GSi TYMPSTAR 1, Service Manual

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Operation Summary
2) Position the eartip within the ear canal.
3) Press START to initiate pressure sweep.
4) If the Eustachian tube opens during pressurization, the opening and
closing pressures will be indicated in the summary data.
5) If the Eustachian tube doesn’t open during pressurization, instruct the
patient to swallow some water. The opening and closing pressures will
be indicated.
6) Press STOP to end the test and store the results in memory.
1) Press the TYMP hardkey to place the instrument in the tymp diagnostic
mode.
2) Press the EAR softkey to select the test ear.
3) Select the AUTO SEQUENCE softkey to initiate the automatic
Sequencing of tests.
4) The test sequence will automatically terminate upon completion of the
last test with test results automatically stored in memory.
5) Test results can be viewed by pressing the PAGE hardkey and can then
be printed by pressing the PRINT hardkey.
NOTE
The sequence of tests always includes Tymp 226 Hz, Y, and can be config-
ured to include or exclude Reflex Threshold and Reflex Decay tests.
1) Select the ETF hardkey followed by the RETURN hardkey.
2) Select the INSTRUMENT OPTIONS softkey and then press the TEST
SEQUENCE softkey.
3) Select the REFLEX THRESHOLD softkey and press the ON/OFF softkey
to activate or deactivate the reflex threshold.
4) Acoustic reflex measurements can be obtained ipsilaterally or
contralaterally. Select the STIMULUS EAR softkey to select from the
following Ipsi only, Contra only, or Ipsi and Contra for reflex testing.
5) Press the STIMULUS Hz softkey to select the stimulus to be included in
the Reflex Threshold Auto Sequence. Scroll through each stimulus by
pressing the up and down arrow softkeys and toggle the YES/NO softkey to
program each stimulus for Reflex
Threshold testing in the auto test sequence.
6) Select the REFLEX DECAY softkey and press the ON/OFF softkey to
activate or deactivate reflex decay.
7) Select the STIMULUS Hz softkey to select the stimuli for Reflex Decay
testing. Press the up and down arrow softkeys to scroll through the
stimuli and toggle the YES/NO softkey to select or de-select the
stimulus.
8) Press the RETURN hardkey twice and press the STORE softkey to
store test selections in memory.
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Auto sequence
testing
Programming auto
sequence tests