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| Information on Hearing Aid Batteries |
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| To help you remember your battery
size, the hearing aid battery industry standardized battery
sizes with the following colour code: |
| Orange Tab |
Size 13 |
Brown Tab
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Size 312 |
| Yellow Tab |
Size 10 |
| Blue Tab |
Size 675 |
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| Quote either the number or the colour
code when ordering your battery. The colour code appears both
on the packaging of the battery and on the sticky tab on the
back of the battery. This tab is placed on zinc-air battery.
To activate the battery pull off the tab. The battery works
by mixing zinc with the outside air. Once the tab has been taken
off a battery, the hearing aid battery becomes active and will
continue to stay active. The battery cannot be "deactivated"
by placing the tab back on the battery. |
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Brown Tab |
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Yellow Tab |
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Blue Tab |
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| How long will the battery last before I have
to change it? |
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The
battery drain - how fast the hearing aid
use up the battery depends on the type and setting of
your hearing
aid, batteries quality, listening environment, duration of
usage, etc.
Digital hearing aids tend to consume more battery than analog
hearing aids. This is due to the many digital signal processes
that the digital hearing aids have to perform.
Typically, battery life can range anywhere from 5 days to 21
days. |
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| As part of the daily checking routine,
your hearing aid battery should be checked with a battery tester.
It is a good practice to place the battery tab on the date when
you change a new battery. This will help you to monitor the
life span of your battery until the next time you change your
battery again. After a while you will know how long your hearing
aids need to change the batteries. |
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| If you're experiencing a shorter battery
life than usual, the hearing aid may not be working properly,
and should be checked by your audiologists and/or technicians.
The aid can be put through a hearing aid analyzer to measure
the battery drain. If the hearing aid is not performing to specifications,
your hearing aid may need to be sent for repair. |
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