Traditional battery vs. rechargeable

Why the VA gave my an extra charger

@ssa: I think everyone in this dialogue should bear in mind that nobody (at least not me) is looking to be “right”.
What works for me might be anathema to you.

My YUGE beef is that I wasn’t offered any choice, and - once Mores were available in a disposable battery format - I was cast aside like gum on the bottom of your wheelchair.

There are pros and cons to both rechargeable and disposable battery aids. My complaints is the fact that there is a faction that wants to shove rechargeable batteries down our throats, in aids, vehicles and so much other things. I noticed that my comments about the destruction of the environment by the manufacturing of the lithium batteries went unanswered. And if you look in places like Paris France at the graveyard of city electric vehicles that are no longer useable and the city can’t dispose of the vehicles because of the batteries and it is way to costly to try to replace the batteries in the vehicles.
People are so short sighted they don’t look at the big picture, all they see is their tinny world they have been educated in. The real thinkers that see the big picture are told to shut up because the others don’t want to hear the truth.

@ssa said:

I had my resound charger fail on me, thus making my hearing aid useless

Universal hearing aid chargers would be good, because then you could get a charger from multiple sources.

I only see the charge ports being universal via USB C. It’s no different than true wireless buds. Everyone has their own unique case.

@dbanner07 said:

Everyone has their own unique case.

@dbanner07: Yes, as many members say “Everyone’s hearing is different.”

That really is the minor part of the charger. I can connect my charger to any number of wall chargers even my laptop or power banks. The issue is that each company makes it impossible for you to charge the aids in any of the charger units other than theirs. They even make sure of it by having the firmware in the aids and charger communicate to each other.

I wish they use qi wireless charging system… then i can use my mat qi charging to charge my hearing aid…

And that is why I am pushing hard to get ITE aids. And the fact it is in my records that I need two sets of equally set up aids. Because I can’t communicate with out aids.

@danhuddleston said:

You have to advocate for yourself and be willing to stand firm.

@danhuddleston: You’re exactly correct: I backed down even further from my normal “pushover” self, and look where it got me!

Seriously, my audi was so much more competent than my previous hack that I just demurred … I shouldn’t have. I’m usually not known for having a compliant nature, but you probably wouldn’t have picked up on that.

My issue is that I normally don’t want to stream the TV until after 6:30 pm by then I have already logged 10 to13 hours of wearing my aids. The More1 aids are already to the point that when streaming the TV they will not stay connected to the iPhone. At least my OPNS1 aids aren’t suffering that issue.

@cvkemp said:

I noticed that my comments about the destruction of the environment by the manufacturing of the lithium batteries went unanswered. And if you look in places like Paris France at the graveyard of city electric vehicles that are no longer useable and the city can’t dispose of the vehicles because of the batteries and it is way to costly to try to replace the batteries in the vehicles.

[sigh]

Utter nonsense. You are obviously an intelligent person, so I’m puzzled why this nonsense gets by your defenses.

Production of any sort of durable good involves mining of raw materials. Lithium is no worse than any other element. There is no net detriment here. And think of all the environmental degradation that doesn’t happen from all the fossil fuels being burned throughout the life of the vehicle. There are countless studies that confirm that EVs have a smaller lifetime carbon footprint than ICEVs. It’s settled, except in the minds of those who flatly refuse to recognize reality.

If there is a graveyard of dead EVs somewhere in Paris, it is because no one has gotten around to recycling them. ALL of those batteries (and the rest of the cars too) have value, and they can all be recycled. There are plenty of recycling plants all over the globe waiting for those metals and batteries and other electronics for recycling, because there is a demand for the elements. What is definitely NOT happening is EVs rotting in Paris because they’re too toxic to deal with. Holy Shamoley - where does this stuff come from?

There is a carbon footprint from producing bags of disposable HA batteries too. There is a carbon footprint for just about everything humans do. We need to choose wisely. If rechargeables don’t fit your needs, then it makes perfect sense to use disposables. No one is trying to guilt anyone into doing anything that’s not right for them. Do what works for you. If you can help out the environment too, then double win.

The sense I get from these discussions is that rechargeables are gaining, but not quite capable of handling the needs for all users. Yet the HA companies are leaning in the direction of rechargeables that are not quite ready for prime time, and choices are narrowing.

Seems to me that’s a good reason to have a frank discussion with your audi and let them know when your needs aren’t being met. As I understand it, the audis are the real customers of the HA companies. We need to get them to squawk at the manufacturers.

I have to say this are you even looking at the big picture or are you seeing your little bit of the pie. For thing we do on this earth the earth is countering it. We are destroying the rain forest, we are paving everything over so use the earth is heating up. We are mining and using toxic chemicals to get what we want from the mining that toxic waste ends up in sour water systems. We have created the wind generators and when they no long work they are buried in the ground and will not degree hundreds of years. The government, companies and all of this green BS are so damn blind to the big picture that it is sickening.

Nothing is being buried in the ground that is recycleable. At least not while anyone is watching.

And throughout all of this I’ve noticed one thing you haven’t mentioned at all. I suspect (don’t know) that you refuse to believe in the effects of burning fossil fuels on the climate crisis.

For those who don’t pay attention to this stuff, there is a carbon cycle on the Earth’s surface. Living stuff grows, matures, dies, decomposes, which releases CO2, which feeds all the living plants, that ‘exhale’ oxygen to keep all the animals alive, until they die and release that carbon again. It all goes 'round and 'round. Everything is in balance. Even early humankind, cutting down trees for fuel, didn’t really disturb that cycle much, just sped it up in places.

Then the Industrial Revolution happened, which led to digging up eons-old carbon to be burned in today’s atmosphere. Relentlessly. Ever-increasingly. For centuries. And suddenly (in relative terms) we had a whole lot more CO2 in the atmosphere than ever before, and it absorbs more heat than the other atmospheric gases. So the weather heats up on average and becomes more volatile. And the oceans heat up and become more acidic. (Which is why half the Great Barrier Reef is dead.)

WE did this. Even the oil companies have stopped lying about it. (In part because some internal documents have shown up that prove they’ve known it’s been us using their products that have been the issue all along.)

So WE need to stop it. It won’t happen on its own.

Is that “big picture” enough for you?

And why the [bleep] do I find myself battling climate disinformation on a hearing aid forum?