Siemens Explorer 500 P User manual

www.siemens.com/hearing
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
Gebbertstrasse 125
91058 Erlangen
Germany
Phone [phone]
© Siemens AG, 02.2008 · SB
Document No. A91SAT-00461-99T1-7600
Order/Item No. 104 174 47
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Explorer 500 P
User Guide
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Dear customer,
Congratulations! You have selected the new Explorer
hearing instruments from Siemens. These hearing in-
struments were individually designed for babies and
children and fitted specially to meet your child's indivi-
dual needs.
These instructions, together with the guidance from
your Hearing Care Professional, will help you understand
how the hearing instrument works.
If you have further questions, please contact your Hea-
ring Care Professional.
Introduction 1
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The Explorer 500 P hearing instruments 6
Intended use 7
Children with hearing instruments 8
Why hearing is important
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First hearing instruments
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General notes on safety 9
Handling batteries 11
Low battery indicator 1
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Inserting the battery: 1
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Removing the battery 1
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Locking the battery compartment 1
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Inserting and removing your hearing instruments 15
Inserting 1
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Removing 1
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Turning your hearing instrument on and off 16
Using the battery compartment door 1
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Using the volume control 1
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Using the push button 1
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Power-on delay 1
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Checking the hearing instrument's
performance 17
Changing the hearing program 18
Contents
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Adjusting the volume 19
Using the audio input 20
Attaching the audio shoe 2
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Removing the audio shoe 2
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e2e wireless 2.0 22
Automatic telephone program 23
Maintenance and care 25
Accessories 26
Colors and stickers 2
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Remote control 2
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Tek wireless enhancement 2
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Troubleshooting tips 29
Technical information 31
Disposal information 33
Your hearing instrument configuration 34
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Features:
1Earhook
2Battery compartment
3Microphone openings
4Audio input
5Volume control
6Program button with ON/OFF function
7optional LED
8Cover for programming socket
9Typeplates
Explorer 500
(battery type: 13)
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The Explorer 500 P hearing instruments
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Hearing instruments are intended to improve the hearing
of hearing impaired persons. Diagnosis and prescription
of a hearing instrument must be performed by hearing
health specialists, e.g. ENT doctors, audiologists or acou-
sticians.
Read and follow the instructions of this user guide to
avoid injuries or damage to the hearing instrument.
Symbols:
Be aware of information marked with the warning symbol
WARNING, CAUTION or NOTICE!
WARNING points out a situation that could lead
to serious injuries,
CAUTION indicates a situation that could lead to
minor and moderate injuries.
NOTICE NOTICE indicates possible property
damage.
Advice and tips on how to handle your
hearing instrument better.
Instruction. Indicates that something has to be
done.
Intended use 4
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Why hearing is important
Children need all of their senses to discover and expe-
rience the world. Hearing is not only mandatory for a
proper speech and language acquisition, but also has a
major influence on a child’s mental, social and emotional
development.
First hearing instruments
If your baby receives its first hearing instruments, they
will be in the beginning considered as foreign objects. It is
absolutely normal that the child will pull out the hearing
instruments every once in a while, as it is curious and will
possibly examine them very carefully.
Give your child some time to get used to the hearing
instruments and to feel the benefit in wearing them.
If it does not accept them, do not enforce wearing the
hearing instruments but try to provide them consistently.
Nevertheless, always keep in mind that if a child does not
accept his or her hearing instruments over a longer period
of time, this might also have other reasons. Contact your
Hearing Care Professional to check the child’s hearing as
well as the hearing instrument fitting and performance.
For further information on hearing, hearing loss and
hearing instruments for children, please check out our
Pediatric Website on
http://www.hearing-siemens.com.
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NOTICE
Hearing instruments are sensitive to extreme heat, high
humidity, strong magnetic fields (>0.1T), X-rays and
mechanical stress.
Do not expose the hearing instrument to extreme
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temperature or high humidity.
Do not leave it in direct sunlight.
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Do not wear it in the shower or when you applyX
make-up, perfume, aftershave, hairspray or suntan
lotion.
Do not wear the hearing instrument when you are ex-
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posed to short-waves, a strong magnetic field, a high
frequency field or X-rays.
NOTICE
Turn the hearing instrument off when not in use to
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preserve the battery.
Leaking batteries damage the instrument. Remove
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batteries when the instrument is not in use for a pro-
longed period of time.
WARNING
Risk in explosive environments, e.g. mining areas!
Don't use the hearing instruments (and remote con-
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trol) in areas where there is a danger of explosions.
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General notes on safety
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