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Oh, I didn't say there wasn't a workaround ... but I am begging to differ that having to start the service of a pair of backup hearing aids at the half-empty mark is not important. You can say "but they're half FULL" all you want, @Volusiano: the reality is that when your aids use disposable...

This is not true if you live in the country and have to drive an hour to the hospital ER room, and then wait 8 hours before you're even seen by a doctor.

Thank you, @Volusiano and @pvc for this important information. I powered my More1s last night with a remaining charge of 60%. I intend to power up the Mores for a few days at the beginning of August. Should I run down the batteries a bit more? That won't be leaving my backup aids with much juice!

Oh, yes, @pvc - that's what I meant - your link has the real meat that guys like me need in order to use rechargeable hearing devices as backups! Thanks for this! (The only fly in the ointment is that, in the unlikely event that my Real2s fail, and I need backups FAST, they will only be...

When I read that material on the Oticon official site just tonight, it didn't mention that you shouldn't store them fully charged, neither should you store them when they're nearly depleted. The Oticon site didn't mention the fact that there is a self discharge rate that you have to watch out...

"The oticon section has instructions for replacing Oticon rechargeable batteries, and also instructions for storing Hearing Aids with rechargeable batteries." (I'm assuming that you haven't read the Oticon storage instructions:) they don't address charge levels, self-discharge, or the myriad...

@Volusiano: Could you please give us another primer on using rechargeable hearing devices as backups and mothballing them properly? Thank you MrV!

@Volusiano: I can definitely hear a difference between the Real2s and the More1s . The Reals seem to be very quiet and I don't know - powerful is the word that comes to mind. They do everything I want them to do in terms of picking up noises from the pets. I haven't had a chance to do a lot...

@Volusiano : No, as I said before - this is only the second set of batteries I'm currently on. I expect to get a week from a pair. You seem to think this is a practical problem that is hampering my enjoyment of the Real2 devices: it is not. I'm just curious as to why I don't seem to have a...

As I told @Volusiano that I would, I reported this anomaly to my audiologist, and he sent me this reply, today: "I reached out to my Oticon rep, and this is how she responded: Hello Pete, I hope you are having a great week! Hmm this is a very interesting case… the app should be showing the...

@pvc : I agree - I'm just curious, is all! I want to thank everybody that responded and share their knowledge about this. It's all black magic to me. (I've often wondered how anything like a hearing aid could have innards smart enough to calculate the remaining life in a disposable battery).

Soooo.... I installed fresh batteries in my aids this morning. If the batteries are going to last, on average, 7 days, then I should be down by a bit more than 14% tonight - in other words, my Oticon apps should indicate 86% charge remaining. Both hearing devices are indicating 100% power...

Sorry Mr. V, I'm having a terrible job these days following conversations on the small phone because of my cataracts. I miss reading things and even when I read it the second time sometimes I skim over quickly and I miss words or misinterpret words. So consequently, I think I should just wait...

Sorry ... I'm not following, MrV. Like why does the indicated charge stay at 100% even after I've swapped out batteries and put the old battery that shows 10% in the other aid?

Hmmm. I must admit that this line of thinking never entered my mind, because when i switched out the batteries, the right aid started showing 100% all the time, also..

@Volusiano : You realize I am using 312 disposable batteries, right? (I've quit the recyclable battery camp, and I'm never going back until the industry forces me to by giving me no choice, as it did, when I got my More1s.)

Does any Forum member know whether or not the Oticon Real hearing aids with disposable batteries show the available power in the battery through the ON app? (@Volusiano, @pvc?) My right aid shows a number which makes sense, but the left aid always seems to show 100%. I'm confused. I changed the...

:):p ... @pvc! Yore awesome! Thanks!

I don't see them!

@pvc : Could it be the OPN has superior noise cancellation that is attenuating the fizz? (wink wink what! No emoticons?)