Tech Talk - Recycling

Do you have old hearing aids sitting in a drawer that you no longer use?  Do something good for the environment and for others....Donate them!  You can recycle your old hearing aids by sending them to
Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
2125 West 7th Avenue,
Vancouver, B.C.,
V6K 1X9

Alternatively you can drop them off in person at any of our locations.

WIDHH can use behind-the-ear hearing aids that are still working in our Lend-an-Ear Permanent Loaner Hearing Aid Program.  This program provides refurbished aids at a nominal fee to individuals that are unable to afford the cost of a new hearing aid.  We are in desperate need of more hearing aids for this program.   Custom hearing aids cannot be fit on another person as they are fit specifically to the original owner's ear, however, we are able to send them to another organization that can salvage functional parts and components. 

Did you know you can recycle your hearing aid batteries?
Many local recycling facitilities now take hearing aid batteries.  Call2Recycle can help you locate a facility.  You can also drop off old hearing aid batteries at our locations and we will see that they are recycled.