Table of Contents ™ Your Moxi Hearing Instruments........1 Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems ......2 ™ Getting the Most Out of Your Moxi Hearing Instruments..............3 ™ Using the Moxi BTE Guide ..........4 ™ Putting Your Moxi Hearing Instruments on Your Ears ..............5 ™...
Your Moxi ™ Hearing Instruments Hearing Healthcare Professional: _________________________ _____________________________________________________ Telephone: ___________________________________________ Model:_______________________________________________ Serial Number: ________________________________________ Replacement Batteries: Size 312 Warranty: ____________________________________________ Program 1 is the Automatic Program: _____________________ (Available on Yuu, Next 16 and Next 8 only) Program 2 is the Manual Program for: _____________________ Program 3 is the Manual Program for: _____________________ Program 4 is the Manual Program for: _____________________ Date of Purchase:______________________________________...
Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems Congratulations on choosing your new Moxi™ BTE (Behind-the-Ear) hearing instruments. For over 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...
Getting the Most Out of Your Moxi ™ 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 with hearing devices, a few hours a day may be enough and then you can increase wearing time gradually.
Using the Moxi ™ BTE Guide Refer to the table of contents for a complete listing of the topics covered in this guide. The diagrams below identify some of the components on your Moxi hearing devices. Moxi with Shell Moxi with Dome Legend Microphone and Microphone Shield 2 Battery Door/On &...
Putting Your Moxi Hearing Instruments ™ on Your Ears Your Moxi hearing instruments may be color-coded red for your right ear and blue for your left ear. This color indicator is located inside the battery door with a small colored dot. Moxi with Domes 1.
Turning Your Moxi ™ 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.
Feedback-Free Listening Your Moxi hearing instruments have an optional start up delay that can be activated by your hearing healthcare professional. If the start up delay is activated, your hearing devices will not turn on for 10-15 seconds after the battery door is closed fully. The hearing devices return to the start up delay position each time you turn your hearing devices on.
Replacing the Battery 1. Gently swing out the battery door with your fingernail. 2. Grasp the battery with your thumb and index finger and remove. 3. Insert the new battery into the battery compartment with the plus (+) sign on the Plus (+) Signs battery facing the same way...
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Low Battery Warning When you hear two long beeps, your hearing instruments 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. After the first warning, you may experience some reduction in sound quality.
Operating Instructions Changing Programs on Your Moxi ™ Hearing Devices Your Moxi hearing devices may have an automatic program and up to three additional manual programs. Moxi’s automatic program will satisfy most of your listening needs by adjusting to different listening environments without requiring manual adjustments.
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program 2, etc.) If you prefer, your hearing healthcare professional can adjust the pitch and loudness of the program beep or turn it off entirely. Adjusting the Volume The volume on your hearing instruments adjusts automatically in response to the loud or quiet sounds around you.
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Listening in Windy Environments Moxi’s wind noise manager will engage automatically based on whether wind conditions are moderate or high. When the wind noise manager is engaged, sounds such as speech, may become quieter because the wind noise manager is working to reduce the loud noise produced by wind.
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adverse listening situations without impacting sound quality or your ability to understand conversations. Replacing the Microphone Protectors Your Moxi hearing instruments have a shield to protect the microphones from dirt and debris. Debris on the microphone protector reduces the sound quality of the instrument.
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melody to indicate you are in the telephone (easy-t) program. If your phone is hearing instrument compatible, it will have a magnetic coil and the easy-t will activate automatically when the telephone is held to the ear. Once the telephone is removed from the ear, the hearing instrument will switch back to the normal listening mode.
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Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Warnings • Be sure the magnet is securely affixed to the telephone. • Keep loose magnets out of reach of children and pets. • If the magnet falls into your ear, contact your hearing healthcare professional.
Assistive Listening Devices Listening in Public Places Moxi’s telecoil can also help you listen in public places equipped with telecoil compatible assistive listening devices such as a loop system. If your hearing devices do not operate when the telecoil is on, the loop system may not be operating or you may be in a “dead”...
Caring for Your Moxi ™ 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.
Cleaning Your Moxi Hearing Instruments ™ Ear wax is natural and common. Ensuring your hearing devices, shells and domes are free of ear wax is an important step in your daily cleaning and maintenance routine. • Never use alcohol to clean your hearing devices, shells or domes.
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 devices in explosion hazard areas.
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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. Precautions • The use of hearing devices is only part of hearing rehabilitation;...
Troubleshooting Guide CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY No sound • Turn on • Not turned on • Replace battery • Low/dead battery • Consult your hearing healthcare professional • Poor battery contact • Insert battery plus (+) side up • Battery upside down •...
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CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY Two long beeps • Low battery • Replace battery Whistling • Shells/domes not • Remove and reinsert carefully inserted properly • Hand/clothing near ear • Remove hand/clothing from ear • Poorly fitting shells/ • Consult your hearing healthcare professional domes Not clear, distorted •...
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CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY Weak on the telephone • Move telephone receiver around ear for • Telephone not clearer signal. See “Using Moxi with the positioned properly Telephone” and “Easy-t for the Telephone or Cell/Mobile Phone”. • Consult your hearing healthcare professional •...
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. Federal law restricts the sale of hearing instruments to those individuals who have obtained a medical evaluation from a licensed physician.
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