Siemens Sirion 2 User manual

Siemens Hearing Solutions
User guide
Behind-the-Ear-Instruments
PRISMA 2
PRISMA 2 D SPPRISMA 2
PRISMA 2 P

A friendly guide to your
new Siemens hearing
instruments
Congratulations!
You have decided in favour of hearing instruments from
Siemens. You have taken an important step towards being
able to hear and understand better once again.
Your new hearing instruments will be your constant com-
panions from now on. With these technically perfected
hearing instruments you profit from our many years research
and experience in microelectronics. Soon it will be easy for
you to hear again. Good hearing is an important requirement
for your physical well being. With your new hearing instru-
ments, which will accompany you daily, you will again enjoy
taking an active part in the world of speech and music.
And as with any constant companion, you’ll need some time
at first to get used to handling your hearing instruments.
With a little patience, we trust that your new hearing
experience will be all the more pleasant for you.
For this purpose we are providing you with this brief user
guide for your hearing instruments it should contribute to
deepening your friendship with your new partners in the
matter of better hearing. We want to help you to handle
your hearing instruments correctly, so that they will become
an important part of your life.
Wishing you much success,
Your Siemens Team
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Applicable to all PRISMA 2 instruments
How to insert your ear mould Page24
Handling batteries Page26
Notes for cleaning and care Page27
The best way to handle your hearing instruments Page 29
How to solve some failures yourself Page30
Hearing training made easy Page32
In this brief guide you will find instructions for inserting,
placing and adjusting your hearing instruments. There are
also tips and information on correct handling, cleaning, care
and battery changing. And naturally information about how
you can solve some failures yourself if you cannot visit a
hearing instrument specialist immediately.
One important note: Your hearing success depends
largely on how well your instruments fit in the ears and
how carefully you maintain and handle them.
The best way to use your
new hearing instruments
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Contents:
This is your
Instrument
PRISMA 2/PRISMA 2 P Page 5
PRISMA 2 D SP Page 13
2/2 P
2 D SP
All

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PRISMA 2/PRISMA 2 P
Description of the PRISMA 2/PRISMA 2 P
hearing instruments Page 6
Battery changing Page 7
Safety notes for batteries Page 8
How to switch your instrument on/off Page 8
Program button Page 9
Children’s safety device Page 10
Audio input Page 11
2/2 P
Applicable to all PRISMA 2 instruments
How to insert your ear mould Page24
Handling Batteries Page26
Notes for cleaning and care Page27
The best way to handle your hearing instruments Page 29
How to solve some failures yourself Page 30
Hearing training made easy Page32

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Description of the PRISMA 2,
PRISMA 2 P hearing instrument
Microphone opening
Program button
Selection of operating mode
M = hearing via microphone
T = induction coil switched on
O = Off
Battery compartment
with lock
For your instrument you will need BatteryType 13.

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Battery changing
When inserting the battery please pay attention to the
plus side on the battery.
The plus (+) side of the battery is always the smooth
side.You can recognise the minus (–) side by the
coloured ring.
You should always keep spare batteries at hand.
If you feel you cannot change the battery yourself, ask
someone to help you: a family member, friend or your
hearing instrument specialist.
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Open the
battery
compartment
Insert the
battery
Close the
battery
compartment 2/2 P

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Safety notes for batteries
WARNING
Keep batteries away from children!
Batteries must not be swallowed.
Remove the batteries when the instrument is not in
use over a prolonged period. Replace leaking batteries
without delay.
Do not throw away your dead batteries!
Return them to your hearing instrument specialist for
proper, environmentally conscious disposal.
Set the switch to position M
The hearing instrument is ready
for use without any further
adjustment. Even if the sound
level changes, your instrument
is always adjusted correctly
according to your personal needs.
Thus soft sounds aren’t lost and
loud sounds aren’t amplified or
are amplified only insignificantly.
How to switch your
instrument on/off

9
2/2 P
You can adapt to a changed
hearing situation by lightly
pressing the program button.
For instance, you are better able
to understand the person
you’re talking to even in
disturbing background noise.
You simply press the button
to choose between two
programs.
Program button
Your acoustician can adapt the two programs exactly to
your individual needs. In this way it is possible to take
account of different microphone characteristics.
A beep indicates which hearing program is selected.
One beep is when changing to microphone program “1” or
to “T” setting.Two beeps is when changing to microphone
program “2”.
If required, your hearing instrument specialist can switch the
beeps off.

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Children’s safety device
Your instrument is equipped
with a “children’s safety
device“.This is intended to
prevent the unintentional
removal of batteries from their
compartment, such as by small
children.This safety device is on
the inner side of the hearing
instrument. Please use a tool
suited to the purpose to open
or close the safety device.
Pushing the slide towards the
battery compartment locks the
battery compartment; pushing
the slide towards the ear hook
unlocks the battery compart-
ment so that it can be opened.
unlock
lock