK just keep pair of those small coupon clippers ,I suspect those won't cut the plastic . Amazon-- our everything store likely . Bruce W
You can have your rechargeable hearing aids. You are denied their use during recharge. That’s a deal breaker for me. I actually sleep with my hearing aids in. Even when asleep I want to be able to hear if danger approaches. Also the new law is bs. For many, none of those hazards exist and should be afforded the ability to buy the existing packaging. Instead everyone has to suffer because of a few challenged individuals.
My question is what happens when kids or pets swallow a hearing aid? Will the bodily fluids get into the hearing aid, and penatrate the battery compartment? This would apply to both units with replaceable batteries as we as rechargeable ones.
Is it bad news? I purchase my 312 batteries at Costco and even the most recent packages are not difficult to open. Perhaps the fact that you have to open the main package to get to each smaller package helps it comply? That and my Kirkland Signature 10s continue to go strong! Years after the Signature 11 was discontinued due to rechargeable battery failures.
What happens when the batteries age and the charge does not last long enough. The charging case itself has batteries that will degrade over time. I've seen hearing aids with disposable batteries last 8 years. Can rechargeable batteries last 8 years? What is the cost to replace rechargeable batteries?
In my experience with my current Starkey Livio aids, the batteries would not hold a charge to get me through the whole day after only 2 1/2 years. Because they were still within the 3 year warranty period, Starkey serviced them and replaced the batteries for free. However, the next time they wear to the point where they won't hold a sufficient charge, it will cost between $300 and $500 per aid to replace the batteries. This is my biggest reason against rechargeable hearing aids. My previous Starkey Z-Series aids with disposable batteries which I use as my backups, still work fine after 9 years. Hearing aid manufacturers are claiming 5 to 6 years before rechargeable batteries need replacing. To this I say nonsense!
I will just keep my button cells in a baggie in my coin purse. Just like I have done for all the years I have worn aids. Parents and grandparents need to take responsibility for batteries just like they do for any medication they take. This is another government overreach. When will they protect me from death itself?
@jakthebomb GFCI protection prevents lethal shock (electrocution). Tamper-Resistant Receptacles that impede insertion of conductive objects have been available for several decades and have been MANDATED for NEW and REPLACED residential outlets located below 5½ feet FOR OVER A DECADE.
Wow, I had absolutely no idea this was coming! My wife is going to try to grab some batteries for us at Costco before the new packs come in, if it's not already too late.
Now you’ll have batteries around and scissors rechargeables suck. You have to send them in to get them repaired and you got to fight to get that done. Stock up on the good old batteries you’ll still be able to get them off of Amazon from some other country. What do lithium batteries do when ingested hearing aids are the only ones that I know use zinc air all the other button ones are lithium
Save old packages like Duracell flip top boxes. Cut the batteries out of the new package and put them in the old package, pretty simple. I HATE rechargeable hearing aids, they are useless until you get home to charge. I will never buy another set of rechargeable hearing aids
I totally believe that non rechargeable HA batteries will soon be a thing of the past. Maybe 10 years. As tech improves electrical demands on the HA batteries will get less and less and at the same time rechargeable tech will improve giving batteries longer and longer life spans. I am already hearing about HA with 36 or more hours of battery life. As for you guys who complain about recharging, I'm sure you recharge your phones, your smart Watches and your tablets on a nightly bases, and I never hear complaints about those. You have to sleep sometimes.
It is true that we charge other devices overnight such as a cell phone. But someone with a moderate/severe hearing loss would have difficulty functioning during the day without hearing aids but they should be able to without a cell phone(hopefully) Big differnce. I agree that disposable battery hearing aids will be a thing of the past, but only when some of these incoveniences of rechargeable hearing aids are addressed(longer battery life per charge, ease of replacing battery, maybe a public charging station like for cell phones). Unfortunately a couple of the main HA manufacturers pulled the plug on disposable battery hearing aids.
@@timpolidore7968 I do have mod to severe hearing loss. My Lumity Life are at the low end of the battery life scale and I still get 18-20 or more hours. The have never gone dead, and I charge them every night. New ones are lasting twice that. It's just not an issue.
My Starkey Genesis AI hearing aids have over 36 hour battery life. The charger will also provide the hearing aids 3 hours of use after charging only 7 minutes.
@@LauraKnotek I’m a pilot and I am required to fly with my hearing aids. I can not have them failing in flight when I can not remove them. I put fresh batteries in before flying if it has been more than a day since replacing them. I will not use rechargeable hearing aids.
Instead of batteries in one package - now we have 6 small batteries we have clipped and some sharp sissies, then try to board aircraft.... It will be I've dropped my battery version of I dropped my contact.
As a product engineering manager, it is shameful and irresponsible to NOT PREVENT FORESEEABLE HAZARDS. There are always technical solutions when manufacturers aren’t lazy and too cheap to come up with safe remedies.
Classic results of irresponsible people for their behavior blame everyone, pass laws to punish the responsible. I have rechargeable hearing aids, they are good for about 7 hours if you don’t stream calls or music. Worthless then and having to carry the bulky character is as big a problem as not having the hearing aids work. Those of us that travel by air can’t pack the charge in checked luggage. One more item to lug in a carry one.
STOP WHINING!! If it’s your grandchild or pet that is killed, this is an absolutely minor INCONVENIENCE. At this day-and-age, • there’s no good reason to NOT TRANSITION TO RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES • manufacturers that have to make investments to redesign packaging to be safe will frequently “kick the can down the road“ rather than expend funds on THAT management team’s watch. Selfish!! • This inconvenience doesn’t deal with disposal of EXPENDED BATTERIES, only with delivery of NEW BATTERIES. As a product engineering manager, this law doesn’t go far enough to deal with the burden that replaceable battery technology has caused. There is always a technical solution!
The issues I have with rechargable battery hearing aids are:
1. You have to charge hearing aids every night. Not an issue but when travelling you have to bring charger with you. Or if the power in your home goes out over night you have a less than full battery charge in the morning.
2. Hearing aid size. It seems that hearing aid size is slightly bigger with the rechargable battery. This may change with newer technology
3. Charger. You cannot get a generic charger for your hearing aids. Have to use the manufacturer charger. Scenario. Took a day trip and decided to stay over night at a hotel last minute.
Do not have my charger with me...what do I do? If there is a generic charger for the major manufacturers, may be able to get one at a Walmart.
4. Cannot change a rechargable battery yourself. Have to have provider or manufacturer change the battery.
I think the major hearing aid manufacturers need to take a closer look at the inconvenience of using rechargable hearing aids and try to resolve those inconveniences even if they have to work together to benefit the hearing aid user.
I still use disposable battery hearing aids today for the conveniences of using disposable battery hearing aids
I have an article on this very issue on Medium: To Charge or not to charge
Many hearing aid manufacturers make chargers that offer up to three days of charging without being plugged in. Starkey has made these types of chargers since at least 2018. I had the Muse IQ charger in 2018 which had that feature. I'm now using Genesis AI rechargeable aids, and there is also a charger for those that will offer three days of charging without plugging in the charger.
Try keeping the old style package. While at home with time on your hands, transfer the new batteries into the old package and keep them in a safe place.
So...now we HAVE to bring scissors on a airplane, JUST so we can put in new hearing aid batteries! How's that going to work?
I don't like the rechargeable hearing aids. Of course, I've worn a hearing aid most of my life and independent battery charged. Never swallowed a battery in my life time.
never swallowed a battery so far you mean?
I don't either. Also hearing aids are too expensive once the battery does not charge anymore. Too expensive for disposable hearing aids and depends on the brand and cost of the hearing aid it can be sent in to have a new rechargeable battery put in.
What an unmitigated disaster for us old folks with mobility issues.
I am totally deaf in one ear and wear a hearing aid in the other. If I have a rechargeable hearing aid, then if (when) it goes bad and I have to send it off to be fixed, I'm essentially deaf until it comes back. This is not a good solution for Seniors.
Oct. 2023 I got a cochlear implant, left ear. Dr. took my left aid, connected it to a older right side ead bud, so now my left aid, is a back up for my right side aid.
Doesn't your hearing care provider offer a loaner hearing aid for when yours is sent to the manufacturer for repair? Mine does.
@@LauraKnotek I don't know. I never thought of that. Thanks so much for your comment, I'll check into it!
@LauraKnotek you must be joking
I keep a Banglijian Hearing Amplifier BLJ-109 Rechargeable on hand for down time. They cost about $80 each. Might not work if your hearing loss is severe. They usually don't last more than a year before the switch or charging port goes bad.
Rechargeable hearing aid batteries don't last near as long as regular batteries.
That’s correct and you still need to keep disposable batteries handy in case the rechargeable ones poop out before the end of the day.
True, batteries ordinarily last 7 days. Rechargeable, get three to four days max. When they go dead, they go dead now. How many people carry a charging case with them?
@@lancomedic My hearing aids are not designed to use disposable batteries.
@@williamgates4399 That’s unfortunate. The rechargeable batteries I had didn’t last a full day. I had to keep disposable batteries with me and finally that’s all I used.
@@williamgates4399 can’t you buy a spare charged set to carry with you?
Recently switched to rechargeable powered hearing aids and was concerned about what would happen if our home had a prolonged power outage. I found that the hearing aid charger for my Signia HAs could be successfully plugged into the DC power outlet in my vehicle.
I recommend to start saving the plastic cases that some hearing aids come in. Then you can open the entire new packaging at once and load the new hearing aids into those. Also I would like to see the research that shows how many ingestions were due to hearing aid batteries as opposed to the myriad of other devices that use button batteries. Also again if you are elderly and can’t tell your medication from your batteries then you should seek help taking your meds as many potentially dangerous meds look similar.
I bet close to zero, most congress critters are not that bright.
While this change may prevent ingestion 😅f new batteries what about the ones we remove and are “dead”?
This is a terrible solution to the problem. So now I'm forced to use scissors that are usually sharp enough to do serious damage to hands or fingers, and possibly introduce an infection through the wound. Seniors will definitely have a problem with this new packaging. So now there are 3000 cases of battery swallowing per year, but how many cases will be of incidentally cutting hands while unpacking the battery? I imagine ten times more at least. And yeah, you can STILL swallow that battery, so the initial problem isn’t even solved. Amusing to see this.
Worried about button-batteries but not about gun control. How demented are the law makers in the country I shake my head in absolute disgust
Thank you for the update. Some of us have kiddos that wear hearing aides and this means her teachers will need to be aware of the new packaging and need for scissors.
What about those of us that wear bone anchored hearing solutions? There are no rechargeable options for those, to the best of my knowledge.
Rather than have people be responsible for the batteries let's pass a law making it harder for people, especially those with dexterity issues to access the batteries. Brilliant!
Now they got to pick on deaf people and find things wrong with hearing aids!! Sorry about the kids who got hold of those batteries, but responsible adults should know to keep them out of reach of children-just as one would keep prescriptions and OTCs from kids. Can anyone say responsibility?
Yes-I am deaf and I've tried several kinds of the rechargeable ones and evidently, they are not compatible with my ears to hear.
Rechargeable hearing aids are not an option for me with my hearing loss. I must use batteries. I must use the largest battery 675 with my Phonaks.
I can't find button cell size 675 batteries anymore since 2008 . Walmart Supercenter stores and department stores and groceries stores and pharmacy doesn't sell them anymore and I had to buy another different types of hearing aides with buttons cell size 13 are getting harder to buy and they are much smaller than 675 but last same 3 weeks and my Old First Digital Phonak Milo Plus has been better than my other brands hearing Aides from 2013 when no other Professional Hearing Aides seller AuD professional Audiologist hearing Aides Centers office in my small town and other cities couldn't help me so I went 100 miles away from my small town and gotten a new digital hearing Aides with 13 size button cell and my hearing Aides started to losing hearing Aides microphones filters and being damaged by sweating and thunderstorms and snow storm and kept have to sent it back to hearing Aides center 100 miles away and I gotten tired costing me money and having no hearing Aides to wear so I rewatching a lot of Dr.Cliff AuD professional Audiologist videos on RUclips channel and in 2021 he talked about and reviewed different brands hearing aides and I wanted a Phonak Paradise hearing aides rechargeable battery with digital Bluetooth microphone ports without any microphone filters to be replaced every 4 weeks normal wear and every 2 weeks during exercise and sweating and thunderstorms and snowstorm so Dr. Cliff did his homework on new Phonak Paradise Life Aud`eo sweat proof waterproof digital Bluetooth surround sound 360 Senors automatic Sensors from 4 different types of environment and has a rechargeable batteries base totally portable power of 3days worth without any electricity power and I can use solar powered and truck and car UBS ports and emergency radio LEDs lights solar power panels and weather alerts channels and hand cranking regenerator handle to recharge my hearing Aides base and using Rechargeable batteries Battery Solar power 4 USB ports to hook up to cellphone computer and hearing Aides power base and LEDs lights to charge at the same time under day time sun or not and I can go camping and hiking and boating and fishing for months without any electric power and spending time outside in thunderstorm and snow storm and sweating summer times and using digital Bluetooth to hook up automatically without touching my hearing Aides and cellphone and my t.v. speakers that I bought a new Phonak Audio Roger-On digital Bluetooth t.v. audio hookup as soon as I walked in my living room my t.v. Bluetooth speakers turned on my hearing Aides without bothering my neighbors with my loud t.v. speaker blasting so I haven't used my t.v. normal speakers and they are turned down and I can walk away from my living room into my bedroom and still be able to listen to my t.v. 40 feet away as well as listening to my cellphone computer 30 feet away with my Bluetooth cellphone computer and Bluetooth hearing Aides I bought the hearing Aides in 2022 and still working recharging hearing Aides batteries every 3 hours full charge at night and I still use my backup Phonak Milo Plus disposable 13 size button cell and I still keeping 36 button cell battery as backup in packaging and I don't have to go back to Hearing Aides Dealership AuD professional Audiologist Center office 100 miles away until I wanted to. My job and Medical Insurance Company paid for my hearing Aides and I paid for hearing testing and cleaning up and new small Custom ear molds and wires no more plastic tubes no more plastic ears molds and no more microphone filters to be replaced no more replacing disposable batteries and trying to find batteries at stores and no more repairing hearing Aides and Rechargeable battery hearing Aides Phonak Paradise Life hearing Aides are smaller than normal regular size Old Fashioned Phonak Milo Plus digital hearing Aides and can wear sunglasses and regular glasses and cowboy hat and ball cap at the same time.
Yes I know it only 12 to 16 hours long wearing hearing Aides during the day and night but I can recharge it several times to full charge before night time start since Bluetooth hearing Aides will using up power if watching TV shows and movies and or using cellphone computer RUclips videos and music and movies and News Stations will be down to 10 hours a day and night hearing Aides using.
Same here Phonak 675 with severe-profound
In their response to this case, the government completely disregarded disability accessibility and independence. For most other products that pose a risk to children, there are warning labels on the packaging of the product. It is the responsibility of the child's parents to educate their children and to protect them. The original packaging of hearing aid batteries was specifically designed to be accessible to its users. Personally, the new packaging will not be an issue for me, but I do see how it could be an issue for young children learning to wear hearing aids and for the elderly
That BIG headline was totally unnecessary. My immediate reaction was that the non - rechargeable disposable batteries are to be discontinued. SHOCK! HORROR! Thankfully that isn’t the case at all. However my feelings on the actual BAD NEWS is one of resignation to the usual government shenanigans. Absolutely nothing I can do about it. Just another government made problem that’s frustrating but thankfully easily solved. There’s always a way around a problem. In this case prior preparation of transferring the batteries to another packet or small container like those small Vaseline tins. Just pad the inside with cotton wool or even soft tissue paper with the batteries enclosed in the normal battery pack it comes in. Save the packets now! Or even simpler use the little plastic bottle that comes with ear plugs. Place one battery on the bottom then another one between the plugs plus one on top. This helps to insulate them from each other. Problem solved.
I’m so glad that I don’t have to worry about batteries anymore. I love my rechargeable hearing aids
Hi everybody 😊
With rechargeable aids, we should always consider charging time, which can be stressful. What if we are on vacation and forget to bring the charging device? Or what will we do the morning after we forget to charge the aids? Moreover, there may be a power outage, making charging impossible.
rechargable hearing aids......lets talk about that. The batterires in the hearing aids, they need to be replaced every 3 years at a cost of over $300.
Exactly.
One way around the cost is if you have a three year warranty on your hearing aid. Send it in before end of warranty and request they replace the battery.
@@timpolidore7968 Then after 3 years goes by, you have to pay for another battery to be installed.
Most of the watch etc batteries have the cut out type packaging in the UK, although my hearing aids use non rechargeable batteries supplied by the NHS and upto now not the ones requiring to be cut out.
It's sad that people blame batteries instead of irresponsible parenting. I want to be able to use rechargeable batteries but the drawbacks exceed the advantages for me. I hope the hearing aid manufacturers continue offering a disposable battery option.
And try carrying scissors on an airliner
Just as Tide redesigned their packaging for Tide Pods, these manufacturers can redesign disposable battery packaging to address these problems. Not buying all this whining over INCONVENIENCE VERSUS SAFETY.
I heard someone choked😮 on a grape 🍇 so let's outlaw grapes
Please federal and state and local governments keep out of my life
I love my disposable battery hearing aids. If I'm out somewhere and the battery dies, I can just buy some new batteries at a grocery store or drugstore. Try that with a rechargeable! My batteries last about 9 days, but I just change them out once a week to develop a weekly habit. Try making your rechargeable last a week, haha. And finally, rechargeable batteries lose their storage capacity as they age. A laptop computer that goes through daily charge/discharge cycles will lose about half of their battery capacity within 3 years. Do you want to be FORCED to replace your hearing aids every 3 years, if you have rechargables? It's one thing to want a new hearing aid, it's quite another to be forced. What if you're still happy with your hearing aid's features after 3 years, and don't want to get new ones?
I have hearing aids, rechargable, wear one right ear lasts all day. Left ear cochlear implant, Dr. said use replaceable, the recharge battery does not last the full day.
Have worn hearing aids for 60 years. Thought about rechargeable the last time I replaced my aids 2 years ago; but decided to stay with disposable because I have significant power needs and would have needed to recharge daily. I prefer the ability to get 5 days charge out of my aids even though there is some significant costs associated with this convenience. However after seeing this video, I will probably be more willing to consider rechargeable batteries on my next set of aids. Thank you for the information.
I live in a hurricane zone. When we have a hurricane, we lose power for 4-6 weeks. There is no way to charge rechargeable HA’s without power. I tried the rechargeable hearing aids and returned them for the disposable battery hearing aids. The rechargeables don’t hold a charge all day and have to be charged during the day. Plus you are tethered to a charger. If it breaks, you have no way to charge the batteries unless you buy a second backup charger. Plus I have a severe hearing loss and cannot hear the burglar alarm or telephone when the hearing aids are in a charger overnight. As others have said, how is it going to go when we board an airplane with scissors? People get food stuck in their throat and choke, so maybe we should ban food. And no, I don’t have a problem knowing the difference between a metallic battery and a pill.
Not many rechargeable hearing aids have a T coil. So event and church hearing are out.
Typical big government response. The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many.
Thank you for posting this video! Very helpful information!
This is ridiculous, and will be an unnecessary and unfair burden for individuals with certain disabilities.
How do you dispose of old batteries ?
I am 80yo and really love my Resound HA's that are BTE style, a set of 13 size batterys lasts me 8-9 days. they're turned off at night and I can put them anywhere, (just remember where) no worries about charging . I will manage with the new legislation OK just keep pair of those small coupon clippers ,I suspect those won't cut the plastic . Amazon-- our everything store likely . Bruce W
You can have your rechargeable hearing aids. You are denied their use during recharge. That’s a deal breaker for me. I actually sleep with my hearing aids in. Even when asleep I want to be able to hear if danger approaches. Also the new law is bs. For many, none of those hazards exist and should be afforded the ability to buy the existing packaging. Instead everyone has to suffer because of a few challenged individuals.
I'm going to use my old package.
My question is what happens when kids or pets swallow a hearing aid? Will the bodily fluids get into the hearing aid, and penatrate the battery compartment? This would apply to both units with replaceable batteries as we as rechargeable ones.
Is it bad news? I purchase my 312 batteries at Costco and even the most recent packages are not difficult to open. Perhaps the fact that you have to open the main package to get to each smaller package helps it comply? That and my Kirkland Signature 10s continue to go strong! Years after the Signature 11 was discontinued due to rechargeable battery failures.
Good Luck changing your battery when flying.
Thank you for saving me from myself LOL
What happens when the batteries age and the charge does not last long enough. The charging case itself has batteries that will degrade over time. I've seen hearing aids with disposable batteries last 8 years. Can rechargeable batteries last 8 years? What is the cost to replace rechargeable batteries?
In my experience with my current Starkey Livio aids, the batteries would not hold a charge to get me through the whole day after only 2 1/2 years. Because they were still within the 3 year warranty period, Starkey serviced them and replaced the batteries for free. However, the next time they wear to the point where they won't hold a sufficient charge, it will cost between $300 and $500 per aid to replace the batteries. This is my biggest reason against rechargeable hearing aids. My previous Starkey Z-Series aids with disposable batteries which I use as my backups, still work fine after 9 years. Hearing aid manufacturers are claiming 5 to 6 years before rechargeable batteries need replacing. To this I say nonsense!
I will just keep my button cells in a baggie in my coin purse. Just like I have done for all the years I have worn aids. Parents and grandparents need to take responsibility for batteries just like they do for any medication they take. This is another government overreach. When will they protect me from death itself?
Lets banned knifes next since people get stabbed.
Or ban Electricity since people stick forks in outlets.
@jakthebomb GFCI protection prevents lethal shock (electrocution). Tamper-Resistant Receptacles that impede insertion of conductive objects have been available for several decades and have been MANDATED for NEW and REPLACED residential outlets located below 5½ feet FOR OVER A DECADE.
Wow, I had absolutely no idea this was coming! My wife is going to try to grab some batteries for us at Costco before the new packs come in, if it's not already too late.
The packaging hasn’t changed at my warehouse club. I just bought some batteries and the packaging was the same on Duracell batteries
Now you’ll have batteries around and scissors rechargeables suck. You have to send them in to get them repaired and you got to fight to get that done. Stock up on the good old batteries you’ll still be able to get them off of Amazon from some other country. What do lithium batteries do when ingested hearing aids are the only ones that I know use zinc air all the other button ones are lithium
Did it not occur to anyone simply to have a couple of batteries handy in a snack bag?
Thank you for the heads up. I'll adapt in order to save lives.
Save old packages like Duracell flip top boxes. Cut the batteries out of the new package and put them in the old package, pretty simple. I HATE rechargeable hearing aids, they are useless until you get home to charge. I will never buy another set of rechargeable hearing aids
I totally believe that non rechargeable HA batteries will soon be a thing of the past. Maybe 10 years. As tech improves electrical demands on the HA batteries will get less and less and at the same time rechargeable tech will improve giving batteries longer and longer life spans. I am already hearing about HA with 36 or more hours of battery life. As for you guys who complain about recharging, I'm sure you recharge your phones, your smart Watches and your tablets on a nightly bases, and I never hear complaints about those. You have to sleep sometimes.
My fitbit lasts about 8 days on a charge and my phone several days. Also I can recharge my phone whie using it. Can you do that with a hearing aid?
It is true that we charge other devices overnight such as a cell phone. But someone with a moderate/severe hearing loss would have difficulty functioning during the day without hearing aids but they should be able to without a cell phone(hopefully) Big differnce. I agree that disposable battery hearing aids will be a thing of the past, but only when some of these incoveniences of rechargeable hearing aids are addressed(longer battery life per charge, ease of replacing battery, maybe a public charging station like for cell phones).
Unfortunately a couple of the main HA manufacturers pulled the plug on disposable battery hearing aids.
@@timpolidore7968 I do have mod to severe hearing loss. My Lumity Life are at the low end of the battery life scale and I still get 18-20 or more hours. The have never gone dead, and I charge them every night. New ones are lasting twice that. It's just not an issue.
My Starkey Genesis AI hearing aids have over 36 hour battery life. The charger will also provide the hearing aids 3 hours of use after charging only 7 minutes.
@@LauraKnotek I’m a pilot and I am required to fly with my hearing aids. I can not have them failing in flight when I can not remove them. I put fresh batteries in before flying if it has been more than a day since replacing them. I will not use rechargeable hearing aids.
Is there a rechargable or mercury free option for my Osia (I now use p675imp)
I once accidentally swollen a hearing aid battery when I was a kid I’m now 28
Parents fault. Don't penalize us for your incompetence
This is indeed bad news. Once more magisterial attitude is overruling reasonable freedom of choice.
Instead of batteries in one package - now we have 6 small batteries we have clipped and some sharp sissies, then try to board aircraft.... It will be I've dropped my battery version of I dropped my contact.
This is good information - thank you.
Don't buy my batteries. The VA supplies them.
Go to about the 3 minute mark of the video to get to the actual point.
Can’t because there were 5 minutes of ads that could not be skipped.
I’m sorry but her death is completely the parents fault. This law is a shame.
As a product engineering manager, it is shameful and irresponsible to NOT PREVENT FORESEEABLE HAZARDS. There are always technical solutions when manufacturers aren’t lazy and too cheap to come up with safe remedies.
I tried Kirkland rechargeable hearing aids, battery life sucked, they were discontinued,
That's because it's Costco junk.
@@LauraKnotek "Costco junk?" The Costco KS10 is a Phonak Paradise 90RT with a few software changes.
Classic results of irresponsible people for their behavior blame everyone, pass laws to punish the responsible. I have rechargeable hearing aids, they are good for about 7 hours if you don’t stream calls or music. Worthless then and having to carry the bulky character is as big a problem as not having the hearing aids work. Those of us that travel by air can’t pack the charge in checked luggage. One more item to lug in a carry one.
Are you sitting on a sharp tack. Jumping all over as you talk. Very annoying.
Rechargeables suck. And so does this law.
News?
this is dumb.
Dumb. They can't control the guns, they micromanage the little batteries.
STOP WHINING!! If it’s your grandchild or pet that is killed, this is an absolutely minor INCONVENIENCE. At this day-and-age,
• there’s no good reason to NOT TRANSITION TO RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
• manufacturers that have to make investments to redesign packaging to be safe will frequently “kick the can down the road“ rather than expend funds on THAT management team’s watch. Selfish!!
• This inconvenience doesn’t deal with disposal of EXPENDED BATTERIES, only with delivery of NEW BATTERIES. As a product engineering manager, this law doesn’t go far enough to deal with the burden that replaceable battery technology has caused. There is always a technical solution!
That really sensitive of you! Scissors really! But what do you care.
Lol there are lots of good reasons, just read most of the comments above.