Siemens Nitro BTE User manual

Nitro BTE
User Guide

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Introduction
Dear customer,
Congratulations! You have selected a hearing instrument
from Siemens. This hearing instrument was individually
designed for your hearing impairment and is fitted
specially to your personal hearing profile.
These instructions, together with guidance from your
Hearing Care Professional, will help you understand how
your new hearing instrument works.
If you have any further questions, please contact your
Hearing Care Professional.
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Your Nitro hearing instrument 6
Intended use 7
General notes on safety 8
Handling batteries 10
Low battery indicato
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Inserting the batter
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Removing the batter
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Inserting and removing your hearing instrument 13
Inserting your hearing instrumen
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Removing your hearing instrumen
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Turning your hearing instrument on and off 14
Via push butto
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Via volume contro
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Via remote contro
-l
Power-on dela
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Checking the hearing instrument's performance
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Changing the hearing program 16
Via push butto
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Via remote contro
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Changing the volume 17
Via volume contro
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Via remote contro
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Contents
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Audio input 18
Attaching the audio sho
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Removing the audio sho
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Telephoning 20
AutoPhone
-TM function
Manual telephone progra
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e2e wireless 2.0 22
Maintenance and care 23
Accessories 24
SafeFit Ki
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Remote contro
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Tek wireless enhancemen
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Troubleshooting tips 27
Technical information 29
Disposal information 31
Your hearing instrument configuration 32
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3Your Nitro hearing instrument
① Earhook
② Battery compartment
③ Microphone openings
④ Audio input
⑤ Volume control with
on/off function
⑥ Program button with
on/off function
Nitro SP
(battery type: 675)
⑦ LED
⑧ Cover for program-
ming socket
⑨ Typeplates
red = right hearing
instrument
blue = left hearing
instrument
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②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑧
⑨⑦
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Intended use
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 instruments.
Symbols:
Be aware of information marked with the warning sym-
bol 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 instruments better.
Instruction. Indicates that something has
to be done.
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General notes on safety
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NOTICE
Your hearing instruments are sensitive to extreme heat,
high humidity, strong magnetic fields (> 0.1T), X-rays and
mechanical stress.
Do not expose your hearing instruments to extreme
X
temperature or high humidity.
Do not leave them in direct sunlight.
X
Do not wear your hearing instruments in the shower orX
when you apply make-up, perfume, aftershave, hair-
spray or suntan lotion.
Do not wear your hearing instruments when you are
X
exposed to short-waves, a strong magnetic field, a high
frequency field or X-rays.
Do not place your hearing instruments in a microwave
X
oven.
WARNING
Choking hazard posed by small parts.
Keep hearing instruments, batteries and accessories
X
out of children‘s reach.
If swallowed consult a physician or hospital immedi-
X
ately.
If small children or mentally disabled persons need to
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wear hearing instruments ensure adequate
supervision.
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General notes on safety 5
WARNING
Risk in explosive environments, e.g. mining areas!
Don't use your hearing instruments (and remote con-
X
trol) in areas where there is a danger of explosions.
NOTICE for batteries
Leaking batteries damage the hearing instruments.
Remove batteries when the hearing instruments are
X
not in use for a prolonged period of time.
Turn your hearing instruments off when not in use to
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preserve the battery.
In some countries restrictions for the usage of wireless
equipment exist.
Refer to local authorities for further information.
X
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Handling batteries
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Remove the tab on yourX
batteries only when you
are ready to use them.
The positive (+) side of the batteries is always the
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smooth side.
Always keep spare batteries with you.
X
Low battery indicator
Your Hearing Care Professional can activate an acoustic
signal to inform you when the battery is nearly empty.
If you hear an acoustic signal or experience low amplifica-
tion power, replace the battery.
original size
Use standard batteries in your hearing in-X
struments.
Always use the right size batteries.
X
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Handling batteries 6
Inserting the battery
Open the battery compartmentX
completely using your fingernail as
shown in the illustration.
Insert the proper size battery so that
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the "+" symbol on the battery aligns
with the "+" marked on the battery
compartment.
Close the battery compartment by
X
gently pressing the bottom of the door
upward with your finger tip.
Do not force the door shut. If it does
not close easily, check to see if the bat-
tery was inserted properly.
When the battery door is completely
closed, your hearing instrument is ready
for use.
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Handling batteries
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Removing the battery
Open the battery compartment com-X
pletely.
Normally the battery drops out when
X
the compartment is completely open.
If the battery does not come out,
lightly tap the instrument or push the
battery out with a pencil as shown.
Batteries contain harmful substances that pollute the
environment.
Do not throw used batteries into household trash.
X
Return them to your Hearing Care Professional for
environmentally correct disposal.
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Inserting and removing your hearing instrument
Inserting your hearing instrument
Turn your hearing instrument off.X
Hold the earmold between yourX
thumb and index finger and insert it
carefully into the ear canal.
You may find it helpful to pull your
ear slightly upward or to the back.
Place your hearing instrument behind your ear.
X
Turn your hearing instrument on.X
Removing your hearing instru-
ment
Hold the earmold between yourX
thumb and index finger and ca-
refully pull it out.
You may find it helpful to lightly
push your ear from the back.
Ask your Hearing Care Professional to apply colored
typeplates for side recognition. If the typeplate of your
hearing instrument is red, the hearing instrument is
intended for the right ear. If the typeplate is blue, the
hearing instrument is for the left ear.
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Turning your hearing instrument
on and off
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Via battery compartment:
Fully close the battery compartment toX
turn the hearing instrument on.
Press the battery compartment downward
X
to the first stop to turn the hearing instru-
ment off.
Via push button
Press the push button for about 2 seconds to turn theX
hearing instrument to stand-by.
Press the push button for about 2 seconds to turn the
X
hearing instrument back on.
Via volume control
Rotate the volume control upwards to turn the hearingX
instrument on.
Rotate the volume control completely down to turn theX
hearing instrument OFF.
Via remote control
Refer to the remote control user guide.X
Power-on delay
Your hearing instrument is equipped with a "power-on
delay" feature which can be activated by your Hearing Care
Professional. This allows you to turn the hearing instru-
ment on with an automatic delay of 6, 12 or 18 seconds,
so that you may insert the hearing instrument into your
ear without experiencing unpleasant feedback (whistling).
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Turning your hearing instrument
on and off
Checking the hearing instrument's performance
The LED shows whether the hearing instru-
ments work properly.
The LED shines continuously.

The hearing instruments are switched on
and sufficient battery power is available.
The LED is off.

The hearing instruments are switched off
or the battery must be replaced.
To check if sufficient battery power is available useX
a battery tester or place the switched-on hearing
instruments in your closed hand and listen if it re-
sponds with feedback whistling.
Check the instrument sound regularly with a stetho-
X
clip, particularly if your child is not able to express
verbally if something is wrong with the hearing
instruments.
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Changing the hearing program
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Via push button
Your hearing instruments offer up to 5 hear-
ing programs for specific listening environ-
ments.
Each time you press the program button,
your hearing instruments switch to the next
program, confirming each change with an
acoustic signal.
Example
Turn your hearing instruments on.
X
It is automatically in program 1. You want to change to
program 2.
Press the program button once.
X
You hear the acoustic signal for program 2.
You are now in program 2.
Via remote control
Refer to the remote control user guide.X
Your Hearing Care Professional can write down the per-
sonal program configuration of your hearing instrument
on page 32.
Your Hearing Care Professional can activate or deactivate
the acoustic signals in your hearing instruments.
Press the program button shortly to change theX
program. Pressing the program button too long will
switch off the hearing instruments.
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Changing the volume 10
The volume of your hearing instruments is controlled au-
tomatically and there is no need to manually adjust it.
Via volume control
Should you prefer manual vol-
ume control, your Hearing Care
Professional can program the
hearing instrument for manual
adjustment.
Rotate the volume control with
X
your index finger to select the
desired listening volume.
For easier handling your Hearing Care Professional may
have activated the volume control only on one side. With
e2e wireless the second hearing instrument is automati-
cally adjusted.
Via remote control
Refer to the remote control user guide.X
louder
softer
When using a remote control the volume control is
deactivated.
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11 Audio input
Your hearing instrument is equipped with an audio input.
Together with an audio shoe it enables the connection
between the hearing instrument and e.g. an FM system,
tape recorder, television or an infrared device. This way
the sound is coming directly from the sound source. That
can be useful for adults in difficult listening situations and
for children in classrooms.
With the audio shoe M5 attached, the battery compart-
ment switch is disabled and the hearing system can only
be switched off via push button or remote control.
NOTICE
Use only the M5 audio shoe (labelled inside the audio
X
shoe). They are designed exclusively for the your hea-
ring instruments.
WARNING
Risk of injuries caused by electric shock!
Connect audio input only to device conform to
X
IEC 60065. (IEC-Norm for audio, video and other elec-
tronic devices.)
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Audio input 11
Attaching the audio shoe
Open the battery compartmentX1.
Open the audio shoe coverX2.
Close the battery compartment.X
Align the contacts of the audio shoeX
with the contacts of the hearing in-
strument.
Slide the audio shoe over the hearing
X
instrument until it snaps into the end
position.
Your Hearing Care Professional can
program your hearing systems so that
they switch automatically to the audio
shoe program if an audio shoe has
been attached.
Removing the audio shoe
Slide the audio shoe in the opposite di-X
rection to that for attachment and take
it off.
Close the audio shoe cover.
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12 Telephoning
AutoPhoneTM function
With the AutoPhone function, your hearing instrument
will automatically switch to the telephone program when
you hold a telephone handset near your hearing instru-
ment (*). It will return to the previously used hearing
program after you have finished speaking and have moved
the handset away from the hearing instrument.
(*) AutoPhone magnet accessory
Not all telephones produce a magnetic field strong en-
ough to activate the AutoPhone function. In this case, use
the AutoPhone magnet, which is available as accessory,
and attach it to the telephone receiver to activate the
AutoPhone function.
Manual telephone program
Select the telephone program manually by using theX
program button.
The telephone program can be set to microphone mode or
telecoil mode. Your Hearing Care Professional will program
your hearing instrument to fit your individual require-
ments.
See the AutoPhone magnet user guide for instruc-X
tions on how to position the magnet.
Use only the Siemens magnet. Ask your Hearing Care
X
Professional for this accessory.
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