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Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 7:14 PM
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Any of you posters old enough to be wearing hearing aids? I didn't think so but I'll post my comments and maybe someone you know can cite a figure. I am referring to 312 batteries.
I got my first set of hearing aids several years ago. The company supplied me with German made batteries that would last, at most, about six days. And that was the predicted life of the battery. I have used Duracell 312 on my most recent set of hearing aids and the life span was about six days. I have noticed a significant increase in the life of my most recent purchase of batteries. I wear the aids about the same amount of time each day but the batteries now last for eight to ten days. I never noticed the "best by" dates on the packets I used earlier but the current batteries have a date of March 2023. Batteries do have some discharge over time on the shelf but I've never seen this much difference during the entire time I've been wearing hearing aids. Let me be clear, I'm not complaining.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 7:35 PM
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I had a farmer friend that could not hear a nuclear explosion. His family talked him into getting hearing aids which he did. He wore them one day. He said the noise from the motor of his tractor was more than he could handle. He did not know or want to know about volume control. This was his excuse for not wearing them.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 7:36 PM
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I also use the 312 batteries. They normally last me 6 to 7 days. I have never checked the date but I will now! Thanks for the suggestion Joe21®. By the way, My Father-in-law wad in the Class of 1943.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 7:42 PM
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mine are rechargeable lasts about 6 hours .
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 7:47 PM
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Good info thank you!
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Mine last about the same-5 days******
Apr 27, 2020, 8:13 PM
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 8:19 PM
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I’ve had hearing aids since my early 20’s. It’s not just old people who need hearing aids...
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 10:54 PM
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I've needed a hearing aid for a long time now, but I just can't afford $1500 or $2K for a hearing aid, and I'm not going to wear those cheaper bulky looking aids that make that screeching noise all the time. I would rather act like I hear what's being said and just smile or shake my head when I hear something coming from their mouth!!!
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 9:32 AM
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For me hearing is not an option. Aids are sort of like a car...expensive but necessary.
You should check to see if your insurance is in the TruHearing network. If so you can get about half-off the cost of your aids. Even Costco sells really good aids at a discount.
Most places will give you a month to try them with a money back guarantee...try them and see if it’s worth the cost.
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What?!?
Apr 28, 2020, 6:24 AM
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Just kidding, lol.
Noodle is correct, it's not just for old people, as I've been wearing hearing aids for as long as I can remember. As a child I had the BTE's (behind the ear) type and also used 312's and they seemed to last longer than the size 10 that I currently use for my CIC (completely in the canal).
Growing up as a child with hearing aids is difficult, so as an adult "I'm a man! I'm 40!" (actually closer to 50) I've decided to get the less noticeable ones. As I get older and don't care much what others think anymore, I'll probably go back to the BTE's. With all the technology out there now, seems everybody has something in their ears.
My last visit to the ear specialist, they were telling me about some of the new features like Bluetooth built-in so you don't have to pick op your phone to receive/make a call and even language translating features... maybe when my current set die I'll give that a try.
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Re: What?!?
Apr 28, 2020, 6:34 AM
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Mine have the bluetooth feature. Great can carry on a normal phone conversation.Can also put tv audio in them.
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My wife would love the TV audio feature!***
Apr 28, 2020, 7:40 AM
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Re: Whaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!! Say it's so!!!!!
Apr 28, 2020, 11:57 AM
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Re: What?!?
Apr 28, 2020, 9:19 AM
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I never had a problem with people noticing my aids. Seems the most will speak up when they realize you probably can’t really hear them. The funny thing is all the people wearing those air pods everywhere now...talk about noticeable.
The Bluetooth is a total game changer. Not sure how I did without that for so long.
Also, I found that my insurance (finally) has a benefit with about half-priced aids (all brands) which really took the sting out of buying my last set.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 10:46 PM
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Joe, Maybe you should try Batteries Plus. If they don't have what you need, they can probably get, or that's what they have told me before!!!
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 27, 2020, 11:45 PM
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If you research what your looking for or would want you can buy them used on Facebook Market, Amazon and EBay. Some insurances will pay a certain amount on refurbished hearing aids and the government/charities offer grants toward them. Get them, every word is precious if you can hear it. I’m begging my dad now to get them, he says he can’t afford them too but it comes down to where his priorities are.( he could buy 10-15 pair with what’s in his checking account not counting anything else)
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 12:17 AM
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Joe .... I use 312 and order them from Amazon. I buy the "Power One" batteries made in Germany. I have also used Duracell. Mine only last four or five days. I always buy the least expensive deals, but I have found out they are less expensive because the "sell" date has expired. So basically I can pay twice as much and get more time or half the price and get half the time. Basically, it winds up costing the same either way. They are no problem to change, so it isn't like it is a lot of trouble changing them more often.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 7:19 AM
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With fewer planes flying overhead and fewer cars on the road, I wonder if a reduction in background noise has been helping as well? My size 10's have been lasting 4 days long instead of 3 days over the past two months.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 7:52 AM
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The last thing my husband said to me before going to bed last night was.... In the morning I've got to get more hearing aid batteries! He's lamenting not getting the rechargeable style hearing aids but I don't think those come in the tiny in the ear style and it took us Forever to get him to buy them to begin with but has made a huge difference in quality of life!! I don't understand why they can't invent batteries that last longer than 6-7 days.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 8:06 AM
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I also use 312 batteries in my hearing aids and I buy them from Costco, which is where I purchased the hearing aids themselves. I try to change the batteries every five days so that they never give me the dreaded beep beep in the middle of the day telling me they will quit working entirely in an short while.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 9:24 AM
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Joe, I've been wearing them for 40 years. I first got mine when I got to the point I couldn't hear the deer dogs running. It was like the world opened up for me. That set was old analog with a volume pot on the side. I've had a dozen or so sets since then. I haven't gone with the rechargables for the reason someone posted, 6 hours battery life. That just wouldn't work for me. Mine now are digital, bluetooth. Controlled from my phone and I can pipe my TV into them so I can hear and not blow everyone else out of their chairs. I use 312s and never really noticed much difference in battery life. I do seem to get better life from Duracell. Probably 6 to 8 days. But other than sleep, I wear mine all the time. Except on the lawn mower or tractor. My mom passed away in December and when we cleaned the house I found a stockpile of 312s. She was a battery hoarder I guess. The dates will run out on these before I can use them all.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 9:38 AM
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The batteries are zinc air. They don’t fully charge until you pull the sticker off and air enters the little holes on top of the battery.
To make sure you get the longest use of each battery, make sure you remove the sticker and let them sit for a few minutes before putting them in your aid. Doing that gives me an extra day or 2.
I usually get 7-8 days on mine.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 10:05 AM
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I'm not sure about the science behind this but I was told the same thing by the technician that setup my last pair. Of course, she was a highly educated high school dropout. j/k.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 12:37 PM
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BigPurdy-BinGo!!! That is what worries more than anything about investing that kind of money in a hearing aid or aids. That is how qualified these folks are that are selling the hearing aids. Most sales jobs are minimum wage plus commission, and that causes me concern, and question if I'm being sold what's best for me, or what's best for the sales person bank account!!!!
There is this salesperson at Sam's Club out near Harbison Blvd. and everytime that person saw me in that store, he actually runs me down asking if I was ready to get the hearing test and purchase a hearing aid from him. The last time he ran me down, I was just a tad rude with him/her, and I now just go to the Sam's on Forest Dr, and I've never stopped by that hearing center to ask question their hearing aid for fear of being chased after every time I'm in the store!!!
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 12:55 PM
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So go see a Doctor of Audiology (Au.D). Personally I wouldn’t trust the random guy at Sam’s either...
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 1:51 PM
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So, I've been to see Doctors of Audiology three times, three different ones. All told me hearing aids wouldn't do me any good because mine was hereditary nerve damage. I always thought that was odd because if someone spoke louder I could hear them better. I found out those doctors are full of poop. I got my first set of hearing aids when I was probably 25 and it was amazing the difference they made and have ever since.
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 5:59 PM
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Mine is hereditary nerve damage too. HHS did a genetic study on my family to map out the gene responsible for our deafness...that was cool to see their results.
I never had anyone tell me aids wouldn’t help. I couldn’t live without mine. I thought the Au.D I went to about 10 years ago would be great but I wasn’t impressed. I’ve had probably 7 sets of aids over the years and got them from someone different each time. I don’t care what they say, I do the research myself and tell them what I want. They just have to program them for me.
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WHAT???????????????????????????***
Apr 28, 2020, 9:56 AM
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Re: Hearing Aid Batteries
Apr 28, 2020, 12:23 PM
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Hearing loss is a naturally occurring process. From my experience and talking with people of my age over the years, ew recognized the problem but never did anything about it. When I realized I was asking my daughter "what did they say" all the time, I knew it was time to get hearing aids. Could have kicked myself for not doing it earlier. My insurance will pay as much as $2500.so an upgrade does not break the bank.
I've noticed that most of the concerts over the past 50 years are so loud I wonder if more people will recognize a severe hearing loss at a much younger age. During my working days, I did some research on noise levels generated by processing machinery. It was not unusual to find levels in the 115 - 130 db range and workers in those areas were not wearing ear plugs. They were not constantly in the area with high noise levels but long enough to be considered a danger to their hearing.
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