{"id":1844,"date":"2021-05-27T17:53:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2021-05-27T17:53:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:53:14","slug":"how-to-care-for-your-hearing-aid-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/how-to-care-for-your-hearing-aid-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Care for Your Hearing Aid Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you get a new pair of hearing aids, your audiologist will walk you through how to turn them on and off, insert and remove them, and change the batteries. It\u2019s also important to pay close attention when they tell you how to care for your batteries to ensure they work well and to avoid a dangerous accident.<\/p>\n
Below are some of the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of hearing aid battery storage:<\/p>\n
Do: <\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t: <\/strong><\/p>\n An estimated 3,500 Americans of all ages<\/a> swallow button batteries each year.<\/p>\n Button batteries contain mercury, silver, lithium and other heavy metals. If ingested, they can come into contact with body fluids, creating an electrical current that can burn through tissue and damage internal organs, sometimes even resulting in death<\/a>. In addition, contact with a leaky battery can cause serious burns.<\/p>\n If you or someone you love, including a pet, accidentally swallows a battery, call the 24-hour National Battery Ingestion Hotline at 800-498-8666 immediately. Don\u2019t induce vomiting, eat or drink until talking with a medical professional.<\/p>\n If someone\u2019s skin comes into contact with battery acid, use a wet cloth to wipe it away, remove any clothing that may have any acid on it and run cool water over the affected area. Contact your doctor if you continue to experience pain or discoloration.<\/p>\n For more information about properly caring for hearing aid batteries or to talk to a hearing aid expert, call The Hearing & Balance Center today.<\/p>\n When you get a new pair of hearing aids, your audiologist will walk you through how to turn them on and off, insert and remove them, and change the batteries. It\u2019s also important to pay close attention when they tell you how to care for your batteries to ensure they work well and to avoid…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"When you get a new pair of hearing aids, your audiologist will walk you through how to change the batteries.","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","locid":"","rating":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846,"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions\/1846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hearingsc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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The Importance of Proper Battery Storage<\/h2>\n
What to Do if a Battery Is Swallowed or Leaks<\/h2>\n
Learn More About Hearing Aids<\/h2>\n
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