Glossary - Cochlear Nucleus Freedom Bodyworn User Manual

Glossary

Babyworn
Babyworn
Cable
Babyworn
Retention Case
Behind The Ear
Controller
Bodyworn
Bodyworn
Cable
BTE
Cochlea
Coil
Controller
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Paediatric wearing option for the BTE
Controller. It consists of the Babyworn
Retention Case and Babyworn Cable.
Attaches the Processing Unit to the Babyworn
wearing option.
Component of the Babyworn wearing option
that holds the BTE Controller and is attached to a
child's clothing with fixing aids.
The BTE Controller contains three 675 disposable
batteries or the BTE rechargeable battery. It has
a display that indicates the operations occurring
and buttons that operate your processor.
Type of controller that is carried on a person's
body. It uses either two AAA nickel/metal-
hydride (NiMH) batteries, or disposable alkaline
batteries. It has a display that indicates the
operations occurring and buttons that operate
your processor.
Attaches the Processing Unit to the Bodyworn
Controller
See Behind The Ear Controller above.
The auditory portion of the inner ear, of which
the implant stimulates to create hearing.
Part of the processor that lies on the side of the
head. The processor transmits the digitally coded
sound through the coil to the implant just under
the skin.
Enables control of the processor's functionality,
e.g. program selection, processor on/off,
microphone sensitivity, loudness etc. It also
contains the batteries.
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