Digital hearing aids are powered by electricity which is generated from a small battery. While these are available in standard sizes, mainly size 10, 13, 312 and 675, they are available from multiple brands. In order to ensure that the hearing aid works to its optimum potential, it is essential to choose the right battery type from the most suitable manufacturer.
How To Choose hearing Aid Batteries?
Before you can start to evaluate various vendors of hearing batteries, you should familiarize yourself with the suitable size of battery for your precise device. For example, if your aid can carry size 10, then no other size will suit it. Next, look for battery vendors which have designed their product range specifically for this type of device. Hearing aids vary from other battery powered devices in that they consume energy almost all the time, so are considered high powered demanding devices. Therefore, the energy source which is used to power the aid has to deliver continuous power over long period of times. It is also essential that the battery has a lengthy life span, otherwise the rate of replacing it will make the hearing aid difficult to manage with on a daily basis. The last thing you want is for the hearing device to stop working just when you need it the most, so power reliability is important.
The duration of use before depletion will vary from one device to the next and can fluctuate anywhere from two weeks to six weeks. It will depend on the precise model, type of use and length of use. Choosing a brand which has designed its power source specifically for high demand products over generic brands will help ensure an optimal usable battery life.
