Social impact deaftronics manufactured the first solar powered hearing aid unit called solar ear.
Solar powered hearing aids.
Solar ear developed the first rechargeable hearing aid battery which lasts for 2 3 years and can be used in 80 of hearing aids on the market today.
Deaftronics provides solar powered hearing aids along with four rechargeable batteries for 200.
The batteries sell for 1 last for three years and can be used in almost any hearing aid.
Low cost and free second hand hearing aids are available for hearing impaired people in developing countries.
Solar ear creator howard weinstein designed the digital hearing aid to rely on two rechargeable aa batteries.
The availability and affordability of hearing aids and batteries impede solutions to hearing loss.
By 2015 deaftronics had already sold more than 10 000 hearing aids to people in botswana zimbabwe kenya south africa and angola.
The solar powered hearing aid is being designed to promote treatment of hearing loss in poor regions of the world.
All solar ear hearing aids come with 2 years warranty low cost and affordable hearing aids with the lowest price possible and the only hearing aid that comes with batteries and recharger with no additional cost.
The batteries can also be used in 80 of hearing aids currently present in the market.
In 2019 solar ear sold 50 000 hearing aids 100 000 solar chargers and 250 000 batteries.
These hearing aids have an overall lifespan of up to twelve years.
Weinstein estimates solar ear products prevent as many as 200 million batteries from being discarded each year.
It is solar powered and can be charged via the sun household light or a cell phone plug.
