Cochlear Nucleus User manual

Speech processor controls
To sel e ct a nother program
To se le ct autosensitivity
rt;;t " Pre ss th e Progr ;ltll button to
~ " Pr e ss th e a uto se nSJ tlVlty
~ se lect the n ex t av ailable
~ b utt on.
Up
button
program.
Dow n b utton
Program J-. - ",
Select
button
Auto-
sensitivity
button
~r= ==~ --
To adju st the volume
button
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fl " Pr ess th e S el e ct b utt o n until
To re set th e s pe ech pro cess or
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m"T ur n the s pee cll p ro cc, ,,o r oil: .1
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~ " Hold do wn the Pro gr alll
Adj ust the VO lll] II" to .J
® bu ttoll ,vhile turn i ng the Q "
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eO;ll (l rlahk Ii st c' n ll ]g level.
s
pe t'eh pro cc ~ s or l uc k on.
I' re" till' Up bu tton to incrc.l\c
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st microphone
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button
se nsit iv ity e
dcc: r ca~t' th e V Oi U IllC.
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V t he M sy mbo l "ppe:! r, on the
Battery cove r L
CD p :! n cl.
To lock the buttons
release latch Ad
ju st the sem itivity so tl 1'.\t
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it is s et apprO x. llll acdl' to ~ .
Q bu tt on for sever al s eco nd s
Pr '" the
Up bu tto n to until the LC
t) panel dis ph ys
in cr ease the sensitiv it y.
the but to n lock sy mb ol ( Q)
To turn speech proc es sor
and y ou h ea r a 10 ll g beep.
on/off
r
Pr es~ the Do wn h utt o n to
Press th e O n/ O tT button ro
decre as e the sensitivity.
mt ur n on or turn offthe s peec h
processor

To se t the personalfpublic alarm
P ress the Oprions butt on by insertlllg a
pointed object Jnto the o
pt ions button
hok ~ nd press down repe.nedly until the
L D
pa nel dispbys the symbo l (s)
corr . pon ding to the desired fearure(s).
The following optio ns are avai lable:
• Public and personal al.mllS
ofT
• Pu hl ic alarnl on ( 0 )
P C'rsom l alarm on ( ' 1'8)
• Pub lic and per so na l ~hnl\S on
(0 18 )
Se tt ing appropriate levels
EnSUfe the t ra ns mitting co il is pl ac(" d
di rectly over the i mp lant.
• If the enviro
nment I> [00 n oisy, rum the
al1tosensitiviry on.
•
If this is not sucec Cu i, tum off the
JUlose ns i[i vi ry and tum do wn the
microphon e sensitivit y.
If th is mak es speech t oo sofl. turn up the
\olullle to
CO l)1p e n S~le.
If oth er speakers are too so ft , but
yo ur voice is alt he righl level and
t
he enviro nm en t is guiet, t urn up
the microp h one sensitivity.
If ~1I speech. including your own, is
t
OO so ft , In crease the vo lum e.
If lo nd so und , ;m! un comforta bl e,
turn d own the volu me .
If YOll still have a problem after trying
these solution
s, you a nd the speaker
11l 3Y n ee d to move to a quiet room.
Individual 1' 00 111 ~coustic s or noi se
1ll 3Y c au se pro bl e ms tbat cannot be
r
eso l ve d.
To replace th e batteries
1. lurn olT[he s peech processor. Put
yom th umb in the battery cover
release la tch. Slide the slor and pull
the barrery cover back.
2. R
emove the old batteries.
3. Insert the n ew batteries in the
sa llle on ent.lrion as the di"grant on
the b ;,c k of the banel'Y ca.,,,
4. Pns h the b attery cover back i nt o
pl.lce.
Trou bleshootin g
If the LCD Pand disphys the Low
Bartery symbol ( =):
Check rhat the batteries are
inserted
co rrectly.
If the L
ow Ba tt ery sy mbol still
appear
s, replace the ba rr eries.
If you do n't hear ;:mything or only
h ea r sounds int e rmittently:
Ens ur e the speech processor is
turn ed on and the LCD pan el is
not d is play in g the L ow Batt ery
sy
mbo l.
Ensure the h ea ds et and ndl1Snutti ng
cables are propedy connec ted.
Ensure th e coil is placed directly
over the
coc hlear implant.
Set the micro ph one sen si ri vity to
•1 0' a nd speak int o th e HS8
mi cro ph on e.
If the scg l1l ClIllllctcr lesponds to
speec h, th en the H SH headset a nd the
speech
pr ocessor are wo r king
co rr ec tly.
If the merer does not respond to
speech, rcpl.lee the Iw adser cable and
trans llli tt illg cablc, in turn, \vlth a
sp; He and ch eck the merer.
If the m
cter sti ll does not respo nd to
speech,
co nta ct yo ur impla nt cCll t er
for fu rth er inf orma ti on .
Testing RF Transmission
To ch eck that the sp ee ch pr ocessor is
trans
mitting so und s to th e coc hl ea r
illlpb nt, t ur n on th e sp eec h proces so r
a
nd place the t ra ll smirring co il O\'c r
the b ack of t he sp eec h pr ocessor as
sh ow n.
The LCD panel displays rhe RF t es t
co il sy mb ol (". ) it 'you r spe ec h
processor
is trallS l11irr ing .