oticon miniBTE Alta2 User manual

miniBTE
Alta2
Nera2
Ria2
Alta
Nera
Ria
Instructions for use

Model overview
This booklet is valid for Oticon miniBTE in the following hearing aid
families and models:
Alta2 Pro Nera2 Pro Ria2 Pro
Alta2 Nera2 Ria2
Alta Pro Nera Pro Ria Pro
Alta Nera Ria

Introduction to this booklet
This booklet guides you in how to use and maintain your new hearing
aid. Please read the booklet carefully including the Warning section.
This will help you to achieve the full benet of your new hearing aid.
Your hearing care professional has adjusted the hearing aid to meet
your needs. If you have additional questions, please contact your
hearing care professional.
For your convenience this booklet contains a navigation bar to help
you navigate easily through the dierent sections.
About Start up Handling Options Warnings More info

Intended use
The hearing aid is intended to amplify and transmit sound to the ear,
and thereby compensate for mild to moderate-to-severe hearing
impairment. This hearing aid is intended for use by adults and children
older than 36 months.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The hearing aid amplication is uniquely adjusted and optimised to your
personal hearing capabilities during the hearing aid tting performed by
your hearing care professional.

Table of contents 1/2
About
Identify your hearing aid style and earpiece 8
Sound hook and mould 10
Thin tube (Corda miniFit) 12
Identify left and right hearing aid 14
Battery 15
Start up
Turn the hearing aid ON and OFF 16
When to replace a battery 17
Replace the battery 18
Handling
Caring for your hearing aid 20
Sound hook with mould 22
Put on the hearing aid with mould 23
Clean the mould 24
Wash the mould 25

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Thin tube (Corda miniFit) 26
Put on the hearing aid with thin tube 27
Clean the thin tube 28
Standard earpieces: dome or Grip Tip 30
Replace dome or Grip Tip 31
Thin tube with Micro mould or LiteTip 32
Clean Micro mould or LiteTip 33
Replace ProWax filter 34
Options
Optional features and accessories 36
Mute the hearing aid 37
Change programs 38
Change volume 40
Tamper-resistant battery drawer 42
Wireless accessories 44
Autophone 45

Warnings
Warnings 46
More info
Troubleshooting guide 50
Water resistant 52
Conditions of use 53
Technical information 54
Australia only 64
Warranty 65

8About Start up Handling Options Warnings More info
Identify your hearing aid style and earpiece
There are two dierent
attachments and several
dierent earpieces which
classify your hearing aid style.
Please identify your attachment
and earpiece. This will make
it easier for you to navigate
through this booklet.
Sound hook and mould
A hearing aid with a sound
hook will have a mould as
earpiece.
Mould
Tube
Sound
hook
About

9
Thin tube (Corda miniFit) Earpieces
A hearing aid with a thin tube
will have one of the following
earpieces:
Ear grip
(optional)
Thin tube
Micro mould or LiteTip
Dome* (open dome shown)
Grip Tip*
* Please see details for replacing the dome or Grip Tip in section: “Replace dome or GripTip”.

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Sound hook and mould
What it is
Battery drawer
Sound hook
Mould
Tube
Microphone
openings
Push button

11
What it does
Contains the battery.
Battery drawer is also
the on/o switch
Sound in
Sound out
Change
programs,
volume and
mute the
hearing aid

12 About Start up Handling Options Warnings More info
Thin tube (Corda miniFit)
What it is
Push button
Battery drawer
Thin tube
Attach
earpiece
here
Microphone
openings

13
What it does
Contains the battery.
Battery drawer is the
on/o switch
Change
programs,
volume and
mute the
hearing aid
Sound in
Sound out

14 About Start up Handling Options Warnings More info
Identify left and right hearing aid
It is important to distinguish between the left and the right hearing
aid as they might be programmed dierently.
A BLUE indicator on the back
of the battery drawer marks
the LEFT hearing aid.
A RED indicator on the
battery drawer marks the
RIGHT hearing aid.

15
Battery
Your hearing aid is a miniature electronic device that runs on special
batteries. To activate the hearing aid, you must insert a new battery
in the battery drawer. See how in the “Replace the battery” section.
Battery drawer
Your hearing aid
battery size is 312
Pull out to open

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Turn the hearing aid ON and OFF
The battery drawer is also used to switch the hearing aid on and o. To
preserve the battery, make sure your hearing aid is switched o when
you are not wearing it.
Turn ON
Close the
battery
drawer with
the battery
in place.
Turn OFF
Open the
battery drawer
Start up

17
When to replace a battery
When it is time to replace the battery you will hear two beeps
repeated in moderate intervals until the battery runs out.
Two beeps
= The battery is running low
Four beeps
= The battery has run out
Battery maintenance tip
To make sure the hearing aid is always working, bring spare batteries
with you, or replace the battery before you leave home.
Note: The batteries need to be replaced more often if you are streaming audio or music to your hearing aids.

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Replace the battery
2. Uncover 3. Insert
Fully open the
battery drawer.
Remove the battery.
Remove the sticky
label from the + side
of the new battery.
Tip:
Wait 2 minutes so that
the battery can draw air,
to make sure to function
optimally.
Insert the new
battery into the
battery drawer.
Make sure the
+ side faces up.
1. Remove

19
MultiTool
Close the battery drawer. The
hearing aid will play a jingle
through the earpiece.
Hold the earpiece close to your
ear to hear the jingle.
The MultiTool can be used for
battery change. Use the magnetic
end to remove and insert batteries.
The MultiTool is provided by
your hearing care professional.
4. Close Tip

20
Caring for your hearing aid
When handling your hearing aid, hold it over a soft surface
to avoid damage if you drop it.
Clean the microphone openings
Carefully brush away debris from
the openings. Gently brush the
surface. Make sure the brush is
clean and that it is not pressed
into the openings.
About Start up Handling Options Warnings More info
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the hearing aid. It must never be washed or
immersed in water or other liquids.
Microphone
openings
Handling