Hearing Aid Battery Life

[seniorcit]

A friend tells me that she has to replace the batteries in her Siemens hearing aid every four days. Whilst working as a nurse I rarely needed to replace batteries for many, many elderly peoples' hearing aids over the years. Advice please and thanks in anticipation.

[gingejbee]

Four days seems rather short -is she turning it "off" overnight? If there is a volume control is it at "max"? Ten to fourteen days is usual for a modern digital aid used for sixteen hours, depending on make and individual usage.

[SlackAlice]

Depends on the size of the battery. I have an 'in the ear canal' aid and the battery life is about 5-6 days. My usage is about 14 hrs daily and the aid is switched off when not in use. Volume is preset.

[Meg888]

It depends on the hearing aid. The more powerful the aid, the shorter battery life. I have a behind the ear powerful, digital HA and battery life for me is approx 4 days - thats switching them overnight, and wearing roughly 16 hours per day. All previous HA's I had, had much more battery life, but were no where near as powerful as the ones I'm wearing now.