Telephone Adapter; Microphone Tester Earphones; Figure 21: Telephone Adapter - Advanced Bionics Platinum Series User Manual

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Telephone Adapter

The telephone adapter provides an alternative to placing the telephone receiver next

to the microphone of the headpiece or auxiliary microphone.

Set up the telephone adapter as follows:

• Unplug the handset cord from the telephone base.

• Plug the short cord into the handset jack on the telephone base.

• Mount the unit in a convenient location with the adhesive pad.

• Plug the handset into the modular jack on the telephone adapter.

To use the telephone adapter, plug the long gray cable into the auxiliary jack on the

side of the processor. Adjust your volume and sensitivity controls as needed.

NOTE:

Only use the telephone adapter with phones that have the dial pad in

the base. The adapter will not work with phones that have the dial pad

in the handset.

The headpiece microphone tester earphones allow a subjective listening assessment

of the quality of the sound as it is received by the headpiece microphone. Intermit-

tencies in the headpiece cable can also be detected.

To use the microphone tester earphones, turn the program switch on the processor

to the microphone tester (

auxiliary jack on the side of the processor and place the earphones over your ears.

NOTE:

Using the microphone tester earphones will disable the green LED, and

the patient will not be able to hear through his/her cochlear implant

system. The microphone tester earphones are provided in the pediatric

Platinum Series Sound Processor Kit or may be purchased through AB.

The microphone test should only be performed using the earphones sup-

plied by AB to help ensure accurate sound evaluation.

) position, plug connector of the earphones into the

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