Thank you Your hearing aids Thank you for choosing these hearing aids. Hearing healthcare professional: _______________ We care deeply about people with hearing loss. We work closely with hearing healthcare ___________________________________________ professionals to make advanced, purpose- Telephone: _________________________________ driven solutions available to everyone. Because hearing matters.
Quick reference Table of contents Low battery Battery size On/Off Your hearing aids at a glance ............. 2 warning Warnings ..................6 2 beeps Putting your hearing aids on your ears........10 every Turning your hearing aids on and off ........12 30 minutes Battery information ..............13 Tinnitus masker ...............
Your hearing aids at a glance Retention piece - helps prevent the dome and slim tube from moving out of the ear canal Earhook - your custom made earmold attaches Stride M BTE hearing aids to your hearing aids using the earhook Microphone - sound enters your hearing aids through the microphones.
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Stride P Dura BTE hearing aids Stride P BTE hearing aids...
Warnings your hearing healthcare professional and contact your physician. The intended use of hearing aids is to In the unlikely case that any parts remain amplify and transmit sound to the ears and in the ear canal after the removal of the hereby compensate for impaired hearing.
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experience interference from a cell phone The magnet may affect some medical being used close by, you can minimize this devices or electronic systems. Always keep interference in a number of ways. Switch the magnet (or the telephone equipped your hearing aids to another program, turn with the magnet) at least 30 cm (12”) away your head in a different direction or locate from pacemakers, credit cards or other...
Putting your hearing aids on your ears Hearing aids with domes 1. Place the hearing aid over Your hearing aids may be color-coded with a the top of your ear. The small dot on the battery door: red = right ear; slim tube should lie flush blue = left ear.
Turning your hearing aids on and off Battery information The battery door acts as an on and off switch. Low battery warning Close the Two long beeps indicate the hearing aid battery battery door is low. After the low battery warning, sounds fully. may not be as clear.
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Replacing the battery battery symbol on the battery door. This will ensure that the battery door closes properly. 1. Gently swing out the battery Note: If the battery is inserted incorrectly, the door with your hearing aid will not turn on. fingernail.
Tinnitus masker Should you develop any side effects while using the tinnitus masker, such as Tinnitus masker uses broadband noise to headaches, nausea, dizziness or heart provide temporary relief of tinnitus. palpitations or experience a decrease Tinnitus masker warnings in auditory function such as decreased The tinnitus masker is a broadband sound loudness tolerance, worsening of tinnitus, or generator.
Operating instructions Important information The tinnitus masker generates sounds that are Your hearing aids may come with two controls used as part of your personalized temporary that allow you to further adjust them – a rocker tinnitus management program to provide switch and a push button.
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Push button Volume control The push button on your hearing If your push button has been configured as a aids can be either a program volume control, either: control, a volume control or a Push the button on your right hearing aid to •...
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Program/volume control push button Tinnitus masker If your hearing healthcare professional has If your hearing healthcare professional has configured both a tinnitus masker program and configured one hearing aid to be a program a volume control, you can adjust the tinnitus control and the other hearing aid to be a volume masker level while you are in the tinnitus control:...
DuoLink Using the telephone If DuoLink is enabled, when you change the Push button volume or program settings on one hearing aid, Your hearing healthcare professional may have the other one changes as well. DuoLink works set up a phone program on your hearing aids for both the push button and the rocker switch.
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To attach the optional magnet: Binaural Phone 1. Clean the telephone receiver. The Binaural Phone feature allows you to hold a Hold the magnet near phone to one ear and hear the sound clearly in the “listening end” of your both ears.
Protecting your hearing aids Cleaning your hearing aids Open the battery door when not in use. Use a soft cloth to clean your hearing aid at the • end of each day, and place it in its case with Always remove your hearing aids when •...
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Cleaning your slim tubes and domes If the earmolds become plugged, clear the opening with a wax loop or pipe cleaner. You should have the slim tubes and domes replaced by your If your physician prescribes eardrops, clean hearing healthcare professional any moisture that may get into the earmolds or approximately every three to six tubing to prevent plugging.
Accessories 5. Using the black cleaning pin provided in the The uDirect, uStream, uMic, and a remote ™ ™ kit, gently insert the control are optional accessories that may be cleaning pin where the available for your hearing aids. slim tube attaches to the uDirect 3, uStream and uTV 3 hearing aid and push the pin all the way through the tube.
uMic hearing healthcare professional for more information on loop systems. uMic is a personal wireless microphone system that lets you hear conversations better in Connecting to external audio sources noisy environments, through either uStream or Your hearing aids may have a direct audio input uDirect.
Troubleshooting guide Cause Possible remedy Not loud enough Cause Possible remedy Low volume Turn up volume; see hearing No sound healthcare professional for models without a manual Not turned on Turn on volume control or if problem Low/dead battery Replace battery persists Poor battery contact Consult your hearing...
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Cause Possible remedy Cause Possible remedy Intermittent Not clear, distorted Low battery Replace battery Poorly fitting custom Consult your hearing shells/domes healthcare professional Dirty battery contact Consult your hearing healthcare professional Custom shells/ domes Clean custom shells/domes. blocked with ear wax See “Cleaning your hearing aids.
Warning to hearing aid dispensers Cause Possible remedy (to comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Weak on the telephone Administration (FDA) regulations) Telephone not Move telephone receiver A hearing aid dispenser should advise a prospective hearing aid positioned properly around ear for clearer signal. user to consult promptly with a licensed physician (preferably See “Using the telephone”...
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Licensed physicians who specialize in diseases of the ear problems in language development and the educational and are often referred to as otolaryngologists, otologists or social growth of a child. An audiologist is qualified by training otorhinolaryngologists. The purpose of medical evaluation is and experience to assist in the evaluation and rehabilitation of a to assure that all medically treatable conditions that may affect child with a hearing loss.
Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any an application part of Type B of EN 60601-1. The surface use of such marks by Unitron is under license. Other of the hearing aid is specified as applicated part of trademarks and trade names are those of their Type B.
Australia: Supplier Code Number N15398 Notice 2 New Zealand: Supplier Code Number Z1285 Changes or modifications made to this device not expressly approved by Unitron may void the FCC authorization to operate this device.
Patient feedback Additional notes Record your specific needs or concerns and bring to ___________________________________________ your first office visit after getting your hearing aids. This will help your hearing healthcare professional ___________________________________________ to address your needs. ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________...
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