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The OTicOn Agil SucceSS MAnuAl
The Complete Guide to Fitting Oticon Agil using Genie 2010.1

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  • Page 1 The OTicOn Agil SucceSS MAnuAl The Complete Guide to Fitting Oticon Agil using Genie 2010.1...
  • Page 2 Table of Contents Reading this manual Introducing the Oticon Agil Family Fitting Oticon Agil instruments is easy and full of possibilities Customising miniRITE and RITE Genie 2010.1 or a later version must be used to program Alternatively to the standard programming process, Oticon Agil instruments.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Streamer and the TV Adapter or Medium Receiver Fitting Corda with Moulds in Genie Custom Moulds for Standard The complete Oticon Agil fitting Range Streamer and the Phone Adapter and Medium Receivers cic to Power connecting Oticon Agil to genie...

  • Page 4: Introducing The Oticon Agil Family

    Oticon Agil family Oticon Agil Pro Oticon Agil Main Features Floating Linear Gain Oticon Agil is the premium hearing solution. Oticon Agil uses helping users to organize the world of sounds and making Fitting rationales Spatial Noise Management –...

  • Page 5: Style Overview Of Oticon Agil

    Style overview of Oticon Agil Feature-Style Quick Overview Styles miniRITE RITE BTE 13 BTE 13 Corda BTE Power Battery 312 Battery 312 Battery 13 Battery 13 Battery 13 Features miniRiTe RiTe BTe 13 cic/Mic iTc/iTe BTe Power cic/Mic Power Rationales...
  • Page 6 The complete Oticon Agil fitting Range cic to Power customising the miniRiTe and RiTe Fitting Range To get the best performance, best cosmetics dB HL and most comfortable fit consider the following: • Determine whether the miniRITE or RITE is the best style solution based on features (T­coil, FM option, etc.),...

  • Page 7: Selecting Receiver Unit Lengths

    Selecting Receiver unit lengths Power: The Oticon Agil Receiver selection allows for 6 fitting Five Receiver lengths are available for Standard, Medium Custom Mould – Power Dome possibilities using just two instruments and Power Receivers. No. 1 is the shortest and No. 5 is the Open Dome –...

  • Page 8: Receiver Markings

    Selection Step. When the mini RITE or RITE is selected, a pull down menu appears so the fitter Power Custom Mould is can assign the proper Receiver to the instrument. marked P and includes serial number OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 9: Attaching The Receiver Unit

    Insert the Ear Grip in the slot in the Receiver. Press the Receiver locking lever through the hole to release the Receiver unit and gently pull the Receiver unit out. Receiver with Adapter OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 10: Removing The Ear Grip

    Receiver wire sticking out. 3. If necessary add the ear grip for extra retention. Pull the ear grip until its top is positioned in the slot. During insertion, the top should point away from the dome as illustrated. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 11: Shaping The Receiver Unit

    Receiver wire to either straighten it a little or to change the insertion depth. This is not difficult, but the following steps are important to avoid damaging the Receiver unit: Bend into the canal OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 12: Earpieces

    The Power Dome is available in three different sizes: Receiver unit as illustrated. hold the Receiver. 8 mm, 10 mm and 12 mm. Power Dome Power Dome 8 mm 8 mm 10 mm 10 mm 12 mm 12 mm OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 13: Rite Micro Moulds For The Standard Or Medium Receiver

    Custom RITE Moulds can be ordered in the following styles: Canal, canal with lock, skeleton or half shell. Up/Down Indicator Canal Canal lock WaxStop Adapter Skeleton lock Half shell OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 14: Short Vents

    Micro Moulds use tube­shaped vents, as in traditional ear Canal RITE Moulds use tube­shaped vents just like Micro Moulds. When fitting Oticon Agil RITE hearing devices with Micro Moulds, but the length is shorter than standard vents. There­ However, the vent is a little longer. Still, the canal’s vent effect...

  • Page 15: Taking Off The Micro Mould

    Note: Make sure that the Receiver is not angled when inserted into the Mould. An odd angle will prevent the Receiver from engaging the Adapter. The click sound indicates that the Receiver is placed correctly, and it should be done with only a little force. Don’t force the two units together! OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 16: Rite Power Fittings

    2. Insert the gauge into the ear canal (with the plane side up) until the size indicator is fully surrounded by the ear canal. If the size indicator fits easily within the ear canal, the client is an excellent candidate for RITE Power. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 17: Removing The Power Mould

    Grasp the Receiver unit as illustrated and pull straight out from the Power Mould. Using the screwdriver, turn the locking plate counterclockwise by approx. 45 degrees. You will feel a slight release and then remove the plate. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 18: Power Micro Mould

    It is easy to maintain and very robust. Due to the Adapter placed inside the Mould, the minimum size will be larger than the Power Mould. Therefore the candidacy of clients must be assured by judging sufficient ear canal space. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 19: Changing From Mould To Dome

    Slide the Receiver gasget along. Do not roll it. 3. Mount the transparent dome housing onto Receiver unit. 4. Fix the Receiver unit by a locking plate. 5. Place the transparent cover on the dome housing. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 20: Bte 13 With Corda

    589-25-120-00 (10x) 589-25-133-00 (5x) 570-07-432-00 (10x) 589-25-143-00 (5x) • Service tool and extra pins for Adapter/hook attachment Skeleton Canal 890-22-270-00 (1x) Please refer to the corda Quick guide for complete 3-0.9 3-0.9 502-15-191-00 (3x) information. Half Shell OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 21: Fitting Corda 2 With Moulds In Genie

    Moulds in genie 1. Select Corda instead of ear Mould. Oticon Agil is programmed using the genie fitting software compatible with nOAh 3.0 and Oticon programming cable #3 (right and left) 2. Go to the fitting step and verify the vent size of the Moulds.

  • Page 22: Custom Products

    2. Close the battery door and attach the HI­PRO or NOAHlink cable. NOAH link cable. 2. Close the battery door and attach the HI­PRO or NOAHlink cable. NOAHlink cable. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 23: Nearcom

    Instruments which have never been programmed must be To identify the instrument place it in the middle of the cables to fit Oticon Agil instruments. 1. Switch on the instruments using fresh batteries. assigned to the correct side – left and right – in Genie.

  • Page 24: Programming Oticon Agil

    Click Continue to go to the selection screen. Note: You can simulate a fitting by selecting ‘Oticon Agil’ from the Family circle. Select Oticon Agil or Oticon Agil Pro from the second level screen that opens. The Organizer – horizontal navigation Task Pane –...

  • Page 25: Selection Step

    In the Personal Profile you can provide extra information Oticon Agil comes in all styles from CIC to BTE Power including and thereby get a more individualized fitting for your client. The connection bar indicates whether the instrument is either;...
  • Page 26 If you want to make adjustments in the LF region, expand the region and you will get access to the underlying frequency If you are fitting ConnectLine to your Oticon Agil instruments, Adjust the gain controls in 1 dB steps in the selected fields.

  • Page 27: Automatic Adaptation Manager

    Genie. speech understanding in any environment. Automatic Adaptation Manager My Voice in Oticon Agil Pro is able to recognize the client’s own Specifying the transition time between steps allows for voice. This information is used by TriState Noise Management an automatic and smooth acclimatisation period.
  • Page 28 DSL v5.0a rationale. This means that gain can be increased more when the DFC is enabled. All Oticon Agil instruments have Dynamic Feedback Cancel­ Acoustics: lation that contributes to the instruments’ superb sound Use the Acoustics tool to change vent size or dome type.
  • Page 29 The Amplification tab shows the actual aided response noise Management shows how much noise is reduced by Oticon Agil evaluates the listening environments in several (output) vs. the unaided input, as well as both (input and gain). the Noise Management system in each fitting channel and dimensions.
  • Page 30 Loud) and content (Speech, Speech in Noise and Noise) and automatically adapts to the preferred setting. Oticon Agil does not log information while connected to Genie. configuration: Under configuration you can disable Life Summary provides an overview of the data and learning Learning and Memory by deselecting the checkboxes.
  • Page 31 Ambient noise level is measured by the instrument With Oticon Agil instruments, Genie supports in­situ audio­ microphones. In case of too much noise, the red noise level metry for making precise fittings using the client’s own Moulds indicator will light up.

  • Page 32: End Fitting

    The Save and Exit screen contains information about the match the purpose of the measurement. Oticon Agil instruments. It also gives you the possibility to link Streamer to the instruments. In order to compare your measurement to target and simulated curves in Genie, make sure that the Genie curves are based on To link Streamer to the instruments, click “Read serial number”...
  • Page 33 In the User instruction task you can print the button configu­ ration and include it into the Instructions For Use to provide the information for your client. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...
  • Page 34 Instructions For Use before handing it out to the client. Discuss with your client which operation should be included in the Instructions For Use in the instruments. Discuss with your client which operation should be included in the instruments. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...
  • Page 35 For each applica­ tion, you can also set the preferred level and the relationship between Streamer and microphone signals. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...
  • Page 36 For the phone application the deep bass feature is normally to off in order to optimize speech understanding, e.g. set to ‘Medium’. from news broadcasts. Music Widening cannot be activated since it may reduce speech understanding. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...
  • Page 37 ‘High’. Music Widening For music listening the Music Widening feature is default set to ‘Medium’. If the Music/Audio program is mostly used for listening to voice programs (books), the Music Widening should be set to ‘off’. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 38: Tm Concept

    This tool indicates how the buttons are configured on the Oticon Agil instruments. Use this tool to instruct the client in the operations possible on each instrument. It is possible to print the information. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...
  • Page 39 • Sound and music from TV, radio, music players, computers and other devices • Operate the volume control and program change on the Oticon Agil instruments Streamer wirelessly transmits sound from phones, TV etc. to both hearing instruments thereby improving the overall sound quality and speech understanding.

  • Page 40: Pairing Guide/Daily Use

    If the neck strap breaks it microphones are default active. To mute the microphones e.g must be replaced. to pay full attention to a phone conversation press and hold the Volume button for 2 seconds (up or down). OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 41: Streamer And Mobile Phones

    ‘Streamer x.y’ will appear in the display. to prolong battery lifetime. return to the previous program. 5. Go to ‘Streamer x.y’ in the mobile phone display and press select. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 42: Streamer And The Tv Adapter

    — The orange STATUS indicator on the TV Adapter shows — Streamer disconnects from TV Adapter. Music Connection e.g. MP3 a solid light. — All orange lights turn off and the hearing instruments return to the standard program (P1). Power OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 43: Streamer And The Phone Adapter

    Press Streamer’s Phone button shortly. Streamer answers light for 5 seconds and then shows slow fading light. the call and the green rim light will switch to constant light. Pairing is done only once and will normally not have to be repeated. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 44: Audio Streaming

    Starting wireless audio streaming the audio transmission, the hearing instruments will return to Audio streaming can always be started from Streamer with the General program (P1). a long push on the Audio button. If no TV Adapter has been OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...
  • Page 45 Do not shorten or modify the neck strap in any way, for example, do not tie a knot in it to shorten it. Note: The green light disappears when Streamer is disconnected from the charger. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 46: Streamer Firmware Upgrade Tool

    • No existing pairings will be lost. Selecting “Streamer Firmware upgrade” in the tools menu gives access to upgrade a Streamer to the latest available version, without losing existing pairings. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 47: Service And Maintenance

    If there is no sound in the instrument or the sound output is reduced, it may be caused by a clogged Damper and it must be replaced. Replace the Damper as shown. Notice: The Damper is not used with BTE Power instruments. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...
  • Page 48 Replace the wax filter in case it is clogged or if there is no sound in Replace the wax filter in case it is clogged the instrument. or if there is no sound in the instrument. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 49: Minirite Top Shell Exchange

    1. Push locking pin 2. Remove locking pin Push pin out with multi tool. Remove the locking pin with tweezers. Tweezers Multi tool New top shell (pre­assembled with push button) Oticon Agil miniRITE OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...
  • Page 50 Mount the new top shell. It’s important to mount the top Insert the locking pin with tweezers. Finally push the pin in position, use the back end shell in the bottom end first and then rotate the top shell of tweezers. in place. OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 51: Changing Battery Door On Minirite

    The battery door can be exchanged if damaged or if Battery door On: a tamper­resistant door should be installed. Battery door OFF: OticOn Agil FITTING GUIDE...

  • Page 52: Faq's

    A package of Domes is enclosed 5. How frequently should the Receiver unit be changed? Receiver type when the Agil RITE instrument is selected. with the device. Advise your clients how they can obtain The Receiver unit is designed to function for a long time The old Receivers will be phased out and should in replacement domes.
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