Table of Contents ™ Your Breeze Digital Hearing Instruments ......1 Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems ......2 ™ Getting the Most Out of Your Breeze Hearing Instruments..............3 ™ Using the Breeze Digital ITE Guide .......4 Inserting and Removing ITE and CIC Hearing Instruments ............6...
Congratulations on choosing Breeze In-The-Ear (ITE) digital hearing instruments. For 40 years, Unitron Hearing has been committed to making life better for people with hearing loss. This means a commitment to developing high-quality hearing solutions that incorporate special features to solve the everyday problems and concerns you have with hearing loss and hearing instruments.
™ Getting the Most Out of Your Breeze Hearing Instruments Adjusting to your new hearing instruments will take some time. In the beginning it is important that you do not use the hearing instruments for longer than is comfortable. Depending on your previous experience...
™ Using the Breeze Digital ITE Guide Refer to the table of contents for a complete listing of the topics covered in this guide. Use the diagram to identify some of the components on your hearing instruments. Because each instrument is...
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Full Shell Half Shell Canal Legend 1 Microphone 2 Battery Door 3 On/Off Manual Volume Control 4 Vent 5 Removal Handle...
Inserting and Removing ITE and CIC Hearing Instruments ITE and CIC hearing instruments are coded red for the right ear and blue for the left ear. The color is indicated either on the shell or on a label on the hearing device. To insert ITEs and CICs: 1.
Turning Your Hearing Instruments On and Off Your Breeze hearing devices may have a volume control that also serves as an on/off switch. To turn your hearing devices on, rotate the volume control towards your nose. To turn your hearing devices off, rotate the volume control away from your nose.
Low Battery Warning When you hear three short beeps, your digital hearing devices are warning you that their batteries are low. You will hear the warning approximately every 5 minutes until you change the batteries or the batteries die. After the first warning, you may experience some reduction in sound quality.
If whistling persists at preferred volume setting, consult your hearing healthcare professional for assistance. For Breeze hearing devices without a volume control, the volume on your hearing devices adjusts automatically in reaction to the loud or quiet sounds around you.
Directional Microphones (optional) The directional microphones are selected through the push button. ™ Cleaning Your Breeze Hearing Instruments Ear wax is natural and common. Ensuring your hearing instruments are free of ear wax is an important step in your daily cleaning and maintenance routine.
™ Caring for Your Breeze Hearing Instruments • Always remove your hearing instruments when using hair care products. The hearing instruments can become clogged and cease to function properly. • Protect your hearing instruments from excessive heat (hair dryer, vehicle glove box or dashboard) and moisture (bath or shower).
Warnings • Hearing instruments should only be used as directed by your physician or hearing healthcare professional. • Hearing instruments will not restore normal hearing and will not prevent or improve a hearing impairment resulting from organic conditions. • Do not use your hearing instruments in explosion hazard areas.
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Precautions • The use of hearing instruments is only part of hearing rehabilitation; auditory training and lip reading instruction may be required as well. • In most cases, infrequent use of hearing instruments does not provide full benefit. Once you have become accustomed to your hearing instruments, wear your hearing instruments everyday all day.
• Battery upside down • Insert battery plus (+) side up • Refer to section “Cleaning your • Hearing devices blocked with ear wax Breeze Hearing Instruments”. Consult your hearing healthcare professional. • Turn up volume; see your hear- Not loud •...
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• Poorly fitting distorted hearing devices healthcare professional • Refer to section “Cleaning your • Hearing devices blocked with ear wax Breeze Hearing Instruments”. Consult your hearing healthcare professional. • Change in hearing • Consult your hearing healthcare professional Weak on the •...
Warning to Hearing Instrument Dispensers A hearing instrument dispenser should advise a prospective hearing instrument user to consult promptly with a licensed physician (preferably an ear specialist) before dispensing a hearing instrument if the hearing instrument dispenser determines through inquiry, actual observation, or review of any other available information concerning the prospective user, that the prospective user has any of the following conditions: (i) Visible...
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Important Notice for Prospective Hearing Instrument Users Good health practice requires that a person with a hearing loss have a medical evaluation by a licensed physician (preferably a physician who specializes in diseases of the ear) before purchasing a hearing instrument.
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availability of a trial-rental or purchase-option program. Many hearing instrument dispensers now offer programs that permit you to wear a hearing instrument for a period of time for a nominal fee after which you may decide if you want to purchase the hearing instrument.
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