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- Page 1 ™ Indigo BTE Guide...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments ........1 Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems ......2 Getting the Most Out of Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments..............3 Using the Indigo™ BTE Guide ........4 Putting Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments on Your Ears ..............6 Turning Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments On and Off ..............8 Feedback-Free Listening ..........9 Replacing the Battery............10... -
Page 5: Your Indigo Hearing Instruments
Your Indigo ™ Hearing Instruments Hearing Healthcare Professional: _________________________ _____________________________________________________ Telephone: ___________________________________________ Model:_______________________________________________ Serial Number: ________________________________________ Replacement Batteries: Size 13 Size 10 Warranty: ____________________________________________ Use Automatic Program for 1: Quiet 2: Group/Party Noise 3: Intense Noise 4: Music Use Program 2 for: ____________________________________ Use Program 3 for: ____________________________________ Use Program 4 for: ____________________________________ Date of Purchase:______________________________________... -
Page 6: Practical Solutions To Everyday Problems
™ Congratulations on choosing your new Indigo (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 devices. -
Page 7: Getting The Most Out Of Your Indigo Hearing Instruments
Getting the Most Out of Your Indigo ™ 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 devices for longer than is comfortable. Depending on your previous experience with hearing instruments, a few hours a day may be enough and then you can increase wearing time gradually. -
Page 8: Using The Indigo™ Bte Guide
Using the Indigo ™ 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 and attachment. - Page 9 Legend 1 Earhook 6 Slim tube 2 Microphone and Microphone 7 Dome Shield 8 Retention Piece 3 Program Button 9 Program Button or 4 Volume Control Volume Control (depending 5 Battery Door/ on your customized fitting) On & Off Switch 10 Earmold...
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Page 10: Putting Your Indigo Hearing Instruments On Your Ears
Putting Your Indigo ™ 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 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 devices.
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Page 12: Turning Your Indigo Hearing Instruments On And Off
Turning Your Indigo ™ Hearing Instruments On and Off Your hearing devices 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 device on, close the battery door fully. -
Page 13: Feedback-Free Listening
Feedback-Free Listening Your Indigo 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 devices will not turn on for 10-15 seconds even if the battery door is closed fully. -
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. 3. Insert the new battery into the battery compartment with the Plus (+) Signs 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.
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Page 16: Operating Instructions
Operating Instructions Changing Programs on Your Indigo ™ Hearing Instruments Your Indigo hearing instruments have an automatic program and up to three additional manual programs. Indigo’s automatic program will satisfy most of your listening needs by adjusting to different listening environments without requiring manual adjustments. -
Page 17: Adjusting The Volume
you are in (i.e. one beep for program 1, two beeps for 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 devices adjusts automatically in response to the loud or quiet sounds around you. - Page 18 identify your different volume settings if required. If you prefer, your hearing healthcare professional can adjust the pitch and loudness of the volume beep or turn it off entirely. Manual Rotary Volume Control The manual volume control is numbered one to four. One indicates that the volume is at the minimum level and four indicates that the volume is at the maximum level.
- Page 19 Listening in Quiet and Noisy Environments Your Indigo hearing devices have a directional microphone system to meet your listening needs in different environments. The directional system focuses on sounds in front of you (i.e., speech) while reducing sounds from the sides or behind you (i.e., noise). The directional system can be set to track moving noise sources and adapt to changing noise levels so that background noise is reduced.
- Page 20 Using Indigo ™ with the Telephone Indigo 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 in front of your hearing instrument’s microphone.
- Page 21 reception. 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.
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Page 22: Assistive Listening Devices
• Keep loose magnets out of reach of children and pets. • If the magnet falls into your ear, contact your hearing healthcare professional. • If the magnet is swallowed, contact your physician immediately. • The magnet may affect some medical devices or electronic systems. - Page 23 Connecting to External Audio Sources Your Indigo hearing devices may feature optional direct audio input (DAI) to connect to other audio sources such as a stereo or television. You will need to purchase the direct audio input system and a connector cord from your hearing healthcare professional before you can connect to external audio sources.
- Page 24 Using FM and Infrared Systems Some FM systems consist of a teleloop worn around the neck, which is connected to the FM receiver worn on a belt or in a shirt pocket. To listen through the FM system, select the telecoil program and turn on the FM receiver. To keep the signal clear, you may need to adjust the volume control on your hearing instruments, as well as on the FM receiver.
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Page 25: Caring For Your Indigo Hearing Instruments
Caring for Your Indigo ™ Hearing Instruments • Open the battery door when not in use. • Always remove your hearing devices when using hair care products. The hearing devices 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 26: Cleaning Your Indigo Hearing Instruments
If your Indigo hearing devices have earhooks (see “Using the Indigo BTE Guide”), your hearing healthcare professional fit you with customized earmolds (see “Using the Indigo BTE Guide”). Earmolds send amplified sound from the hearing devices into the ears. They must... - Page 27 BTEs with Slim Tubes and Domes If your hearing instruments have slim tubes (see “Using the Indigo 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...
- Page 28 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.
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Page 29: 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 instruments in explosion hazard areas. - Page 30 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. Precautions •...
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Page 31: Troubleshooting Guide
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 •... - Page 32 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 33 CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY Earmolds/slim tubes/domes falling out of ear • Consult your hearing healthcare professional • Poorly fitting earmolds/ slim tubes/domes • See “Putting Your Indigo Hearing • Earmolds/slim tubes/ Instruments on Your Ears”. domes not inserted Reinsert carefully. properly “Motorboating”...
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Page 34: 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 35 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 36 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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