aBout your hearing instruMents Features and Controls You have Low Profile or In-The-Ear (ITE) hearing Your hearing instruments may contain a different instruments. Your hearing instruments were made combination of features and controls, depending on for you, to treat your hearing loss. Your hearing the specific options selected for you.
identiFiCation Batteries Each instrument can be identified by its serial Battery size number, located on the outside shell. Battery sizes can be identified by a color code on the packaging. Instruments like yours commonly serial number and identification use either a size 13 battery (orange marking on the package), or size 312 battery (brown marking on Your hearing instruments are identified by the color the package).
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Batteries Batteries To insert or replace neVer ForCe the door shut. This could result the battery, open the in serious damage. If the door will not close easily, compartment by placing your check that the battery is placed properly in the fingernail under the edge of compartment and is not upside down.
Batteries insertion and reMoVal Battery Caution Before placing your instruments into your ears, make certain the batteries are inserted properly and the Because batteries can vary in size and performance, battery doors are closed securely. your hearing professional is your best source for lifespan estimates and verification that you are using neVer use the battery compartment door to insert the proper size and type.
insertion and reMoVal on, oFF and VoluMe Control Gently push the instrument The volume control of your hearing instrument in until it is resting enables you to turn the instrument “on” and “off,” as comfortably inside well as adjust the amount of amplification provided your canal.
on, oFF and VoluMe Control optional Features To make sounds softer, use Multimemory settings your fingertip to rotate the Your hearing professional will place a check in control toward the back of the box below if your hearing instruments have a your head.
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optional Features optional Features When changing the settings, there may be an audible special instructions: beep or indicator to let you know where the memory is located. For example, the hearing instrument will beep twice for memory 2. Your hearing professional will work with you to set the memories to your preference.
using the telephone using the telephone Your hearing instruments are equipped with tools automatic telephone response and to help you effectively communicate on the automatic telecoil telephone. Your hearing professional will check the These options activate the telephone response box/boxes that represent the telephone settings in automatically when used with a hearing aid your instruments.
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using the telephone using the telephone telecoil and Manual switching special instructions: Hearing instruments with a manual telecoil allow you to switch the devices to telephone mode when needed. Manually switched telecoils are activated by choosing the telecoil setting using the multimemory button.
direCtional MiCrophones direCtional MiCrophones If you have directional microphones, your hearing in front of you will become more audible, professional will place a check in the appropriate while sounds from the sides and behind you box below: will be reduced. When your instruments are in the directional mode, it Your directional microphones are is especially important that you face people you are...
FeedBaCk handling and Care Feedback is caused by amplified sounds escaping Your hearing instruments represent the ultimate from the ear canal that make their way back to the in miniature technology, especially when you instrument’s microphone. Your new instruments use consider the environment in which they function.
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handling and Care handling and Care • Use the cleaning brush/ store your hearing instruments in a dry, safe waxloop and/or a soft, dry place away from direct sunlight or heat to avoid cloth to remove earwax or extreme temperatures other particles that may •...
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handling and Care handling and Care keep your hearing instruments away from Moisture When to Call your hearing professional • Your instruments may be • Severe reactions, discharge from the ear, so comfortable that you excessive wax, or other unusual conditions warrant forget you are wearing immediate medical attention them;...
trouBleshooting guide CoMMuniCation strategies helpful reminders for you syMptoM possiBle solutions Causes How quickly you adjust to your hearing instruments depends on how often you wear them. However, Low battery Replace battery don’t assume that you will hear and understand all Blocked Clean the Not Working...
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CoMMuniCation strategies CoMMuniCation strategies • Looking at the • Moving closer to person who is the speaker and speaking and sitting within sight face-to-face in a • Trying different quiet room locations in a • Minimizing room that has distractions; for poor acoustics example, doing •...
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CoMMuniCation strategies CoMMuniCation strategies helpful reminders for your Friends and Family • Rephrasing rather than repeating the same words over, as you may find it easier to understand Many people initially treat hearing problems as an different words individual matter, something that can be dealt with by themselves.
FDA InFormAtIon FDA InFormAtIon The following additional information is provided in compliance the ear are often referred to as otolaryngologists, otologists, with U .S . Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations: or otorhinolaryngologists . The purpose of the medical evaluation is to assure that all medically treatable conditions that may affect WArnInG to HeArInG AID DIsPensers.
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