Unitron Next ITE series, User Manual

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17
Listening in Quiet and Noisy Environments
Your Next hearing instruments may have a directional
microphone system to meet your listening needs in
different environments. The directional system focuses
on sounds in front of you (i.e., speech) while reducing
sounds from the sides or behind you (i.e., noise). The
directional system can be set to track moving noise
sources and adapt to changing noise levels so that
background noise is reduced. Your hearing healthcare
professional can tell you how your directional system
has been customized for you and which listening
programs have the directional microphones activated.
In addition, Next contains antiShock
™
technology that
identifies and minimizes sudden impulse sounds that
many hearing device wearers find irritatingly loud such
as slamming doors or clattering dishes. This technology
is designed to increase listening comfort in adverse
listening situations without impacting sound quality or
your ability to understand conversations.
Using Next ™ with the Telephone
Next has the ability, depending on hearing loss, vent size
and style of hearing device to provide feedback-free
phone use without program changes. For many wearers
this means, when the phone rings, all you have to do is
pick up the telephone and hold it to your ear normally. In
some situations when using a cell phone, you may
experience digital interference that sounds like static,