Color Coded for Easy Identification: Digital Hearing Aid Batteries

Colors and Types

Although the zinc air digital hearing aid batteries are probably the most commonly used, they are not necessarily the best choice for use in regard to cost and the environment. These batteries come in all different sizes and are made by many different manufacturers such as Duracell, Energizer, and Panasonic. The smallest batteries are the 5A, which are pight red, the next is 10A which is yellow, 13A is orange, 312A is maroon, and 675A is blue. This makes it easy for individuals to remember the size of their battery when they go into a store. The zinc air batteries are inexpensive in most cases, only costing about four dollars for a pack of six batteries, which would last the individual from about fifteen to twenty-one days on average. This price sounds good initially, but when using close to two packs per month, that is eight dollars and twelve batteries that are thrown away. Over the course of the year, the individual will have thrown away one hundred forty-four batteries and have spent ninety-six dollars.

A better choice in digital hearing aid batteries is to buy rechargeable batteries. These batteries will typically hold their charge for a twenty hour stretch at a time, so that they can be charged again every night. The batteries can be charged an average of six hundred times so that they will last close to two years before needing to be replaced. Rechargeable digital hearing aid batteries cost about forty dollars for a pack of two, which lasts for almost two years. This is minimal considering that zinc air batteries would cost one hundred ninety two dollars over that same time span. There is the initial cost of buying the charger as well, which costs about one hundred thirty dollars at the top end of the spectrum, so the initial expenditure for the first two years is one hundred seventy dollars, which is still less than the one hundred ninety-two dollars for the zinc air batteries.