Table Of Contents - otometrics Aurical Hit Reference Manual

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
1.1
1.2
2 AURICAL HIT
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
3 Testing hearing instruments
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
4 HIT FreeStyle testing
4.1
5 Cleaning, Repair and Calibration
5.1
Otometrics - AURICAL HIT
Intended Use
Typographical conventions
1.2.1 Navigating this manual
Unpacking AURICAL HIT
Installation
2.2.1 Connecting AURICAL HIT
2.2.2 Initial calibration
The test chamber
2.3.1 Reference microphone
2.3.2 BTE adapter tube
2.3.3 The coupler assembly
2.3.4 Battery simulator
2.3.5 Cable groove
2.3.6 Elevation plate
2.3.7 Coupler microphone sockets
2.3.8 Sound absorbing foam lining
2.3.9 Main loudspeaker
2.3.10 Rear loudspeaker
2.3.11 The AURICAL HIT lid
2.3.12 Telecoils
2.3.13 The AURICAL HIT handle
The Accessory Box
Calibrating the reference microphone
Positioning the hearing instrument for testing
3.2.1 General guidelines for positioning the hearing instrument
3.2.2 Using the battery simulator
3.2.3 Coupler adapters
Traditional BTE hearing instruments
3.3.1 With BTE adapter tube
Thin-tube hearing instruments
3.4.1 Using the HA-1 ITE, RIE, thin-tube adapter
ITE hearing instruments
Telecoil testing
Hearing instruments with wireless transmitters (e.g. FM)
Body-worn hearing instruments
Testing the hearing instrument with OTOsuite HIT
3.9.1 How to perform a standard test
3.9.2 How to test the directional microphone
Navigating in HIT FreeStyle
Cleaning
5.1.1 Cleaning the device
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