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- Page 1 Beltone Identity Instructions for use Digital In-the-Ear hearing instrument IDT15xs/15/15 HPG and IDT15 PB/15 PB HPG IDT25/25 HPG IDT35/35 HPG and IDT35D/35D HPG IDT45/45 HPG and IDT45D/45D HPG...
- Page 2 A new Beltone hearing instrument Congratulations on your choice of a Beltone hearing instrument! This is an important step towards clearer hearing and better under- standing. We have used all our experience with hearing instruments to help you communicate, lead an enjoyable social life and listen to the world around you.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
This booklet & your instrument In this booklet you will find instructions for inserting and controlling your new hearing instrument. You will find explanations on control- ling your instrument, on daily handling and on its use. Furthermore, you can read what to do if things do not live up to your expecta- tions. -
Page 4: Your Hearing Instrument
Your Hearing Instrument wax guard microphone opening battery door pull out cord vent (optional) CIC/CIC HPG Hearing Instrument wax guard microphone opening program button (optional battery door pull out cord CIC PB/CIC PB HPG Hearing Instrument... - Page 5 wax guard microphone opening program button (optional) microphone opening battery door volume wheel (optional) ITC/ITC HPG Hearing Instrument wax guard microphone opening volume wheel (optional) program button (optional) battery door pull out cord MC/MC HPG Hearing Instrument...
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Page 6: Switching On And Off
wax guard microphone opening microphone opening battery door program button (optional) volume wheel (optional) vent (optional) ITE/ITE HPG Hearing Instrument Switching on and off Off-open Your hearing instrument is switched off by opening the battery door. Switch your instrument on by closing the battery door. -
Page 7: Changing Batteries
Changing batteries When the battery voltage/power decreases to a certain level, the instrument will emit a soft beeping signal. This signal will continue for about one minute, and the sequence will continue every five minutes until the instrument will be automatically switched off. It is therefore advisable to keep an extra battery at hand. - Page 8 Remove the protective seal from the fresh battery and insert it in the battery door, with the plus side facing up. You will recognize the plus side of the battery because marked with a +. Check whether the + symbols on the battery and on the battery door are on the same side.
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Page 9: Inserting And Removing The Instrument
Inserting and removing the instrument Inserting the instrument • The insertion process varies with the shape of your ear canal. A fairly straight ear canal allows easy insertion. However, some ear canals have sharper curves and may require more care. • Take the hearing instrument between thumb and index finger and position its ‘point’... - Page 10 Removing your instrument • Using your thumb and index finger gently pull the hearing instrument (not the battery door) from your ear. CIC instruments and MC instruments often have a thin plastic pullout cord. Use this. Never pull the battery door. • Removal may be easier if you open and close your mouth while simultaneously pulling your auricle backward with your other hand.
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Page 11: Setting The Volume
Recognising left and right instrument Your hearing instrument is custom-made to fit your ear. Therefore, right and left instruments differ in shape. Your hearing instrument is marked with either a left or right indication: • A left instrument has a blue wax guard or blue dot; • A right instrument has a red wax guard or red dot. This is easy to remember: Red = Right. The colour dot must point upwards on the CIC and on MC instru- ments. - Page 12 Use your index finger to turn the volume wheel. Turn the wheel for- wards to increase and turn it backward to decrease the volume. During the fitting of the hearing instrument, your hearing care practitioner will have chosen an optimal volume setting for you. When switching the instrument on, the volume will have that same setting.
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Page 13: Program Button
Program button - optional Your hearing instrument can be equipped with four different listen- ing programs. Each program will have the most suitable settings for certain situations. After pressing the program button, the instrument will switch program. If it was in program 1 it will switch to program 2, if it was in program 2 it will switch to program 3 etc. -
Page 14: Dual Microphone System
Let your hearing care practitioner fill out the following table: Program Type of program Intended for number Dual microphone system - optional ITC/HPG and ITE/HPG models can optionally have a directional microphone function, recognisable by a 2 microphone opening. If you want to listen to a person in a noisy environment, the micro- phone in these hearing instruments can help you to concentrate on the speech. -
Page 15: T-Program
T-program - optional Your ITC/ITC HPG instrument or ITE/ITE HPG instrument may have a built in function, the telecoil, enabling in many cases an improved use of the telephone and better hearing in those churches or halls where an induction loop system is installed. In order to activate this function, the telecoil program has to be selected. -
Page 16: Using The Telephone
Using the telephone. • Switch your instrument to the telecoil program. • Hold your telephone handset behind your ear, close to the hearing instru- ment (1 inch, or 2-3 cm.) and slightly tilt the receiver outwards. • Listen to the dialing tone and move the handset a little to find the position that give the best reception. • If needed, and if your hearing instrument has it, turn the volume wheel up or down. - Page 17 Hearing through an induction loop More and more public places, churches, theatres and cinemas, have induction loop systems. In these particular rooms, they trans- mit, wirelessly, the sound of the presenter or show. At home, radio or television can be connected to an induction loop. Sound quality through an induction loop is often better because noises from the environment are not transmitted.
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Page 18: Maintenance And Cleaning
Maintenance and cleaning Earwax (cerumen) will accumulate on your hearing instrument during use. If earwax enters the instrument it can damage it. The instrument has a protection system, the wax guard. Clean the instrument and replace the wax guard filter regularly. Failure to do so can lead to an accumulation of earwax impairing sound quality. -
Page 19: Wax Guard
This prevents earwax entering the instrument. Replace the wax guard every two weeks or sooner, depending on earwax accumulation. Beltone uses two different wax guard systems, depending on the size and type of the hearing instrument. They are described on the following pages. - Page 20 Replace wax guard ‘Sentry II’ Hearing instruments of type CIC or MC instrument are usually equipped with a wax guard called ”Sentry II”. Please verify this with your hearing care practitioner. Sentry II wax guards are available in a set, containing red guards, blue guards, and a dedicated tool for changing them.
- Page 21 • Insert the wax guard into the sound outlet of the hearing instrument. • Remove the tool and press the wax guard down with your thumb to secure it.
- Page 22 Replace wax guard ‘Sentry’ Hearing instruments of types ITC or ITE instrument are usually equipped with wax guards called ”Sentry”. Please verify this with your hearing care practitioner. Sentry wax guards are available in a small plastic box, containing red guards, blue guards, and a dedicated tool for changing them. Use red wax guards for right instruments and blue guards for left instruments.
- Page 23 • Pick up a new wax guard from the box. Press end A firmly onto the new wax guard and unscrew it from the box. Turn counter clockwise. • Insert the wax guard into the sound outlet of the hearing instru- ment. Screw the guard into the hearing instrument. Turn clockwise. • Use the other end (B) of the tool to tighten (gently) the wax guard in the hearing instrument.
- Page 24 Storing your instrument When you are not using your instrument, keep or transport it in the box supplied. Leave the battery door open. Keep your instrument in a dry place, not in a bathroom or other humid place. Alternatively, you could store the instrument in a desiccator from your hearing care practitioner.
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Page 25: General Warnings
General warnings Hearing instruments can be dangerous if improperly used. • Do not leave your instrument in the sun, near an open fire or in a hot, parked car. • Do not wear your instrument while showering, swimming, in heavy rain or in a moist atmosphere such as steam bath or sauna. • Should your instrument become moist, put it in a dessicator. Your hearing care professional will be happy to counsel on this. • Remove your instrument when applying cosmetics, e.g. perfume, aftershave, hair spray, suntan lotion. -
Page 26: Eight Steps Towards Better Hearing
Eight steps towards better hearing You need to get used to your new hearing instrument. Sounds seem new and different. That is because you grew accustomed to your diminished hearing. Therefore, familiar sounds seem strange or unnatural at first. Every first-time user of a hearing instrument responds differently to this. - Page 27 3. Have a conversation with a single person Use your instrument in conversation with one person, a family member or a friend. Move to a quiet spot. Explain that you are now wearing a hearing instrument. Ask the other person to talk normally. Look at your conversation partner. If your instrument is tuned to your requirements you will be able to communicate better than before.
- Page 28 6. Visit public buildings Visit public buildings. Try to sit near the speaker; try to be seated in the front rows in a show. Avoid a seat behind a pillar or in an alcove, you will be in a ‘sound shadow.’ In a restaurant, sit with your back towards the wall. This avoids disturbing noises coming from behind you.
- Page 29 8. Use your instrument all day Using your hearing instrument and practising with it is the best way to learn to hear again. Even if you can hear without an instrument in some cases. Try to wear your instrument all day. In that way, you will benefit the most. Of course, a hearing instrument cannot restore natural hearing, but it will help you make the most of your hearing as it is today.
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Page 30: General Precautions
General precautions • Consult a physician if you find a foreign object in your ear canal, if you experience skin irritation or if excessive ear wax accumula- tes with the use of the instrument. • Different types of radiation, e.g. from NMR or CT scanners, may damage the instrument. Therefore, do not wear the instrument during these or other corresponding scanning procedures. Other types of radiation (burglary alarms, room surveillance systems, radio equipment, mobile telephones, etc) will not damage the instrument. -
Page 31: Technical Specifications
Technical specifications Audio signal technology Digital Hearing instrument maximum output (IEC 118-0 OES) model IDT15xs, IDT15, IDT25 120 dB SPL IDT15 HPG, IDT25 HPG 127 dB SPL IDT15 PB 120 dB SPL IDT15 PB HPG 124 dB SPL IDT35 124 dB SPL... -
Page 32: Solving Small Problems
TRoUBLESHooTING GUIDE SYMPToM CAUSE Is your instrument inserted correctly? Feedback, ’whistling’ Is the volume very loud? Are you holding your hand or an object (e.g. a hat) too close to an instrument? Is you ear full of wax? Is the instrument switched on? No sound Is the instrument switched on the telecoil program? - Page 33 PoSSIBLE REMEDY Put it in again Reduce it Move your hand away or create some more space between the instrument and the object Visit your physician Switch it on Switch it to the microphone program Insert a battery Replace it with a new one Visit your physician Replace it with a new one Clean it or use a new one...
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Page 34: International Warranty
Read more on this subject on the warranty card you received with your instrument. Repairs If your Beltone hearing instrument malfunctions, it must be repaired by a qualified technician. Do not attempt to open the case of the hearing instrument since this would invalidate the warranty. If your Beltone hearing instrument requires service, please contact your hearing care professional for assistance. -
Page 35: Your Selected Model
Your selected model Your hearing care professional place a check mark in the below table to identify the model you have received. Model received Type Hearing care professional IDT15xs IDT15 IDT15HPG IDT15 PB IDT15 PB HPG IDT25 IDT25 HPG IDT35... - Page 39 Faceplate/Electronics by: Beltone A/S Any issues relating to the EU Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC should be directed to Beltone A/S.
- Page 40 Beltone A/S Lautrupbjerg 9 DK-2750 Ballerup Denmark Tel.: +45 45 75 11 11 16897100 GB-09.01 Rev. B Fax: +45 45 75 11 19 Printed in Denmark www.beltone-hearing.com © Beltone 2009...