Severe health complications can develop within two hours if a young child was to swallow a coin lithium battery, such as those used in hearing aids and a range of other products.
If it isn’t removed quickly, they could die within 24 hours.
Most instances happened where children removed the battery from a device or the battery was left lying around.
Nearly 10 percent of injuries to children under the age of four involved batteries linked with hearing aids.
We call on our members, other advocates, and professional and industry associations in the hearing health sector to champion the message to the community.