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  • Page 1 BTE Guide...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents ™ Your Yuu Hearing Instruments ........1 Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems ......2 ™ Getting the Most Out of Your Yuu Hearing Instruments..............3 ™ Using the Yuu BTE Guide ..........4 ™ Putting Your Yuu Hearing Instruments on Your Ears ..6 ™...

  • Page 5: Your Yuu Hearing Instruments

    Your Yuu ™ 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 6: Practical Solutions To Everyday Problems

    Yuu is a premium hearing instrument that delivers superior sound quality, performance, and extraordinary results. Yuu’s automatic program reads your listening...

  • Page 7: Getting The Most Out Of Your Yuu Hearing Instruments

    Getting the Most Out of Your Yuu ™ 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 Yuu Bte Guide

    Using the Yuu 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 instruments.
  • Page 9 Legend 1 Earhook 2 Microphone and Microphone Shield 3 Program Button or Push Button Volume Control (depending on your customized fitting) 4 Volume Control or Comfort-Clarity Balance (depending on your customized fitting) 5 Battery Door/On & Off Switch 6 Slim Tube 7 Dome 8 Retention Piece 9 Earmold...

  • Page 10: Putting Your Yuu Hearing Instruments On Your Ears

    Putting Your Yuu ™ 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 inside the battery door with a small colored dot.
  • Page 11 BTEs with Earhooks 1. Carefully insert the earmold in your ear. The earmold should fit into your ear snugly and comfortably. 2. Place the hearing instrument over the top of your ear. 3. Repeat steps 1-2 for your other ear if you wear two hearing instruments.

  • Page 12: Turning Your Yuu Hearing Instruments On And Off

    Turning Your Yuu ™ 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 13: Feedback-Free Listening

    Feedback-Free Listening Your Yuu hearing devices 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 after the battery door is closed fully. The hearing instruments return to the start up delay position each time you turn your hearing instruments on.

  • Page 14: 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 remove. Plus (+) 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 15 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. After the first warning, you may experience some reduction in sound quality.

  • Page 16: Operating Instructions

    If you have an active push button program control, each time you push the button, you will move to a new program. Your Yuu hearing instruments may also come with an optional remote control which allows you to switch between different listening programs. Ask your hearing healthcare professional for more information on the remote control.

  • Page 17: Adjusting The Volume

    Before adjusting the volume on your hearing instruments, secure the device on your ear with your thumb and middle finger. Then using your index finger, adjust the volume level with the volume control lever or push button. Your Yuu hearing instruments will learn your volume...
  • Page 18 Your Yuu hearing instruments may also come with an optional remote control which allows you to adjust your volume levels. Ask your hearing healthcare professional for more information on the remote control.
  • Page 19 If you prefer, your hearing healthcare professional can adjust the pitch and loudness of the volume control beeps or turn them off entirely. Adjusting the Comfort-Clarity With a Yuu hearing instrument, you can also manage the...
  • Page 20 Over time, the hearing instruments will adjust the pre-programmed comfort-clarity settings to your preferred levels. Your Yuu hearing instruments may also come with an optional remote control which allows you to adjust your comfort-clarity levels. Ask your hearing healthcare professional for more information on the remote control.
  • Page 21 Comfort-Clarity Balance beeps or turn them off entirely. Listening in Windy Environments Yuu’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...
  • Page 22 Replacing the Microphone Protectors Your Yuu hearing devices have a shield to protect the microphones from dirt and debris. Debris on the microphone protector reduces the sound quality of the instrument.
  • Page 23 Using Yuu ™ with the Telephone Yuu has the ability, depending on hearing loss, vent size and style of hearing instrument to provide feedback-free phone use without program changes. When the phone rings, pick up the telephone and place it next to your hearing instrument’s microphone.
  • Page 24 If the hearing instrument does not switch to 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.

  • Page 25: Assistive Listening Devices

    Assistive Listening Devices Listening in Public Places Yuu’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 devices do not operate when the telecoil is on, the loop system may not be operating or you may be in a “dead”...
  • Page 26 Connecting to External Audio Sources Your Yuu hearing instruments may feature optional direct audio input (DAI) to connect to other audio sources such as a stereo or television. Easy-DAI automatically selects your direct audio input program when a device such as your stereo, television, etc.

  • Page 27: Caring For Your Yuu Hearing Instruments

    Listening Over Distance Your Yuu hearing devices may be compatible with ™ Phonak’s MicroLink Receiver Module, a wireless FM system that improves listening over distance. The MLx FM receiver module connects to the direct audio input system and is powered by the hearing device battery.
  • Page 28 Caring for Your Yuu ™ 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 29: Cleaning Your Yuu Hearing Instruments

    Ensure your earmolds and domes are free of ear wax and moisture. BTEs with Earhooks and Earmolds If your Yuu hearing devices have earhooks (see “Using the Yuu BTE Guide”), your hearing healthcare professional fit you with customized earmolds (see “Using the Yuu BTE Guide”).
  • Page 30 BTEs with Slim Tubes and Domes If your hearing instruments have slim tubes (see “Using the Yuu 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...
  • Page 31 healthcare professional approximately every three to six months or when they become stiff or brittle. Clean the domes daily with a damp cloth. You should also clean the slim tubes periodically, with the cleaning pin provided, when you begin to notice debris in and around the tubes.

  • Page 32: 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 33 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 34 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.

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting Guide

    • Low volume professional for models without a manual volume control or if problem persists. • Replace battery • Low battery • See “Putting Your Yuu Hearing Instruments • Earmolds/slim tubes/ on Your Ears”. Reinsert carefully. domes not inserted properly •...
  • Page 36 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 37 POSSIBLE REMEDY Earmolds/slim tubes/domes falling out of ear • Consult your hearing healthcare professional • Poorly fitting earmolds/ slim tubes/domes • See “Putting Your Yuu Hearing Instruments • Earmolds/slim tubes/ on Your Ears”. Reinsert carefully. domes not inserted properly Weak on the telephone •...

  • Page 38: 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) Visible...
  • Page 39 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 40 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.
  • Page 43 5, rue Maryse Bastié - BP 15 69671 WA1 1PD Bron Cedex, France U.S.A. Netherlands Suite A, 2300 Berkshire Lane North, Ir. D.S. Tuijnmanweg 10, Plymouth, MN 55441 4131 PN VIANEN Manufacturer Unitron Hearing Ltd. 20 Beasley Drive, P.O. Box 9017, Kitchener, ON N2G 4X1 Canada...
  • Page 44 D i st r i b u to r www.unitron.com D/09-013 029-5634-02...

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