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5 The Zodiac probes
Warning
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Inspect the patient's ear. Look into the ear canal. It is strongly recommended that you perform an oto-
scopy to assess the status of the outer ear before you insert the probe. If the ear canal is blocked, this may affect
the result of the test. Clean the ear canal if needed. Make sure that there is no residual fluid in the patient's ear
after cleaning or ear wax removal.
Warning
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If you have been testing on an infected ear canal, fit a new probe tip on the probe. Cleaning the probe
ring may also be necessary.
Hygienic precautions
• Be sure to follow any established infection control procedures for the setting in which you are working.
• Always use clean eartips.
• To prevent cross-infection, use new eartips when you test the next client.
• Swab the probe tip with disinfectant before you test the other ear. If one ear is infected, test the healthy ear first and
change eartips before you test the other ear.
The immittance probes
MADSEN Zodiac supports the following types of immittance probes:
• The Quick Check probe ► 22
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The diagnostic probes
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24
At delivery, depending on the configuration of MADSEN Zodiac, one or both probes are already connected to the device.
The contralateral phone
MADSEN Zodiac supports the insert phone and supra-aural headphones listed in Technical specifications ► 129 .
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The contralateral phone ► 26
Calibrating the immittance probes
The immittance probes are calibrated at delivery, but should be re-calibrated on a regular basis.
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Probe check
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36
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Probe admittance calibration ► 116
5.1 The Quick Check probe
Depending on the configuration of MADSEN Zodiac, MADSEN Zodiac can be used with the Quick Check immittance probe.
By using different eartips the probe can be used for both children and adults.
• The Zodiac Quick Check probe is optimized for fast, single-handed operation
If applicable, Zodiac is delivered with the Quick Check probe already connected.
22 Otometrics - MADSEN Zodiac
5 The Zodiac probes