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listening programs
Your hearing aid may be provided with four of the fol-
lowing programs, plus either the special Zen program
called Zen+ or the Phone+ program.
master
Standard
music
For listening to music
Tv
For listening to the TV
comfort
Attenuates background noise
reverse focus
Focus on sounds from behind
audibility extender
Makes high-frequency sounds audible
Phone
For listening to the telephone
T
In this program you listen via the
telecoil (T) and not via the hearing
aid microphones (M). The telecoil is
used where a loop system is installed.
If you activate the telecoil program,
you listen to a specific sound source
and shut out surrounding sounds.
m+T
In this program you listen via the
hearing aid microphones (M) and the
telecoil (T).
Zen
Generates different kinds of tones.
Contains one style
compound programs
The Master program in one ear
and Zen, Reverse focus, Audibility
Extender, T, MT or Phone in the other.
Zen+
Special Zen program with up to three
different Zen styles
Phone+
For phone use only. Transmits the
telephone sound received in one
hearing aid to the other hearing aid.
note that the microphones on the
hearing aid to which the sound is
transmitted are turned off.
If your needs change over time, the combination of lis-
tening programs can be altered.
The Zen program may be used with amplification so
that both the surrounding sounds and the Zen tones
are heard together. Or, it may be used alone (without
amplification) in quiet when you are not required to
hear surrounding sounds.
The duration of the Zen play time can be set by your
hearing care professional according to your needs.
Benefits
The Zen program may provide a relaxing listening
background for some people. When the Zen program
is used in a tinnitus management program, its wearer
may experience some relief from tinnitus.