How to Change Your Hearing Aid Batteries

How To Change Your Hearing Aid Batteries Batteries are a necessary part for your hearing aids to function. If your hearing aid batteries are not working, then your hearing aids will not work. Before we get into how to change the hearing aid batteries,let's review some of the basics. You can buy batteries at many local retailers, grocery stores, pharmacies, and your hearing healthcare professional. It's important to know when to change your hearing aid batteries as well. Most of today's hearing aid technology will have a low battery signal indicator. It's usually a soft intermittent beeping sound that you will hear in the hearing aid only, that will let you know when the hearing aid is nearing the end of its life. One other way for you to know if the batteries are not going to work, is that your hearing aid will just simply stop working. Hearing aid batteries come in four sizes, and are differentiated by a universal color coding system. The basic principal of changing the batteries in a hearing aid is the same no matter what size you have. The smallest size is a size 10, with yellow color coding. Next is the size 312 with brown color coding. Then it moves up to the size 13 with orange color coding. And the largest size is 675 with blue color coding. When you're ready to use your battery, you can either peel the tab off of the battery, or wait and use the tab as a handle. Once you peel the tab off of the battery, it is activated and will begin to drain. Putting the tab back on the battery will not stop it from being activated, so do not remove it until you are ready to use the battery. The basic principle of changing batteries in a hearing aid is the same no matter what size hearing aids you have. Now, let's go over some of the instructions. First, locate the battery compartment on your hearing aid, and open the battery door. If we look at the battery, you'll see it has a flat side, which is the positive side, and a raised side, which is the negative side. Turn the hearing aid over, and release the hearing aid battery from the hearing aid into the opposite hand. Take a fresh battery from the battery pack. Check to make sure it's the correct size and type for your hearing aid. You can hold the battery at the end of the plastic tab and use it as a handle, or you can remove the tab before placing it into the hearing aid. Place the battery into the hearing aid with the smooth, or positive side, facing up. If you've left the tab on, peel the plastic tab off. You should be able to close the battery door easily. If you accidentally put your hearing aid battery in upside down, your battery compartment may still close, but it will be very difficult. If you feel any resistance, stop, open your compartment and look, and make sure that you see your smooth side, or the positive side, facing up. If you have any questions or problems regarding your hearing aid batteries, please don't forget to contact your hearing healthcare professional. Thanks for watching.