Gen X Hearing Aid Batteries

A New Standard for Advanced Wireless Devices

Hearing Aid manufacturers are launching new hearing aids which make use of Bluetooth wireless technology to enable connection with other devices. To keep up with these developments, a new standard for high performance batteries has been developed and has been introduced to the market. These are known as the GenX battery.

Why GenX Batteries?

The next generation of hearing aids require a zinc-air battery able to deliver higher peak current. GenX batteries are different to standard zinc-air batteries. One design characteristic of the GenX batteries is the increased number of holes in the casing needed to increase the rate of self discharge - about 15% more than standard zinc air batteries. Wearers of conventional digital hearing instruments will experience a shorter battery life when using GenX batteries.

The GenX battery is required not only for the wireless link but also for the overall system start-up. If a standard zinc-air battery is used, the wireless link may be initially established but the hearing aid instrument may not boot-up as the battery capacity decreases.

Availability of GenX Batteries

To allow hearing professionals and users to easily recognize them, all GenX batteries have the GenX logo on both the battery as well as the tear-off part of the packaging.

There is no rechargeable GenX battery version, and we do not foresee any for the near future since today's rechargeable technologies do not meet the performance requirements.

Hearing Aid Batteries Express now stocks the GenX batteries:

Power One 13 Gen X  |  Power One 312 Gen X

Rayovac Extreme 13 Gen X  |  Rayovac Extreme 312 Gen X