Glossary
Babyworn
Paediatric wearing option for the BTE
Controller. It consists of the Babyworn
Retention Case and Babyworn Cable.
Babyworn
Cable
Attaches the Processing Unit to the Babyworn
wearing option.
Babyworn
Retention Case
Component of the Babyworn wearing option
that holds the BTE Controller and is attached to a
child’s clothing with fixing aids.
Behind The Ear
Controller
The BTE Controller contains three 675 disposable
batteries or the BTE rechargeable battery. It has
a display that indicates the operations occurring
and buttons that operate your processor.
Bodyworn
Type of controller that is carried on a person’s
body. It uses either two AAA nickel/metal-
hydride (NiMH) batteries, or disposable alkaline
batteries. It has a display that indicates the
operations occurring and buttons that operate
your processor.
Bodyworn
Cable
Attaches the Processing Unit to the Bodyworn
Controller
BTE
See
Behind The Ear Controller
above.
Cochlea
The auditory portion of the inner ear, of which
the implant stimulates to create hearing.
Coil
Part of the processor that lies on the side of the
head. The processor transmits the digitally coded
sound through the coil to the implant just under
the skin.
Controller
Enables control of the processor’s functionality,
e.g. program selection, processor on/off,
microphone sensitivity, loudness etc. It also
contains the batteries.
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