Hello, I have been quiet on this issue and would now like to share some thoughts. My background is as a nursing and healthcare executive and Board member. Additionally, my daughter-in-law is a pediatric radiologist and sees these cases in her practice. This is a case of terrible unanticipated consequences that while necessary for one population violates basic safety principles in design and roll out of a solution. My recommendation is to address this issue through well organized advocacy at the Federal level. Given the many issues in DC right now I think individual letters will be lost. Perhaps the Hearing Loss Association of America , American Academy of Audiology or one of the other groups would take up the issue and organize a campaign. Looking for an exemption seems to be the way to go.
The injuries from small batteries are serious, can be life threatening and there are more than mentioned in our discussion and the impact on those who can’t open the packaging for hearing aid batteries must also be addressed.