Hearing aid batteries

hearing aid batteriesHearing aids require a lot of power. Zinc air batteries are used in most hearing aids because they produce a lot of power despite their small size and light weight.

There are several different battery sizes available – obviously you need to make sure you get the right size for your hearing aid. Traditionally, the different sizes were each given a different number: size 5, size 10, size 13, size 312 and size 675 – not the easiest numbers to remember.

To make things easier, a colour system has been introduced – so now:

  • Red – Size 5
  • Yellow – Size 10 (230)
  • Orange – Size 13
  • Brown – Size 312
  • Blue – Size 675

When you first purchase a hearing aid find out which colour batteries it is using – many will come with some free batteries so you can check those. When you go to purchase new batteries you should be able to instantly see the colour scheme – each battery pack is labelled with the colour and each individual battery in the pack has a coloured tab to match.

Rayovac are a very popular brand of battery – I use them and have been very impressed with with how long they last for and their quality. Activair is another popular brand – they are manufactured by Duracell

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  1. David Ormerod offering cheap Rayovac hearing aid batteries on June 12th 2007 at 4:58 pm :

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  2. DONALD B. REED on October 7th 2007 at 6:36 pm :

    I HAVE BELTONE HEARING AID WITH THE #20 YELLOW TAB
    WOULD THIS BE THE SAME SIZE BATTERY #10 AT CVS?
    THANK YOU

  3. Steve on October 8th 2007 at 10:12 pm :

    Hi Donald,

    Sorry, but I don’t know what CVS is so I can’t answer your question.

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  6. Jennabeth Settle on August 28th 2009 at 11:02 pm :

    Having trouble finding size 5 hearing aide batteries in stock.

  7. Diane Blair on September 25th 2009 at 9:38 am :

    Trying desperately to fing size 5 batteries for my mum. Can you help?

  8. Liz on November 13th 2009 at 11:06 pm :

    zinc air I’ve noticed what the NHS use at my hospital. There’re great.

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