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- Page 1 ™ Element BTE Guide...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents ™ Your Element Hearing Instruments .......1 Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems ......2 ™ Getting the Most Out of Your Element Hearing Instruments..............3 ™ Using the Element BTE Guide ........4 ™ Putting Your Element Hearing Instruments on Your Ears ..............5 ™... -
Page 5: Your Element Hearing Instruments
Your Element Hearing Instruments ™ Hearing Healthcare Professional: __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Telephone: ____________________________________________ Model: _______________________________________________ Serial Number:_________________________________________ Replacement Batteries: Size 13 Size 10 Warranty: _____________________________________________ Use Automatic Program for (if applicable) 1: Quiet 2: Group/Party Noise Use Manual Program 1 for: ______________________________... -
Page 6: Practical Solutions To Everyday Problems
™ Congratulations on choosing your new Element (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 solutions that incorporate special features to solve the everyday problems and concerns you have with hearing loss and hearing instruments. -
Page 7: Getting The Most Out Of Your Element Hearing Instruments
Getting the Most Out of Your Element ™ 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... -
Page 8: Using The Element Bte Guide
Using the Element ™ BTE Guide Refer to the table of contents for a complete listing of the topics covered in this guide. There are different styles of BTEs available. The diagrams below identify some of the components on your hearing devices. Have your hearing healthcare professional place a check beside the diagram that best describes your BTE style. -
Page 9: Putting Your Element ™ Hearing Instruments
Putting Your Element ™ Hearing Instruments on Your Ears 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. -
Page 10: Turning Your Element
Turning Your Element 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. -
Page 11: Feedback-Free Listening
Feedback-Free Listening Your Element 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 instruments will not turn on for 10-15 seconds even if the battery door is closed fully. The hearing devices return to the start up delay position each time you turn your hearing devices on. -
Page 12: Replacing The Battery
Replacing the Battery 1. Gently swing out the battery compartment door with your fingernail. 2. Grasp the battery with your thumb and index finger and remove. 3. Insert the new battery into the Plus (+) Signs battery compartment with the plus (+) sign on the battery facing the same way as the plus (+) sign on the edge of the... - Page 13 Low Battery Warning When you hear one long beep, 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. After the first warning, you may experience some reduction in sound quality.
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Page 14: Operating Instructions
Changing Programs on Your Element Hearing ™ Instruments Your Element hearing instruments may have an automatic program and up to three additional manual programs. Element’s automatic program will satisfy most of your listening needs by adjusting to different listening environments without requiring manual adjustments. Up... - Page 15 Then using your thumb, rotate the volume control up or down. Setting Your Ideal Volume Element hearing instruments with manual volume control have an ideal volume indicator. A single beep indicates when the volume control has reached its ideal level for your particular hearing loss, as pre-set by your hearing healthcare professional.
- Page 16 Replacing the Microphone Protectors Your Element 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.
- Page 17 Using Element with the Telephone ™ Element has the ability, depending on hearing loss, vent size and style of hearing instrument to provide feedback- free phone use without program changes. For many wearers this means, when the phone rings, all you have to do is pick up the telephone and hold it to your ear normally.
- Page 18 the telephone program automatically when the telephone receiver is placed in proximity, the magnet for easy-t hearing instruments should be attached to the telephone receiver. The magnet is designed to strengthen the magnetic field at the ear piece of hearing instrument compatible telephones.
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Page 19: Assistive Listening Devices
Assistive Listening Devices Listening in Public Places Element’s optional telecoil can also help you listen in public places equipped with telecoil compatible assistive listening devices such as a loop system. If your hearing... - Page 20 Refer to your battery package for the size of your hearing instrument batteries or consult with your hearing healthcare professional for more information. Listening Over Distance Your Element hearing instruments may be compatible ™ with Phonak’s MicroLink Receiver Module, a wireless FM system that improves listening over distance.
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Page 21: Caring For Your Element Hearing Instruments
If the volume on the infrared receiver is not loud enough, use your hearing instruments instead. See also “Connecting to External Audio Sources.” Caring for Your Element Hearing ™ Instruments • Open the battery door when not in use. -
Page 22: Cleaning Your Element Hearing Instruments
Cleaning the Earmolds If your Element hearing devices have earhooks (see “Using the Element BTE Guide”), your hearing healthcare professional fit you with customized earmolds. Earmolds send amplified sound from the hearing devices into the ears. - Page 23 Cleaning the Slim Tubes and Domes If your hearing instruments have slim tubes (see “Using the Element BTE Guide”), you need to ensure that the tubes and domes are free of ear wax and moisture. You should have the slim tubes and domes replaced by your hearing healthcare professional approximately every three to six months or when they become stiff or brittle.
- Page 24 3. Use a damp cloth to clean the outside of the slim tube and the dome. 4. 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 and out through the dome.
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Page 25: 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 devices in explosion hazard areas. - Page 26 output of your hearing devices is suitable for your particular hearing loss. 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.
- Page 27 different direction or locate the cell phone and move away from it. Labeling The serial number and year of manufacture are located inside the battery door.
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Page 28: Troubleshooting Guide
• See “Cleaning the Earmolds” or “Cleaning the • Earmolds/slim tubes Slim Tubes and Domes” or “Putting Your not inserted properly Element Hearing Instruments on Your Ears”. Reinsert carefully. • Consult your hearing healthcare professional • Change in hearing • Clean earmolds. See “Cleaning the Earmolds”. - Page 29 CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY Intermittent • Low battery • Replace battery • Dirty battery contact • Consult your hearing healthcare professional One long beep • Low battery • Replace battery Whistling • Earmolds/slim tubes not • Remove and reinsert carefully inserted properly •...
- Page 30 • Dirty battery contact Weak on the telephone • Move telephone receiver around ear for • Telephone not clearer signal. See “Using Element with the positioned properly Telephone” and “Easy-t for the Telephone or Cell/Mobile Phone”. • Consult your hearing healthcare professional •...
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Page 31: Warning To Hearing Instrument Dispensers
Warning to Hearing Instrument Dispensers A hearing instrument dispenser should advise a prospective hearing device user to consult promptly with a licensed physician (preferably an ear specialist) before dispensing a hearing device if the hearing device 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... - Page 32 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 device. Licensed physicians who specialize in diseases of the ear are often referred to as otolaryngologists, otologists or otorhinolaryngologists.
- Page 33 programs that permit you to wear a hearing device for a period of time for a nominal fee after which you may decide if you want to purchase the hearing device. Federal law restricts the sale of hearing devices to those individuals who have obtained a medical evaluation from a licensed physician.
- Page 35 U n i t ro n H e a r i n g D i st r i b u to r s C o r p o r at e O f f i c e / I n t e r n at i o n a l 20 Beasley Drive, P.O.
- Page 36 www.unitronhearing.com D i st r i b u to r Printed in Canada F/08-039 029-5561-02...
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