Siemens MUSIC Pro Pro IT manual

MUSIC Pro User Guide In-the-Ear Instruments Siemens Hearing Solutions s[...]

2 A friendly guide to your new Siemens hearing instruments Congrat ulations! Y ou ha ve decided in f av our of hearing instr uments from Siemens. Y ou ha ve tak en an impor tant step to war ds being able to hear bet ter . F rom now on, y our new hearing instr uments will be your constant companions. Y ou will profit fr om our man y y ears of resear[...]

How your hearing instruments look like Page 4 How to insert your In-the-Ear hearing instruments Page 5 How to remove the instruments from your ear Page 6 Switching the instrument on / off Page 6/10 Battery changing Page 7 Y our battery type Page 8 Handling batteries Page 9 Hearing instruments with a program button Page 10 Program overview Page 10 H[...]

4 How your MUSIC Pro In-the-Ear hearing instruments look like Eac h hearing instrument can be identified b y the serial number , whic h is located on the outside of the instrument: If the number is written in red, the hearing instrument is for the right ear , and if the number is written in blue, this hearing instrument is for the left ear . Y our [...]

5 How to insert your In-the-Ear instruments Hold y our hearing instr ument between thumb and inde x finger and carefully push the instr ument in the ear canal. No w bring it into the corr ect position b y turning it slightly . Y ou ma y find it helpful to pull your e xternal ear slightly upw ards or to the rear . Y ou may w ant to push the instr um[...]

6 How to remove the instruments from your ear Th er e ar e 2 ways t o s witch y our instr ument ON/OFF . First w ay . T he bat tery compar tment serves as an ON / OFF s witch. If y ou want to switc h the instr ument on, inser t the bat tery and simply close the bat tery compartment - the instrument is no w ready f or use. If y ou want to switc h th[...]

7 Battery changing When inserting the bat tery please pay at tention to the plus side on the bat tery . T he plus (+) side of the bat tery is al ways the smooth side. Y ou can recognise the minus (–) side b y the coloured ring. Y ou should al ways k eep spare bat teries at hand. If y ou f eel you cannot c hange the bat tery y ourself , ask someon[...]

8 Safet y not es for batt eries W ARNING Keep bat teries a wa y from c hildren! Bat teries must not be sw allowed. R emov e the bat teries when the instrument is not in use o ver a prolonged period. R eplace leaking bat teries without dela y . Do n ot t h row away yo ur dead bat teries! R eturn them to y our hearing instrument specialist f or prope[...]

9 Zinc-air bat teries are used toda y almost ex clusively in hearing instr uments to minimise en vironmental damage. These bat teries req uire oxy gen f or operation, whic h they absorb fr om the air . T he bat tery is activated as soon as the protectiv e f oil is pulled of f and is used up e ven if y ou do not use your hearing instr ument. Y ou sh[...]

10 Hearing instruments with a program button If y ou hav e chosen MUSIC P ro hearing instr uments with a selection of progr ams, then y ou can adapt y our hearing instr uments to a c hanged hearing situation b y lightly pressing the pr ogram but ton. F or e xample, this can help y ou to bet ter understand the per son you are talking to, e v en when[...]

11 Hearing instruments with telecoil T he telecoil is intended f or telephone conv ersations and f or using induction loops, e.g . in chur ches, theaters or lect ure rooms. In order to be able to use the telephone coil, your telephone also must be suitable f or hearing instruments and emit an adequate magnetic field. It is mostly older telephones w[...]

12 Hearing instruments with volume control MUSIC P ro hearing instr uments work automatically , so that manual adjustments of the v olume are not necessary . If y ou would still lik e to adjust the volume y ourself , most MUSIC P ro models of f er a v olume control on req uest. If y ou do not wish to make use of the v olume control, your hearing in[...]

13 1. 2. Tips for cleaning and care Ear wax accumulates on y our hearing instr uments. This can lead to inflammation in y our auditory canal if the instr uments are not cleaned r egularly . Ther ef ore: Clean y our In-the-Ear instr uments at least twice a week (possibly e ven daily , if y ou see a lot of ear w ax). Use special, hy gienic cleaning a[...]

14 3. Bring y our hearing instr uments regularly to y our hearing instr ument specialist on the schedule that he or she recommends f or c hanging the w ax guard, cleaning the v enting channel, the microphone and sound outlets, and the instr ument in general. T he hearing instrument specialist mak es sure that the hearing instr uments function perf [...]

15 The best way to handle your hearing instruments Y our new Siemens hearing instr uments are highly sensitiv e devices. T his natur ally requires some car e in their handling . T hey should then al ways g i ve yo u good service.[...]

16 Some useful tips: Never expose your hearing instruments to extreme temperat ures or high humidity . Never let them lie in the blazing sun. Do not wear them when taking a shower or when using hairspray . In shor t-wave therapy or if you work or are medically treated with strong magnet ic or high-frequency fields or X-ray s, under no circumstances[...]

17 How you can help yourself In selecting y our MUSIC P ro hearing instr uments, you ha ve c hosen extr emely dependable devices. H oweve r , should a f ault occur , it can usually be corrected quic kly . Important tips: If the hearing instr ument whistles T est the instrument yourself by co vering the sound outlet opening with your finger tip. If [...]

18 If the hearing instrument is too quiet or you hear two signal tones within one minute. Most likely , you need to insert a new battery . If it is still too quiet, clean the instrument, following the directions given in the chapter ”T ips for cleaning and care”. If neither a new battery nor cleaning helps, as a precaution ask your hearing inst[...]

19 Hearing training made easy Hearing instr uments reproduce an abundance of sounds whic h frequently ha ven ’ t been experienced f or man y year s. Ev ery person reacts dif f erently when he or she wear s a hearing instr ument f or the first time. T he familiarisation phase theref or e dif f er s from person to per son. Ther e are people who are[...]

20 3rd step Become familiar with your own voice By no w you’ ve alr eady made considerable pr ogress! Y ou’ ve become muc h more f amiliar with the sounds in your daily en vironment. A s an ex ercise read out loud and concentr ate on y our o wn v oice. Get used to conversations in a group Con ver sation in a group of people speaking among thems[...]

T elephoning with y our hearing instrument T here are two dif f erent methods f or telephoning while w earing y our hearing instr ument: 1 . Using the normal hearing progr am: The sound fr om the telephone receiv er is absorbed directly b y the microphone of y our hearing instr ument. Hold the receiv er appro x. 1 -2 cm away f ro m yo u r ea r . It[...]

22 Note: Most of the modern telephones, par ticularly cordless telephones and mobile phones, do NO T emit a magnetic field. In this case you should use the normal hearing pr ograms. F ur ther benefit: Y ou can use the telecoil progr am in order to be able to hear bet ter in c hurc hes, theater s and lectur e rooms whic h are equipped with induction[...]

23 W e’re happy that you can hear well again! Once good hearing ret urns to y our e very da y lif e – and y ou can enjo y both speec h and music again – then w e at Siemens are also satisfied. B ecause we ’ v e put all our kno w -ho w and skill into de veloping y our hearing instr uments.[...]

Order -No.: A91100-M5100-B965-06-7600 Printed in German y 01055.CG 77 84 676 Subject to change without prior no tice. Siemens Audiologische T echnik GmbH Gebber tstraße 125 9 1 058 Erlangen Germany www .hearing-siemens.com With the CE marking Siemens confirms compliance with the Eur opean Directiv e 93/42/EEC concering medical devices. If the prod[...]