They’re the kind where the tops fold back so you can use your fingers.
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My batteries last about 10.5 hours, they used to be 11.5 but only 6 months in they are less. I too wondered if it was the cold affecting them but I usually wear a hat outside so they shouldn’t get too chilly.

I try to have one spare in my purse, one on charge and one in my ear. I’m trying to remember to change them over now once I get home from work, which would be after almost 10 hours.
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In 3 years time or so, one charge will last less than a day so then it will time for new cells. Perhaps by then rechargeable technology will have improved to the point where it’s a non-issue for all the makes.

I’m wondering … does the cold affect the cells at all? I haven’t done much downhill skiing for years and this used to be a problem with my old HA’s. Nowadays, I do mostly X-C and cold isn’t a problem – sweat and condensation can be.

So sometimes the batteries will be naturally opposite, at other times they will be naturally co-incident!

When I had two hearing aids, when one battery went flat I always changed the other at the same time; I typically got 2 to 2½ weeks out of each battery change. Now I have one CI and one hearing aid I just change each as and when they go flat.

As you know, Sara, my ( single ) implant is the same type as yours; I find that most of the time I’m getting 2½ days out of a set of 3 disposables but at other times they last 3 days. Only on a couple of occasions have I had 2¼ days or less.

Surprised to read that when you had hearing aids you slept with them on; didn’t you get a feedback going on all night from that? Or regular ear infections from having the moulds in round the clock?
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I just wish they could do better, because I quickly realized what it might sound like to hear the world from your perspective. So I started working on a “CI emulator”, so that I might “hear” sound (mp3′s) through your ears.

From what I can tell, the CI’s basically have a response range mapped to each nerve stimulator. E.G. 100-200hz is mapped to what you might hear a 100hz, and then 200-300 mapped to 200. and so on. Probably quite a bit different based on your nerves and effeciencies.

I’ts been difficult to get anywhere on it, there is not a lot of software out there to do this sort of audio hack, at least I haven’t found it yet. If I get something going on this, I’d be more than happy to share with you the resultant audio file, so that you may be able to share your world with others.

Thanks for the blog, and the insights into your experience.