User manual SIEMENS MUSIC PRO ITE

[. . . ] These user guide should help you build friendship quickly with your new partners in matters relating to better hearing. We want to help you to handle your hearing instruments correctly, so that they will become an important part of your life. Wishing you much success, Your Siemens team 2 The best way to use your new hearing instruments In this short guide you'll find instructions about inserting, placing and adjusting your MUSIC Pro hearing instruments. There are also tips and information on correct handling, cleaning, care and battery changing. [. . . ] Zinc-air batteries which are almost completely used up show the following behaviour: After switched on the instruments function normally, but then rapidly become quieter. The more the battery is used up, the faster the gain falls off. You must then replace such batteries by new ones. 9 Hearing instruments with a program button If you have chosen MUSIC Pro hearing instruments with a selection of programs, then you can adapt your hearing instruments to a changed hearing situation by lightly pressing the program button. For example, this can help you to better understand the person you are talking to, even when there are interfering background noises. Use this program button to choose one of the programs. When you change the program, signal tones confirm the change: One signal tone, when you switch over to program 1. Two signal tones, when you switch over to program 2 (option). Three signal tones, when you switch over to program 3 (option). Your hearing instrument specialist can turn off these acoustic tones if you do not wish to hear them. The program button also gives you the possibility to switch your instrument ON/OFF See chapter "Switching the instrument . ON/OFF . Program overview Your hearing instrument specialist can show you how to use your hearing instruments systematically. Hearing programs Tones Description of the hearing situation 1 2 (option) 3 (option) Serial number (right hearing instr. / red) Serial number (left hearing instr. / blue) 10 Hearing instruments with telecoil The telecoil is intended for telephone conversations and for using induction loops, e. g. In order to be able to use the telephone coil, your telephone also must be suitable for hearing instruments and emit an adequate magnetic field. It is mostly older telephones which meet these requirements. Unfortunately, modern phones, particularly cordless telephones and mobile phones, do NOT all emit a magnetic field. In these cases we recommend that you use the normal hearing programs for telephone conversations (see also pages 21/22). Hearing instruments with 2 microphones If you have a hearing instrument with two microphones one program is set for directional mode which focuses on sounds in front of you. Another program is set for omnidirectional mode which amplifies all sounds around you. 11 Hearing instruments with volume control MUSIC Pro hearing instruments work automatically, so that manual adjustments of the volume are not necessary. If you would still like to adjust the volume yourself, most MUSIC Pro models offer a volume control on request. If you do not wish to make use of the volume control, your hearing instrument specialist can deactivate it. 12 Tips for cleaning and care Ear wax accumulates on your hearing instruments. This can lead to inflammation in your auditory canal if the instruments are not cleaned regularly. [. . . ] Your hearing instruments fulfil the IEC 118-13 standard with regard to electromagnetic compatibility (concerning for example interference by radiotelephones which are used close-by). If you use a mobile telephone (GSM), there will be hardly any interference, because of the high EMC stability. If you should still experience some interference, even though this may be unpleasant, there is no reason for concern. Your hearing instruments are not defective. [. . . ]