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

Related posts:

  1. Hearing aid batteries at Microbattery.com
  2. David Ormerod offering cheap Rayovac hearing aid batteries
  3. Testing hearingaid batteries
  4. Free NHS hearing aid batteries for some!
  5. Oxford Hearing Centre February Battery Bonanza!

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

    [...] The offer is for all battery sizes. If you don’t know the size of battery your hearing aid uses, you can use the colour of the packet as a reference – read more about battery sizes and colours. [...]

  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.

  4. Hearing aid batteries at Microbattery.com on November 7th 2007 at 8:37 am :

    [...] offer a wide range of hearing aid batteries at good [...]

  5. Oxford Hearing Centre February Hearing Aid Battery Bonanza! on January 3rd 2008 at 8:35 pm :

    [...] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!UK readers may be interested to know that Oxford Hearing Centre are doing a buy-one-get-one-free offer on Rayovac Proline hearing aid batteries. The offer runs from the 1st to the 28th of February and covers sizes 10, 13 and 312. [...]

  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.

  9. ann woodworth on April 19th 2010 at 5:00 pm :

    Hi. I am a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing and a hearing aid user. How can I order batteries and dri aids from your company? I don’t see a price list nor a form to fill out. I have also told parents I work with to contact your company for materials. Thanks. ann woodworth (monroe county program for children with hearing impairments, ida, michigan) 2125 nature cove, #203, ann arbor, mi 48104 #734-769-5632 Home
    school: 3135 prairie, ida, mi 48140 734-269-9003 x 2505 Thanks!!

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