HyperSound Clear 500P User manual

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HyperSound Clear™ 500P
HyperFit™Desktop Fitting Guide for
HyperSound Clear™500P

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Introduction to this booklet
This booklet guides you in how to custom fit the HyperSound Clear 500P using the HyperFit™PC
application.
Much like modern hearing aids, the HyperSound Clear 500P can be programmed and customized by
a Hearing Care Professional to a patient’s hearing profile and preferences. . The HyperSound Clear
500P has a six-band equalizer that can be adjusted for one or two specific patients’ hearing profiles.
Two separate custom profiles can be saved so that two different people can use the system. A
standard setting is also available with a normal response for people without hearing loss who want to
listen to the TV using HyperSound Clear.
HyperFit is compatible with the Noah® application. If you are a Noah 4 user, you will
be able to launch the HyperFit application directly from Noah. Patient audiograms will
be automatically imported into HyperFit from Noah and a log of the custom fitting will
be saved in Noah.
If you have additional questions about using the HyperFit application please contact HyperSound
Hearing Solutions in the US and Canada at [phone], or in Europe at [phone].
Important information
Please see the HyperSound Clear™ 500P User Guide for Important Safety Information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PROGRAMMING HYPERSOUND CLEAR FOR USERS WITH
HEARING AIDS
We recommend programming HyperSound Clear 500P while your patient is not wearing
hearing aids. In those situations where you custom fit HyperSound Clear 500P for a patient with
hearing aids, the patient may need to decrease the volume or sensitivity of the hearing aids if
the sound through HyperSound Clear 500P is too loud or they experience any acoustic
feedback (squeal or whistle sound) or any other sound artifacts. Customizing both the
HyperSound Clear 500P and your patient’s hearing aids may be required to find the optimal
settings.

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Table of Contents
1ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE CUSTOM FITTING SYSTEM ....................................................................................................... 4
2System Requirements....................................................................................................................................................... 4
3Application Installation..................................................................................................................................................... 4
4Connecting the HyperSound Clear System to the PC....................................................................................................... 5
5Using HyperFit to Customize the HyperSound Clear 500P............................................................................................... 6
Launching HyperFit as a Standalone Application ...................................................................................................... 6
Launching HyperFit Using Noah ................................................................................................................................ 8
Manually adjusting the fitting parameters................................................................................................................ 9
Storing the profile onto the HyperSound Clear 500P.............................................................................................. 10
6Options ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
7For more information: .................................................................................................................................................... 12

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1 ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE HYPERFIT™ CUSTOM
FITTING SYSTEM
The HyperFit custom fitting system consists of:
A USB cable for attaching a Windows PC to the HyperSound Clear 500P amplifier via the
custom fitting port.
A power supply for powering up the HyperSound Clear 500P amplifier during the custom fitting
session. This allows the Hearing Health Care Professional to load the custom fitting into the
amplifier while the entire system is still in the box.
HyperFit PC application. This can be downloaded from the HyperSound website at
http://hypersoundhearing.com/hyperfit
This manual.
2 System Requirements
Windows PC with the minimum specifications:
Item
Requirement
Processor / clock speed
2 GHz (or higher)
System RAM
2 GB
Free hard drive space
100 MB
Operating System
Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit except for Windows 7 Starter version)
Windows 8 and 8.1 (32 and 64 bit) (does not support Windows RT versions)
Windows 10 (64 bit)
Screen resolution
1024 x 768 (or higher)
USB
Minimum one available USB port
3 Application Installation
Download the HyperFit application from http://hypersoundhearing.com/hyperfit
Launch the installer by double clicking on the installer icon.
Select ‘Agree’after reading and when presented with the Software Licensing Agreement.
Request a HyperFit license key. If you do not yet have a license key for the HyperFit
application, send an email to HyperSound Customer Service at
[email protected].
Enter the license key in the field on the Register Workstation page shown below and select
New Token.

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You will then be sent another email that contains your specific token. Copy and paste that
token into the Token field and select Register (please enter the token within two hours of
receiving). This will authorize and register your copy of HyperFit. You will only need to do this
once per computer on which you install HyperFit.
Figure 1 - Registration Window
4 Connecting the HyperSound Clear System to the PC
Connect your PC to the HyperSound Clear amplifier using the USB cable. Plug the mini-USB plug
into the Programming Port on the HyperSound Clear amplifier and the full size USB plug into an
available USB port on your computer. Then plug the power supply into the Power Supply port on the
amplifier. Your HyperSound Clear 500 amplifier is now ready for your custom fitting session.
Figure 2 - Back of Amplifier Unit

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The HyperSound Clear packaging has been designed so that you do not need to remove the amplifier
from the packaging to custom fit it to your patient. Just open the top lid and locate the hole in the
Styrofoam packaging. This will provide the ability to access the Power Supply and Programming
Port.
Figure 3 - Programming Connections in Packaging
5 Using HyperFit™to Custom Fit the HyperSound
Clear™500P
Launching HyperFit as a Standalone Application
If you do not use Noah in your practice or you want to program a unit using a specific audiogram you
can launch HyperFit as a standalone application by double clicking on the HyperFit icon on your
desktop or selecting it from the Start Menu or Applications list (just as you do for other applications).
HyperFit will open on the Audiogram entry screen allowing you to enter the audiogram and make
other custom fitting adjustments manually.
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Supply
USBCable
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Figure 4 - Audiogram Entry Window
To enter an audiogram, you can do either of the following:
Type the loss readings (in dBH) in the table at the bottom of the screen.
Click on points on the graph associated with the audiogram data. HyperFit will add a data
point at the location that you click.
After you input the audiograms for each ear, click on the Fit button. This will take you to the Fitting
screen where you can make manual adjustments to the Fitting parameters.

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Launching HyperFit™Using Noah
If you use Noah in your practice, after you install HyperFit, a HyperFit icon will show up on the top of
your Noah tool bar. Clicking on that icon will automatically launch HyperFit. The patient that was
selected in Noah at the time of launch will be automatically imported into HyperFit. The patient’s
name will appear at the top of the window and their audiogram will be presented in the window. The
equalizer settings will be adjusted to the best fit based on the audiogram for each ear.
Figure 5 - Fit Window

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Manually adjusting the fitting parameters
The HyperFit application utilizes the NAL-R algorithm to do an initial fit of the HyperSound Clear
equalizers for the six bands to provide an initial profile. Then the hearing health care professional
should adjust any of those settings based on patient preferences using the Fitting screen. The
following figure shows all the displays and controls on the Fitting Window.
Figure 6 - Fitting Window Displays and Controls
The fitting screen offers a variety of methods to adjust the fitting parameters to adjust and optimize
the system to the patient’s personal hearing profile and preferences:
The individual equalizer settings can be changed by moving the sliders up and down to add or
reduce the amount of amplification in each frequency band.
The individual equalizer settings can also be adjusted in 1 dB increments by pressing the Fine
Adjustment arrows.
The overall volume of all the equalizers can be adjusted by pressing the Master Volume up
and down buttons.

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Storing the profile onto the HyperSound Clear 500P
Once the hearing health care professional is pleased with the settings he / she can save those
settings to the HyperSound Clear 500P by pressing the Save to Device button. This will cause the
custom fitting settings to be downloaded and saved into the HyperSound Clear.
Several progress bars will pop up indicating that the HyperSound Clear is being programmed. Once
they complete, the device has been successfully programmed to the desired custom fitting settings.
Figure 7 - Saving To Device Window
If you want to program a 2nd Personal Program, repeat the audiogram entry steps or select a new
patient in Noah. Then click on the Personal Setting button and select Personal Setting 2.

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6 Options
In the Options menu you will find several useful tools including:
Restore –Allows you to restore settings from a previously backed up setting. The settings are
saved by the serial number of the individual HyperSound unit. If you want to program a new
unit to the same settings of a previous unit, you can do so by using this function and entering
the serial number of the previous unit.
Factory Defaults –Restores the unit back to the settings it had when it was shipped from the
factory. This deletes any stored profiles. This will also update the firmware on the unit if there
is a newer firmware version available.
Help –Opens a PDF file of the User’s Manual.
Contact –Takes you to the HyperSound Hearing Solutions support website so you can contact
us if you have any problems.
About –Gives information about the software including version number.
Figure 8 - Options Menu Window

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7For more information:
HyperSound Hearing Solutions, an operating unit of Turtle Beach Corporation
12220 Scripps Summit Drive, Suite 100
San Diego CA 92131
888-496-8001 (US/Canada)
[phone] (Europe)
www.hypersoundhearing.com
© 2016 Turtle Beach Corporation (“TBC”). All rights reserved. HYPERSOUND CLEAR, the
HyperSound logo and HYPERFIT are proprietary trademarks of TBC. All other trademarks are
properties of their respective owners.
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