SUMMER UPDATE 2014
Battery Corrosion
and Leakage
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Information for Your Ears
Corrosion and Leakage with Hearing Aid Batteries
Have you ever looked inside your battery compartment and found an
unusual coating on your battery? What is causing the battery to fail
and will it affect the hearing aid(s) performance? The answers to your
questions can be found below. It is important to know the difference
between leakage and corrosion to prevent failure of the battery and
potentially the hearing aid.
Leakage looks like a white powder coming out of the air vent holes
Figure 1: Battery Leakage
Figure 2: Battery Corrosion
or the seal area where the grommet is in the battery (see Figure 1).
This can be caused if the batteries are stored in extreme temperatures.
Try to store your devices in an environment not prone to temperature
refrigerator) and perspiration (from normal body heat as well as
changes. Avoid storing your device in a bathroom or kitchen.
exercise) can cause corrosion as seen in Figure 2. If one is
consistently in very hot temperatures, or perspires excessively, you
Corrosion, on the other hand, is a bit differet from leakage. Corrosion
can purchase a hearing aid saver or dryer, which includes a desiccant
is more of a rust color and it is literally the battery being eaten away.
that can help to remove moisture from the hearing aids and hearing
Moisture from refrigeration (do not store hearing aid batteries in the
aid batteries in an attempt to prevent these problems.
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