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Wife noticing my hearing aid charger making noise when charging my hearing aid at night. I have Oticon More, just checking if this is normal or something wrong with the charger.

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I can’t hear anything like that because … my hearing aids are in the charger. My wife (who has ears like a gnat) has said nothing…

Seems to me that it’s worth reporting the issue to your audi.

lol I thought the same thing when I read the subject line. Really? You can hear the charger when the aids are out and charging? :slight_smile:
Can you try a different plug. What exactly is the sound?

Lol, there is no way I could hear it too after I removed my hearing aid. I will put on my backup hearing aid next time see if I could hear it. She said it sound like a continuous fireflies sound but very low. I will ask my Audi see what she say.

@DanTheMan: As @cvkemp has already noted, I have experienced no feedback with my Oticon . They shut themselves off automatically when they are put into the Oticon charger.

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It might be a problem that can occur in modern switching power supplies. Sometime it’s a poor design, but it can also be a quality issue, i.e. a bad winding in the transformer-coil.
As far as I can see, the charger is supplied by a USB-cable and a wall socket supply. You might try a different USB power supply and check whether the noise disappears or not.
If the charger has no power, maybe due to a bad connector or cable, the will not switch off -> feedback will be audible

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@kel19 said:

She said it sound like a continuous fireflies sound but very low. I will ask my Audi see what she say.

I’ve never heard fireflies make sounds, but if it’s a low level buzzing, or static sound I think you’ve got a defective charger.
Does it get very warm? If so, don’t use it.

I would try a different plug. To see if it is the power plug or the charging base for the aids. I have to chargers for my aids and I know my wife would notice if either made any noise

Fine, but the OP made no mention of anything like that, did he? Why bring that up now to justify yourself?

I have a charger for my Phonak Compilot. It is totally silent. I can imagine that an induction charger like the one for phones and watches could possibly have a hum but it has never happened with any of my units.

Does your charging unit get warm to the touch?

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@25Firefighter: The OP says they have Oticon Mores. I and others wear those aids. As was just pointed out - rhe charger has no lid, no fan, nothing that makes a mechanical noise.

[EDIT to add :] If the Oticon charger is making “electronic humming noise”, versus a "mechanical " noise (the Oticon charger has no moving parts), my immediate concern is that the charger could have an electrical fault that might constitute a fire hazard.

As an old farm boy, we lived in mortal fear of fire catching in our old wooden farm house, barns, and outbuildings, so I may be behaving in a somewhat overblown manner to what I perceive as a potential fire hazard.

If this is true, I then offer my apology, however, I still find it unhelpful to muddy the waters of the OP’s original post by suggesting that the sound emanating from the Oticon charger is “the dryer”.

I still feel that the best tactic here is to take the charger to someone qualified to inspect it for a potentially concerning electrical fault.

My $0.02/YMMV

Audi said the noise is not normal, so will replace mine with the one she have. Charger is cool to touch nothing to worry about. Did try put my backup hearing aid and can’t still hear the noise, while my wife keeps telling me its there. That’s how great she can hear noises, makes me really jealous…

Mine’s the same way: she has ears like a gnat🦟 - hears everything!

Hopefully, the exchange will solve this issue, but I am, nonetheless, relieved that the unit you have to use for now doesn’t seem to constitute a fire hazard.

As I’ve already explained: that was my first concern.

Mine is completely silent but then so is the rest of the world when I’m not wearing my aids

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