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I have found that Duracell has a hearing aid battery recommended by the arthritis foundation for ease of use. I have found it very easy to open!

My latest purchase of iCellTech 312 batteries came in a much friendlier packaging. The “welding” dots that attach the front and back plastic are now much smaller and easier to break open. Just slip you fingernail (or nail file/small knife) under the back plastic and pull it open. Still not ideal but much better than the attach points of the original “Child Proof” package.

I also bought one of the new Childproof battery packs. I took a great deal of frustration and manual dexterity to release one of those suckers from the package. They should label them as “Senior-Proof”. Now, I have ten of those batteries, all loose, in my drawer, because I am not going to go through the hassle of cutting one out when I need it. Hardly “ChildProof” anymore.
I am now searching for Non-ChildProof batteries. I won’t go through this, anymore!

In reply to @Bimodal_user

How often does a child swallow one of these, and what are the odds of it getting lodged in the esophagus? I’ll bet the odds are in the millions to one. Now, do we have to child-proof every
item the size of a hearing aid battery for fear that it will get lodged in a child’s esophagus?
Give me a break!

In reply to @Torbill

I’m very passionate about this topic, right now. I am in my 80’s and have reduced vision, and my dexterity is not great. I now have to find someone to help me access my hearing aid batteries. The old packaging was very well designed, and simple to open. Be responsible and put your hearing aid batteries where children can’t access them (just like scissors and aspirin). There are so many items in my bathroom drawer, some quite small, that could possibly injure a child.

In reply to @aferack

I just bought some from Costco. I am taking back a plastic bag full of batteries and shrapnel for refund on my next visit. I think that everyone reading this topic should do the same. Maybe someone in corporate will realize that this new packaging doesn’t work.

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In reply to @jjohnsueb

@jjohnsueb said:

Now, do we have to child-proof every
item the size of a hearing aid battery for fear that it will get lodged in a child’s esophagus?

  1. I did not defend the method of protecting the batteries, I wrote about the problem that they were supposed to prevent. The fact that this method turned out to be wrong is another story.

  2. Not only esophagus (less problem for Zn-air batteries due to less voltage) but also trachea and risk of suffocation, that can be quite often. Another story is, to prevent that, any coins should also be protected from children.

@jjohnsueb said:

Give me a break!

  1. Please don’t take out your frustration on me. You can also consider rechargeable hearing aid, which is another option for people with dexterity isues.

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