Identifying The Left And Right Hearing Instrument(S); Changing The Battery - Siemens RIC User Manual

Identifying the left and right
hearing instrument(s)
Your Siemens hearing instruments may be color-coded for
your convenience. The left ear hearing instrument may have
a blue ring on the receiver unit, and the right ear hearing
instrument may have a red ring on the receiver unit (Fig. 4).
Fig. 4: Identification information
Alternatively, the left hearing instrument may have a blue dot
where the receiver unit attaches to the hearing instrument,
and the right hearing instrument may have a red dot where
the receiver unit attaches to the hearing instrument (Fig. 5).
Fig. 5: Identification information
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Red ring - RIGHT Ear
Blue ring - LEFT Ear
Red dot - RIGHT Ear
Blue dot - LEFT Ear
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Changing the battery

Refer to the feature card or check with your Audiologist or
Hearing Care Provider to determine the battery size for your
hearing instrument.
To insert the battery into the hearing instrument, open the
battery compartment with your fingernail as shown (Fig. 6).
Fig. 6: Opening the battery compartment
Swivel open the battery compartment door. Insert the proper
size battery into the compartment door so that the "+" symbol
on the battery coincides with the "+" marked on the battery
compartment (Fig. 7).
Fig. 7: Inserting the battery
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