Acoustic Mode - Accu-Chek Mobile User Manual

Acoustic mode

The procedure for turning the acoustic mode on is described in Setting tones (see page 49).
When the acoustic mode is turned on, the meter guides you through the blood glucose test using beep
tones and announces the test result as a series of beep tones. The meter also beeps when the batteries
are almost empty, the test cassette is empty or an error message is displayed.
An intimate knowledge of how test results are announced with beep tones and how to distinguish beep
tones for test results from other beep tones, is crucial to interpreting the test result correctly.
The sections that follow explain the beep tones in detail. In addition, training software (the BeepLearn
program) to help you interpret test results announced in the form of beep tones is available on CD from
the customer support and service centre (see page 134).
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Visually impaired people should only use the acoustic mode if they have familiarised themselves
fully with the acoustic mode with the assistance of a sighted person and have demonstrated
that they are able to understand test results correctly without exception, using the acoustic
mode.
The acoustic mode should always be used with great care. Otherwise, there is a risk that the
test results will be misinterpreted by the person performing the test. An incorrect insulin dose
resulting from a misinterpreted test result can cause considerable damage to health and can
even be fatal. If unexpected and abnormal blood glucose values are obtained using the acoustic
mode, the test result must be checked by repeating the test together with a sighted person.
Visually impaired people must be assisted by a sighted person when performing a blood glucose
test.
The meter must be checked regularly by a sighted person for outwardly visible contamination.
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