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Contents
Warning to hearing care professional
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Your Hearing Instrument
8
On/Off function
10
Delayed Activation
10
Changing batteries
11
Inserting and removing the device
13
Program and Multi-function buttons
16
Telephone use
20
Auto-phone 20
T-program 22
Audio Input
24
Listen to radio or TV
25
Flight mode
25
Daily maintenance
27
The receiver tube
28
Cleaning the receiver tube and the
receiver domes
28
Cleaning the RIE mold
29
The receiver domes
30
Wax guard filter
30
Tinnitus Breaker Pro
31
Prescription Use for Sound Generator Users 32
CAUTION - Tinnitus Sound Generator
32
General precautions
34
General warnings
35
Eight steps towards better hearing
36
Troubleshooting guide
40
Technical specifications
44
International warranty, service and repairs
47
Your selected model
48
Warning to hearing care professional
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A hearing care professional should advise a prospective user to consult promptly with a licensed physi-
cian (preferably an ear specialist) before setting the instrument if the hearing care professional determines
through inquiry, actual observation, or review of any other avail able information concerning the prospective
user that the prospective user has any of the following conditions:
(i)
visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear;
(ii)
history of active drainage from the ear within the previous 90 days;
(iii)
history of sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss within the previous 90 days;
(iv)
acute or chronic dizziness;
(v)
unilateral hearing loss of sudden or recent onset within the previous 90 days;
(vi)
audiometric air-bone gap equal to or greater than 15dB at 500 Hz (hertz), 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz;
(vii)
visible evidence of significant cerumen accumulation or a foreign body in the ear canal;
(viii)
pain or discomfort in the ear.
