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  • Page 1 ™ Passport BTE Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Your Passport™ Hearing Instruments ......1 Overview of your Passport™ BTE ........2 Features of your Passport™ Hearing Instrument ..4 Putting your Hearing Instruments on your Ears .....5 Turning your Hearing Instruments On and Off ....7 Battery Information............8 Operating Instructions ..........10 Using the Telephone .............15...

  • Page 3: Your Passport™ Hearing Instruments

    Your Passport™ Hearing Instruments Hearing Healthcare Professional: _______________________ __________________________________________________ Telephone: _________________________________________ Model: ____________________________________________ Serial Number:______________________________________ Replacement Batteries: Size 13 Warranty: __________________________________________ Program 1 is the Automatic Program Program 2 is the manual program for: __________________ Program 3 is the manual program for: __________________...

  • Page 4: Overview Of Your Passport™ Bte

    Overview of your Passport™ BTE There are different styles of BTEs available. The diagrams below identify some of the components on your hearing instruments. Have your hearing healthcare professional place a check beside the diagram that best describes your hearing instrument style and attachment.
  • Page 5 Legend 1 Earhook 2 Microphone and Microphone Shield 3 Program Button or Push Button Volume Control (depending on your customized fitting) 4 Volume Control Lever or smartFocus™ (depending on your customized fitting) 5 Battery Door/On & Off Switch 6 Slim Tube 7 Dome 8 Retention Piece 9 Earmold...

  • Page 6: Features Of Your Passport™ Hearing Instrument

    Depending on your previous experience with hearing instruments, increase wearing time gradually until you have fully adjusted to them. Eventually, you should wear your Passport hearing instruments all day every day. Please consult your hearing healthcare professional regarding any adjustments you may require to ensure that you are happy with your hearing instrument.

  • Page 7: Putting Your Hearing Instruments On Your Ears

    Putting your Hearing Instruments on your Ears Your BTE hearing instrument may be color-coded red for your right ear and blue for your left ear. This color indicator is located on the bottom of the battery door with a small colored dot. BTEs with Earmolds 1.
  • Page 8 BTEs with Slim Tubes 1. Hold the slim tube where it attaches to the dome and gently push the dome into your ear canal. The slim tube should lie flush against your head and not stick out. 2. Place the hearing instrument over the top of your ear.

  • Page 9: Turning Your Hearing Instruments On And Off

    Turning your Hearing Instruments On and Off Your hearing instruments have a three-position battery door that acts as an off/on switch and that allows access to the battery compartment. To turn the hearing instrument on, close the battery door fully. Note: It may take 5 seconds before the hearing device turns on.

  • Page 10: Battery Information

    Battery Information To replace the hearing instrument battery, fully open the battery door for access to the battery compartment. Low Battery Warning When you hear two long beeps, your hearing devices are warning you that their batteries are low. You will hear the warning approximately every 30 minutes until you change the batteries or the batteries die.

  • Page 11: Replacing The Battery

    Replacing the Battery 1. Gently swing out the battery door with your fingernail. 2. Grasp the battery with your thumb and index finger and Plus (+) remove. Signs 3. Insert the new battery into the battery compartment with the plus (+) sign on the battery facing the same way as the plus (+) sign on the edge of the battery door.

  • Page 12: Operating Instructions

    Operating Instructions Your Passport BTE hearing instrument comes with 2 controls that allow you to further adjust your Passport hearing instrument – a lever and a push button. Lever The lever on your hearing instruments can be set up as either a volume control, or a smartFocus control.
  • Page 13 If duoLink is enabled, the hearing instrument can also be set so that by changing the volume on one hearing instrument, both will be adjusted. Your Passport hearing instruments will learn your volume control adjustments in different environments while the hearing instruments are set to the automatic program, if this feature has been enabled by your hearing healthcare professional.

  • Page 14: Push Button

    to learn more about the different comfort-clarity beeps. SmartFocus Setting Beep Maximum sound clarity level 2 beeps Maximum listening comfort level 2 beeps Ideal comfort and clarity level 1 beep If duoLink is enabled, the hearing instrument can also be set so that by changing one hearing instrument, both will be adjusted.
  • Page 15 Your Passport hearing instruments may also come with an optional remote control which allows you to switch between different listening programs. Program 1 (e.g. Automatic Program) 1 beep Program 2 (e.g.
  • Page 16 Volume Control Your Passport hearing instruments will learn your volume control adjustments while the hearing instruments are set to the automatic program, if this feature has been enabled by your hearing healthcare professional. Over time, the hearing instruments will adjust the default volume settings in the automatic program to the levels that you typically use.

  • Page 17: Using The Telephone

    The magnet is designed to strengthen the magnetic field at the ear piece of hearing instrument compatible telephones. If your Passport hearing instruments are configured to work with the wireless uDirect accessory, you might...
  • Page 18 benefit from a Bluetooth hands free option. Refer to the uDirect User Guide for more information. If duoLink is enabled for the automatic phone program, both hearing instruments are synchronized and the listening preference for the opposite ear will also change when an automatic phone program is activated.

  • Page 19: Caring For Your Hearing Instruments

    Caring for your Hearing Instruments • Open the battery door when not in use. • Always remove your hearing instruments when using hair care products. The hearing instruments can become clogged and cease to function properly. • Do not wear your hearing devices in the bath or shower or immerse them in water.

  • Page 20: Cleaning Your Hearing Instruments

    • Do not use sharp tools to dislodge ear wax. Sticking household items into your hearing devices or earmolds can seriously damage them. Passport Hearing Instruments with Earmolds Earmolds send amplified sound from the hearing devices into the ears. They must fit into your ears snugly and comfortably.
  • Page 21 Rinse them with cool water and allow them to dry overnight. Make sure the earmold tubes are dry before reconnecting them to each hook on your hearing devices. Passport Hearing Instruments with Slim Tubes and Domes You should have the slim tubes and domes replaced by your hearing...
  • Page 22 5. Using the black cleaning pin provided in the kit, gently insert the cleaning pin where the slim tube attaches to the hearing instrument and push the pin all the way through the tube. Note: The slim tubes and domes should never be rinsed or submerged in water as water drops may become lodged in the tube, block sound or damage the electrical components of the...

  • Page 23: Signature Features Of Your Passport™ Hearing Instruments

    Signature Features of your Passport™ Hearing Instruments SmartFocus™ With a Passport hearing instrument, you can adjust the focus on hearing speech or background noise in your listening environment via the smartFocus control. This control provides an additional fine tuning adjustment beyond a traditional volume control. You...
  • Page 24 Your Passport hearing devices may come with an optional uDirect™, a device that is worn around your neck, and provides secure connectivity between your hearing instruments and Bluetooth-enabled devices (i.e.

  • Page 25: Assistive Listening Devices

    Assistive Listening Devices Listening in Public Places Passport’s telecoil option can also help you listen in public places equipped with telecoil compatible assistive listening devices such as a loop system. When you see this symbol, it means that there is loop system installed; this loop system is compatible with your hearing instrument.
  • Page 26 your hearing healthcare professional before you can connect to external audio sources. You can also connect to external audio sources by using the uDirect optional wireless accessory. Ask your Hearing Healthcare Professional for information about uDirect.

  • Page 27: Warnings

    Warnings • Hearing devices should only be used as directed by your physician or hearing healthcare professional. • Hearing devices 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.

  • Page 28: Battery Warnings

    Note to hearing healthcare professional • Domes should never be fitted on patients with perforated eardrums, exposed middle ear cavities, or surgically altered ear canals. In the case of such a condition, we recommend to use a customized ear mold. Magnet Warnings •...
  • Page 29 small children and pets can reach them. • Never put hearing devices or batteries in your mouth. If a hearing device or battery is swallowed, call a physician immediately. Precautions • The use of hearing instruments is only part of hearing rehabilitation;...

  • Page 30: Troubleshooting Guide

    Troubleshooting Guide CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY No sound • Not turned on • Turn on • Low/dead battery • Replace battery • Poor battery contact • Consult your hearing healthcare professional • Battery upside down • Insert battery plus (+) side up •...
  • Page 31 CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY Intermittent • Replace battery • Low battery • Consult your hearing healthcare professional • Dirty battery contact Two long beeps • Replace battery • Low battery Whistling • Remove and reinsert carefully • Earmolds/slim tubes/ domes not inserted properly •...
  • Page 32 CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY Earmolds/slim tubes/domes falling out of ear • Consult your hearing healthcare • Poorly fitting earmolds/ professional slim tubes/domes • See “Putting Your Hearing Instruments on • Earmolds/slim tubes/ Your Ears”. Reinsert carefully. domes not inserted properly Weak on the telephone •...

  • Page 33: Warning To Hearing Instrument Dispensers

    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)
  • Page 34 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.

  • Page 35: Children With Hearing Loss

    amplification, you should inquire about the 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.

  • Page 36: Notices

    Notices Notice 1 This instrument is certified under: FCC ID: VMY-UWBTE IC: 2756A-UWBTE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and with RSS-210 of Industry Canada. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and 2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 37 Notice 3 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful...
  • Page 39 Unitron Distributors Corporate Office/International 20 Beasley Drive, P.O. Box 9017, Kitchener, ON N2G 4X1 Canada Australia New Zealand Level 2, Norwest Quay, 21 Solent 10/215 Rosedale Rd., M277 Private Circuit, Baulkham Hills, NSW, Bag, 300987, Albany, Auckland NSW 2153 Norway Brugata 14 0186 Belgium Baron de Vironlaan, 60...
  • Page 40 D i st r i b u to r www.unitron.com A/09-029 029-5729-02...

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