Rechargeable Listening to Aids are TAKING OVER! Physician Cliff Olson, Audiologist and founding father of Utilized Listening to Options in Phoenix Arizona, discusses the change that almost all listening to help customers are making away from disposable battery listening to aids to rechargeable listening to aids.
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Rechargeable doesnt work for me … i rather have battery's….
what is the difference between phonak slim and audeo fit besides the thinkness of the case
Will phonak come out with a SP BTE hearing aid that is rechargeable?
I am about to get my first hearing aides next week. I want you to thank you for your videos as they have been my tool for ogetting ready for this appointment. thank you so much.
The only downside that I have experienced so far is having to lug another charger along with me when I travel. If I forget it at home, or on the trip, I’m in a world of hurt.
Phonak P90 with ear molds user here. The right one always gives me the low battery tone by 7pm, so I usually charge it for an hour or so at 5pm so it will go until I go to bed. I stream calls and iphone a lot through the day, so I get why but it’s like that.
Other than that, love the Phonaks.
Last December, I trialed the Phonak P90-R/CROS-R, upgrading from the Audeo B/CROS. I found that the battery life was insufficient to last an entire day (roughly 8 AM to 11 PM) and that battery life decreased by about 10% per hour as I stream with a TV Connector and the Roger ON IN quite a bit while working at home. As a result, I was forced to trade them in for the P90-13T/CROS-13 which allowed me to get through the day and allow for emergencies. The Paradise models are a bit smaller that the Audeo B – I wish that Phonak made a larger model (XL – Audeo B) with a bigger battery and, also, a mechanism for recharging the aids while still on the ear. With better battery life (20 hours), I would jump back to the rechargeable in a heartbeat.
I love my rechargeable hearing aids and have had as much as 21 straight hours of running time including a significant amount of streaming. The only problem I have had was when I went on a trip and forgot my charger. You can’t just pick up a charger at a pharmacy! So don’t forget it!
Are there rechargeable models of the high power hearing aids yet (for severe to profound loss) or do they require more power than the rechargeable batteries can yet provide? (e.g. Oticon Xceed, I'm not sure of the Phonak equivalent)
Hi doc, do you have ever tested the Widex Evoke with fuel cell technology? Is this tech dead already?
I’m using a Marvel with size 13 batteries, no because I want to, at the time of changing my hearing aids the marvel was just released and the model with T-coil was not available with rechargeable battery so I have to choose between function and convenience. Thanks.
Come on, Cliff. What does double tap and activeVent have to do with recharge-ability? Maybe its worth a vlog on the disadvantages of rechargeables? My biggest fear is having to send my aids back because of a battery problem. I have custom molds so loners are not available. Also, what is the life of a rechargeable battery? I have to think that the manufacturers would love for us to simply buy a new hearing aid rather than have to pay for the battery to be replaced. Maybe if I could replace a rechargeable battery myself, I would have a more positive attitude.
Lithium ion batteries are the same ones in cell phones that have exploded on several occasions. I'm not sure I would want one in my ear.
I got my rechargeable hearing aids 3 months ago, my 1st ones. I know from my grandmother 👵 that always when you use it the batteries are empty. Always have spare batteries with you and so on. And for our world 🌍… in 1 year there are dozens of garbage batt.
Dr. Cliff, I’ve been following your channel for awhile. I will eventually need hearing aids and your advice is important. There is certainly more to it than just ‘buying an amplifier and putting it in your ear’. I intend to get rechargeable.
Do you have eny video talking about tinnitus and hearing aids ?
You should have covered why Phonak doesn't make rechargeable custom ITC models when some of its competitors do. Are there any plans for a Virto Paradise rechargeable?
Rechargeable batteries are awesome. I had a minor outpatient surgery and had to spend a day in the hospital due to a small complication. I didn’t have my charger along but my batteries lasted a full day and a half.
I am from pakistan i want to talk to you Can you contact?😊🥰
I've recently upgraded to Starkey Evolv AI aids but opted for their disposable batteries, since I do a lot of thru hiking and bike packing making carrying extra charging gear and using up my battery bank problematic. The Evolv AI has double tap but only currently can be programmed for a limited number of functions accordingto my hearing care professional. I currently have the following set up: start/stop the Starkey specific audio streamer (lapel microphone or tv streamer), "edge mode" and "thrive assistant". Just having a simple phone stream on/off or taking a phone call with the double tap like you mentioned with Phonak would be so helpful. I requested this feature with Starkey's customer care representative months ago and they have not updated their options with double tap as best as I've been able to determine. Do you know why Starkey isn't providing some of these more useful double tap options? Is there a different technology involved than Phonak? or is it just lazy programming?
I prefer battery powered for when I go backpacking or camping. It’s much easier to toss in a pack of button batteries (or change them before I go) than to pack a charger and multiple power banks.
Battery is not cheap
I used to have in ear hearing aids with disposable batteries, first, I hated in ear hearing aids as they really bothered me & I didn’t like changing the batteries. I quit wearing them after about a year. I went for about 2 years with no hearing aids. I just got a pair of behind the ear ReSound one rechargeable hearing aids & absolutely love them. They don’t bother my ears and the the charge last longer than I’m awake. I would highly recommend rechargeable hearing aids. Keep up the great videos!👍🏻👍🏻👂🏻👂🏻
I get at least 5 days, sometimes more than a week, from my 413 batteries. That’s one battery change a week vs charging every night. I can forget about it until I hear that beeping signal that it’s time to change a battery. I get a huge pack of batteries from Costco that lasts 6 months for under $10. Rechargeables seem cool, but batteries are really easy to deal with.
Had to use rechargeable aids as loaners when battery aids had to be fixed. Hated them. Wear aids to bed, can't stand to take them out and wait for them to charge.
I never had a rechargeable hearing aid before. Are all the hearing companies going away with batteries. If so good luck with that .
I've been using my ReSound Preza hearings aids mostly all day long, every day, for almost 3 years, and I"m absolutely delighted with them. I haven't yet noticed any degradation in daily charge retention, despite frequent and lengthy streaming activity. Neither one has ever shown less than a 60% charge left at the end of the day, no matter how long my day has been. Ironically, I was previously sold a pair of hearing aids that used silver/zinc batteries. One of them failed within two months of use, and I discovered that replacement batteries were then shown at $50 each on Amazon, and Costco had them for $25 each, but they required a special order, and a two-hour drive to and from Costco. Thankfully, the aids were still within the 180 day full return period, and I was able to replace them with the ReSounds.
I have been a Widex in the ear user for many years now. If I use a BTE style aid I still require a powered receiver so I see no sense in a BTE style aid. What are you thoughts and insight into rechargeable ITE style aid. I live in Canada and I have a clinic that I feel follows your good practice standards. (not sure if the US has a lot more choices in hearing aid manufactures or bells and whistles My present hearing aids are 5 years old and getting close to being retired.
Hii doctor iam from tamilnadu india
Iam 27 years old boy
Iam pharmacist student
Completed in master of pharmacy and going to join phd
I have 70% hearing loss for both ear
I did not comfortable to studying phd because of hearing loss
Iam middies class family also
Already I have using seimens lotus sp model hearing aid
This model is not suitable for me because over noise sound is presented in it some times only I used this product many time I did not used it due to heavy noise sound and I didn’t understand others what they ask and come to say means
Now iam looking for best digital hearing aid
Some hearing aid centre suggests for signia styletto 1x and oticon ruby 2 model with my budget price
I don’t know which model I will choose please suggest me doctors which is best hearing aid
I have money problem also doctor your suggestions is very helpful for my phd studying and life also doctor
Just got fitted with Oticon More 1’s recently. First rechargeable battery hearing aids I’ve ever had in my 40 years of wearing them and I’ll never go back if I can help it.
The fact it’s rechargeable is probably more impressive to me than the Deep Neural Network tech that Oticon has (impressive in its own right).
I’m sure Phonak and the other major hearing aid manufacturers would all make me a rechargeable convert so I’m glad to see it’s gaining widespread adoption!
No thanks to rechargeables. I’m a new hearing aid user and to me, the biggest drawback to rechargeables is the inability to change the batteries myself. I surveyed all of my friends who use aids and not one likes rechargeables for that very same reason. Remember the early days of cellphones where if the battery is getting tired it could be easily replaced by the consumer? It nonsense to have to bring an important part of my life to someone where I could easily do it myself.
Great videos sharing important info, but a bit uncomfortable with them being promoted by a hearing aid producer. Just seems awkward only mentioning Phonak, and none of their competitors.
I'm on my second pair of Resound LiNX Quattros. I got the first pair in December 2019. I put them in the charger at the end of the day and took them out and put them on in the morning. They would last all day most of the time, only occasionally running low on the late evening. Then after two and a half years they seemed to lose their charge in the early evening. They lasted shorter and shorter, running out early afternoon, then noon, then late morning, then after only a couple of hours. I took them in for a battery change but instead they just swapped them out for completely new ones. They told me to not leave them on the charger over night. Now I'm charging them when I hear the low battery time, which is at 10% charge. I experimented and found they would charge to 100% after about one hour and twenty minutes so I set a time at the beginning of each charge cycle and take them out at the end and that are always 100%. They run low at different times. There are about two and a half hours each day that I have only one hearing aids on while the other charges. My charging case lasts for a week or more where it used to only last 3-4 days before needing to be recharged itself. It's weird that my left aids consistently lasts about 20 hours and my right aids consistently lasts about 15 hours. I do a lot of streaming, which stared in 2020 about 3 months after I got the first pair, due to working from home during and after the pandemic. I wish the batteries were user replacable. I replace the receivers myself when they go bad.
I don't have to bring the recharging unit. I don't have to worry about local power conversion in foreign countries. I can get disposable batteries virtually anywhere. Nope. Pass on rechargeable.
What is the typical length of time per complete charge for these various Phonaks? I'm currently using Starkey Muse IQ 2400 rechargeable and considering getting new devices, since mine are 4 years old.
Comments get deleted on sponsored posts? Aside from my rant about too many products to remember to charge similar to Art Atlman's #3 point in is comment, I also said something to the effect of only buying traditional zinc-air Phonak and not rechargeable Phonak if they can't make a clinic-replaceable version like Oticon. That I mentioned Oticon was probably the deal breaker? Let's see.
That being said😊, I prefer to carry a couple of button batteries in my pocket instead of carrying a battery charger.
I have had my Oticon Opn1 hearing aids since 2-28-19. They came with the Z-Power rechargeable button batteries which have since been discontinued. My first set of Z-Power batteries went kaput in a short time and were replaced September 2019. I still have them in use today but they only provide about 12-14 hours of use. And, of course, I can not find any replacements. But, not too bad for going on three years.
So my question is, why don't "they" develop this technology? To me, having the option to switch to button batteries at any give moment is a BIG plus.
Always enjoy the content. JimE
Plug in my phone, work laptop, personal laptop, tablet, smartwatch, Kindle, SLR camera, Nintendo Switch, controllers for game consoles, my car, and of course my headphones/earbuds/hearing aids. Most have some combination thereof. Yea, that's all super inconvenient when there are multiple wireless charging standards, cable interfaces that haven't all hit USB-C yet (FU Apple), etc.
Also, if Phonak doesn't come out with clinic-replaceable batteries like Oticon, I will only consider zinc-air powered Paradise devices.
Thanks for the video
Rechargable aids are good and convenient, same as smartphones with lithium ion batteries. But if they faill, you're in trouble. Cost of repair must also be considered.
Great, as long as you don't get separated from your charger for some reason. Frankly I'll take my old battery hearing aids any day of the week.
What is the replacement cost and lifespan?
I LOVE Dr. Cliff's channel and find the videos enormously helpful. I have to disagree, though, on the preference to rechargeable hearing aids. Frankly, I disliked the rechargeable hearing aids very much, and ditched them going back to 312 battery device. It was not a contest.
Advantages of swappable battery powered vs rechargeable:
1. Size. Rechargeable hearing aids are much larger than those based on 312 batteries.
2. Size of backup. If the batteries fail on my current H.A., I just reach into my pocket and pull out a tiny box around the size of a quarter, maybe ¼ inch in depth, where I store both 2 pair of batteries and 2 pair of domes. But, the backup to a rechargeable is a MUCH larger battery storage device.
3. Recharge: I already own too many products that I have to remember to recharge. If I go rechargeable then I have to charge BOTH the hearing aids AND the backup rechargeable battery that I will have to carry with me at all time.
4. Time. Suppose my hearing aids fail me during an important business meeting. I can excuse myself, go to bathroom and swap the batteries in 30 seconds. But if I kept the rechargeable hearing aids, then it would take 30 minutes to get a decent recharge. No contest.
5. Rechargeable batteries wear out over time, holding less and less charge. At some point they will fail you when you least expect it, because they will no longer hold a full days charge and you will find out the hard way. Then you will have to return the hearing aids to get fitted with a new rechargeable battery – a problem that does not occur with swappable batteries.
Disadvantages of battery vs rechargeable:
1. For anyone that has lost dexterity in their fingers, rechargeables are much easier to deal with than swapping batteries.
2. Waste. Strictly speaking, I toss out 4 tiny batteries per week which is waste. A whole years worth of batteries would easily fit into an 8 ounce cup. Somehow our landfills will deal with it.
I continue to be surprised that so many people are going rechargeable.
thanx for the videos Dr. Cliff I got the Phonak marvel rechargeable one so far with it is one hearing aid battery drains 30% faster than the other one don't know why but not worried about it at this point cause in 12 months I'm getting a new pair
I have a pair of rechargeable Starkey Evolv-1600 ITE that are packed with so many great features. As a musician, they provide excellent clarity for me. They're far better than my old Siemens ITE. I love the convenience of not having to mess with the tiny button batteries. That said, I'm not ditching my old Siemens since I can still use them as a temporary backup on rare occasions if needed. In the future, if I get another set with better technology and features, then I guess it would be time to ditch the old button battery set since I'd then have 2 rechargeable sets. The internal rechargeable batteries don't last forever and will need to be replaced at the factory, but that's perhaps 4 years or more off in the future. The rechargeable batteries are said to useful for thousands of daily recharges. That "sounds" good to me.
I’m hesitant about rechargeable HA batteries because of long power outages. How do folks handle that situation?
Hi Dr Cliff
For LiIon battery,after thousands of charge and discharge and The Liion battery battery die.can hearing aids manufacturers replace new battery? since hearing aid is normally expensive,i worry about this point.
Thanks.i love your video. Sato
I love my rechargeable hearing aids, and they have lasted as long as 14 or 16 hours. Have had them for six weeks and my life is happy and much improved. Thank you Dr. Cliff I love your videos.