Hearing aid batteries

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Does anyone know where you can get multiple sets of hearing aid batteries?
Everywhere I try gives you one or at the most 2packs
i have 2 hearing aids so it’s a painting keep going back every couple of days for more
I’ve looked online as advised by audiologist but they pretty expensive
thanks

Excellent idea to look on Facebook for somewhere local! I’ll go and check. Literally no idea why I’d not thought of it!

Thing is it’ll be A LOT of £8.99’s
the audiologist was pretty dismissive of the costs to buy more indefinitely tbh

My local library has a drop in session once a month where you can collect new batteries and get the tubes changed. It is during the day though, so I had to arrange to work from home when I needed to go in.

My batteries (13) usually last a couple of weeks, but I have noticed that they don't last as long in the cold weather.

I get mine from the local library. Is that an easier option for you?

Hospital are quite tight but I usually get 3 packs and only have one said so that does probably last a few months, and I got some spares off Amazon (so I have them at work, in car etc).

if I’m not going to the hospital, I can also use battery card and get them from local old people’s centre in my town

I would definitely have a word about your aids as 3 days is crazy (mine last 7-10 days)

When you're talking about a 'pack', do you mean a bit of cardboard with a plastic wheel containing several individual batteries? There is no way you can be going through several batteries in 3 or 4 days! If so then something is very wong. I wear two HAs all my waking hours and the battery in each lasts about a fortnight. The local NHS audiology department gives approximately a year's supply out at a time.

Thanks again everyone
I do get so I don’t know where to turn sometimes so it’s great to get advice here xx

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If you are a novice user it’ll pay off to do more research about the capabilities of your aids and extra mural details surrounding their use. Experience is key to making adjustments and getting help from the NHS system.

If you use Bluetooth to hook up with your aids, it will revolutionise your ability to use your mobile phone for telephone calls. It will put voices etc directly into your ears.

The kids you see in the street with those white bud thingys in their ears are listening to music or podcasts or talking books from the mobile in their pocket directly to their ears via Bluetooth. It’s great.

Ask audiology to install the appropriate app onto your mobile, connect to Bluetooth and away you go. With the app installed you can also use it to direct a voice more precisely towards you in noisy environments. Useful at the pub!

Very interesting that the audiology departments elsewhere give out so many! I’ll definitely be mentioning this when I ring!

I’ve got the app. I don’t use it tbh. Not sure if they connect to it

Do you go through multiple batteries within a period of four days or was that misconstrued? Honestly, that's insane if it's true.

Get packs of 312s from Amazon. It's cheaper for me to order from them (I have 13s, but the principle is the same) than it is to faff around taking time off work and travel to go and request them in person or post the book, hope it gets there and hope/wait for book and batteries to arrive.

I now have rechargeable aids, but when I had NHS aids with 312 batteries I was given 2 boxes of batteries at a time from Specsavers. I would just drop in and ask for them. I don't recall ever being asked whether I was an NHS patient or whether Specsavers originally provided the aids. They never asked for my details, they just handed them out . During Covid it was difficult to get to Specsavers so I tried to get batteries from the other local provider, they did ask me whether they were my normal provider but when I said no they very apologetically said they couldn't help. So if you can get to any NHS provider I think it's worth just dropping in and asking for some batteries. You might well get a couple of boxes to tide you over.

The time your batteries last depends on your hearing loss and the amount of streaming you do. If you have a severe loss and/or you need to use streaming all the time at work you'll definitely need batteries more often than most people, and it might be worth discussing this with your provider and asking if they can make special arrangements for you.

I work in a surgery. We are only allowed by audiology to give out two packs per ear at a time. We have to account for every battery with the patient’s name.

2w ? I’m Lucky if last 6 days

i was given a list where can get free but times never suit me so tbh I just buy off amazon /ebay

similar to this - https://ebay.us/m/fhEpqm

A pack last 3 days ?? With 6 batteries in

that will last me 18 ish days

Same

I am as deaf as a post and my hearing aids are really powerful; I wear them all the time. Last thing I do at night is take them out - battery drawer open overnight - and when I wake up I put them in. I frequently use a ConnectClip. The aids use the bigger batteries in the blue pack. I changed the batteries on Tuesday - it is now technically Saturday morning and the battery level is still showing at 100% for both.

This is a useful page that explains the factors that affect battery life. https://rayovac.eu/discover/factors-affecting-hearing-aid-battery-life/

If you're already doing everything you can to make your batteries last longer then you need to ask your provider whether they will give you extra supplies or the longer lasting batteries rather than the standard issue.

I went private and the aids come with rechargeable batteries built in and you put them in the charger overnight, so they are not making money on batteries. The aids weren't cheap though! I assumed they would all be rechargeable these days seems very wasteful on batteries.

Yes, this is very good. I'd been wearing hearing aids for 10 years before I learned about airing up.

I use 312s and need to replace batteries every 3 days. I have significant loss (moderate to severe) but I also Bluetooth a lot, when my android phone can be arsed to cooperate

Found this online, no idea if prices are good or if it's reputable:

https://www.batteries1st.co.uk/collections/hearing-aid-batteries-zinc-air?gadsource=1&gadcampaignid=21144788154&gbraid=0AAAAADku1YbkcTXvgPS4SuRnsR8S0GI74&gclid=Cj0KCQiApL7KBhC7ARIsAD2Xq3CbB3d8KSfOPCdcAuN1QJ9WZkxQvxPXUHEcIrzDApTzuJOAR66Sj8aAhgZEALwwcB

I use the same batteries and have two hearing aids. The batteries last me about 5 days. I think, maybe, your hearing aids need checking as the battery use seems excessive.

I volunteer for my local deaf association. We visit libraries and community centres in the local vicinity. We give out batteries and do hearing aid maintenance for NHS hearing aid wearers. Does your local area have anything like that?

In our area it’s 2 packs for orange and 1 pack for brown.
They actually ran out one week , despite rationing.
You can email Audiology and they will post them to you though.