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MUSIC Pro User Guide In-the-Ear Instruments Siemens Hearing Solutions s[...]

2 A friendly guide to your new Siemens hearing instruments Congrat ulations! Y ou hav e decided in f av our of hearing instruments fr om Siemens. Y ou hav e taken an important step tow ards being able to hear bet ter . F rom now on, your new hearing instr uments will be your constant companions. Y ou will profit from our many y ears of researc h an[...]

How your hearing instruments look like Page 4 How to insert your In-the-Ear hearing instruments Page 5 How to remove the instruments from your ear Page 6 Switching the instrument on / off Page 6/10 Battery changing Page 7 Y our battery type Page 8 Handling batteries Page 9 Hearing instruments with a program button Page 10 Program overview Page 10 H[...]

4 How your MUSIC Pro In-the-Ear hearing instruments look like Each hearing instr ument can be identified by the serial number , which is located on the outside of the instr ument: If the number is written in red, the hearing instrument is for the right ear , and if the number is written in blue, this hearing instrument is for the left ear . Y our h[...]

5 How to insert your In-the-Ear instruments Hold your hearing instrument between thumb and inde x finger and carefully push the instrument in the ear canal. No w bring it into the correct position by t urning it slightly . Y ou may find it helpful to pull y our external ear slightly upwards or to the rear . Y ou may want to push the instrument v er[...]

6 How to remove the instruments from your ear The re are 2 ways to s witch y our instrument ON/OFF . First wa y . The bat tery compar tment serv es as an ON / OFF switc h. If you w ant to switc h the instr ument on, insert the bat tery and simply close the bat tery compartment - the instrument is now r eady f or use. If you w ant to switc h the ins[...]

7 Battery changing When inserting the battery please pa y at tention to the plus side on the bat tery . The plus (+) side of the bat tery is al ways the smooth side. Y ou can recognise the minus (–) side b y the coloured ring. Y ou should al ways k eep spare batteries at hand. If you f eel you cannot c hange the bat tery your self , ask someone t[...]

8 Safet y not es for batt eries W ARNING Keep bat teries aw ay from childr en! Batt eries must not be swallo wed. Remo ve the bat teries when the instrument is not in use ov er a prolonged period. Replace leaking bat teries without delay . Do no t t hr ow away you r dead bat teries! Ret urn them to your hearing instr ument specialist for proper , e[...]

9 Zinc-air bat teries are used today almost e xclusiv ely in hearing instruments to minimise envir onmental damage. T hese bat teries requir e oxy gen f or operation, which the y absorb from the air . The bat tery is activated as soon as the protectiv e f oil is pulled of f and is used up even if you do not use y our hearing instrument. Y ou should[...]

10 Hearing instruments with a program button If you ha ve c hosen MUSIC Pro hearing instruments with a selection of programs, then you can adapt your hearing instruments to a changed hearing sit uation by lightly pressing the progr am but ton. F or example, this can help you to bet ter understand the person y ou are talking to, e ven when ther e ar[...]

11 Hearing instruments with telecoil The telecoil is intended f or telephone con ver sations and f or using induction loops, e.g. in chur ches, theaters or lect ure rooms. In order to be able to use the telephone coil, your telephone also must be suitable f or hearing instr uments and emit an adequate magnetic field. It is mostly older telephones w[...]

12 Hearing instruments with volume control MUSIC Pr o hearing instruments w ork automatically , so that manual adjustments of the volume ar e not necessary . If you w ould still like to adjust the v olume yourself , most MUSIC Pr o models of f er a volume contr ol on request. If you do not wish to mak e use of the volume contr ol, y our hearing ins[...]

13 1. 2. Tips for cleaning and care Ear wax accumulates on y our hearing instruments. This can lead to inflammation in your auditory canal if the instruments are not cleaned regularly . Theref ore: Clean your In-the-Ear instr uments at least twice a week (possibly ev en daily , if you see a lot of ear wax). Use special, h ygienic cleaning agents an[...]

14 3. Bring your hearing instruments regularly to y our hearing instrument specialist on the sc hedule that he or she recommends f or c hanging the wax guar d, cleaning the venting c hannel, the microphone and sound outlets, and the instrument in gener al. The hearing instr ument specialist makes sure that the hearing instruments function perf ectl[...]

15 The best way to handle your hearing instruments Y our new Siemens hearing instr uments are highly sensitive de vices. This nat urally requires some care in their handling . The y should then al ways g ive you good service.[...]

16 Some useful tips: Never expose your hearing instruments to extreme temperatures or high humidity . Never let them lie in the blazing sun. Do not wear them when taking a shower or when using hairspray . In short-w ave therapy or if you work or are medically treated with strong magnetic or high-frequency fields or X-rays, under no circumstances ma[...]

17 How you can help yourself In selecting your MUSIC Pro hearing instr uments, y ou ha ve chosen e xtremely dependable devices. H owever , should a fault occur , it can usually be cor rected quic kly . Important tips: If the hearing instrument whistles T est the instrument yourself by co vering the sound outlet opening with your fingertip. If the w[...]

18 If the hearing instrument is too quiet or you hear two signal tones within one minute. Most likely , you need to insert a new battery . If it is still too quiet, clean the instrument, following the directions given in the chapter ”T ips for cleaning and care”. If neither a new battery nor cleaning helps, as a precaution ask your hearing inst[...]

19 Hearing training made easy Hearing instruments r eproduce an abundance of sounds which fr equently ha ven ’t been e xperienced f or many y ears. Every per son reacts dif fer ently when he or she wear s a hearing instrument f or the fir st time. The f amiliarisation phase theref ore dif f ers fr om person to person. There are people who are qui[...]

20 3rd step Become familiar with your own voice By now y ou’ ve alread y made considerable progr ess! Y ou’ ve become much mor e familiar with the sounds in your daily envir onment. As an ex ercise read out loud and concentrate on your own voice. Get used to conversations in a group Conv ersation in a gr oup of people speaking among themselves [...]

T elephoning with your hearing instrument Ther e are two dif f erent methods f or telephoning while wearing your hearing instrument: 1 . Using the normal hearing program: The sound from the telephone receiv er is absorbed directly b y the microphone of your hearing instrument. Hold the receiv er appr ox. 1 -2 cm away fr om you r ea r . I t i s n ot[...]

22 Note: Most of the modern telephones, particularly cordless telephones and mobile phones, do NO T emit a magnetic field. In this case y ou should use the normal hearing programs. F ur ther benefit: Y ou can use the telecoil program in or der to be able to hear bet ter in chur ches, theaters and lecture r ooms which ar e equipped with induction lo[...]

23 W e’re happy that you can hear well again! Once good hearing ret urns to your ev eryda y lif e – and you can enjo y both speec h and music again – then we at Siemens ar e also satisfied. Because w e’ v e put all our know -ho w and skill into dev eloping your hearing instruments.[...]

Order -No.: A91100-M5100-B965-06-7600 Printed in Germany 01055.CG 77 84 676 Subject to change without prior notice. Siemens Audiologische T echnik GmbH Gebbertstraße 125 9 1058 Erlangen Germany www .hearing-siemens.com With the CE marking Siemens confirms compliance with the European Dir ective 93/42/EEC concering medical devices. If the product i[...]