The Battery Club is an on-going program we offer to all patients. By purchasing a $40 Battery Club, you receive 40 batteries (a $50 value if purchased separately). You can collect your 40 batteries all at once, but the true advantage of this program is that you can get your batteries as you need them by picking them up at the office or by calling or e-mailing us. We’ll gladly drop them in the mail to you (with no extra charge for postage). We buy our batteries about twice a month, directly from Rayovac, so they are very fresh. Hearing aid batteries have a very short shelf life, regardless of what the expiration date says. So from Up-State Hearing they are guaranteed fresh from the factory!
Each time you receive batteries we’ll keep track of how many more you have coming. If you decide that the Battery Club system works for you we would be happy to set up one so that you’re never without a steady supply. Remember a Battery Club is a 20% savings, convenient and easy. All it takes is one phone call or e-mail. Just dial (530) 243-7307 or (800) 843-4271 or e-mail us at info@upstatehearing.com. We’ll get you started!
Perspiration and Hearing Devices
Spring is gone and summer is here! Nothing is better than the sunshine, blue skies and all theavailable activities that come with it. But summer in the Redding area is not a breezy one. Summer in the Redding area is often filledwith unforgivable heat. Visitors ofRedding call it record-breaking heat, but the local's just call it summer. The heat is not something that can beignored, nor is the perspiration that occurs just standing outside for morethan 5 minutes.
What has been found to be very affective in preventingperspiration getting into the hearing device is wearing some sort of sweatbandand putting the hearing device into a miniature sock. These types of preventative measures are not cosmeticallyappealing, however they do help reduce the affects of perspiration on hearingdevices.
There is also a dry aid kit that helps dry up the moisturethat may be carried inside of the hearing device that, if not cleaned out, willcause damage to the mechanical parts all the way to the circuit of theinstrument. Once rust has started toform it can cause serious irreversible damage that may result in a lab visitfor that hearing device.
For many, just a simple habit of putting yourhearing devices in a warm dry place with the battery door open and the batteryremoved can be help push its fate off another day. But extra measures during the summer months do require extraattention for the hearing device. Sowear the sweatband when you can and if your able to stop by our office and pickup a dry aid kit we would be happy to help you and show you how to set it up.
