Hearing Aid Battery Replacement & Life

Video Transcript

"When your battery needs changing, it will depend a little bit on the hearing aid, but there will be some warning signs that your battery needs changing. With many of the digital hearing aids you'll start to hear a little bit of a static in the sound of the hearing aid. Some hearing aids today come with different warning systems so that the hearing aid may beep at you. Some of the hearing aids even tell you your battery is low and needs to be changed. With some of the older types of hearing aids where that's not the case, you'll notice that the hearing aid starts to get weaker, so it's not amplifying as efficiently as it was before. The other thing that you need to be aware of with hearing aid batteries is that they are designed to maintain a fairly steady level of power throughout the life of the battery, and then die very quickly. So, from the time that you hear that first warning signal, to the time that the battery is completely drained, will be very short. So, I guess one of the most tell tale signs that the battery is dead, is that the hearing aid will stop functioning. For most hearing aid batteries, the life of the battery is fairly short. Most hearing aid batteries will last anywhere from five to ten days on average. You'll get some variability in the life of the battery depending on how much you're using it, and on the level, the power of the hearing aid, and how many features are activated, but on average for most people the hearing aid battery lasts five to ten days."