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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▼
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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

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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

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2/2 P
Safety note for instruments with audio input
The audio input can only be connected to power supplied
devices if they fulfil at least the safety provisions of
IEC 65 / DIN VDE 0860.
Your hearing instrument has an audio input.This enables the
connection between hearing instrument and accessories.
In this way you can understand better in certain hearing
situations.Take care that before you use the audio input you
pull off the protective foil.
The audio shoe connects the audio cable with your instrument.
Plug the audio shoe on to the hearing instrument (Fig. 1 and
Fig 2).
Remove the audio shoe from the hearing instrument
(Fig. 3).
Audio input
Fig. 2 Fig. 3
Fig. 1

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2 D SP
PRISMA 2 D SP
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
Some useful tips Page 31
Hearing training made easy Page32
Description of the PRISMA 2 D SP
hearing instruments Page 14
Handling batteries Page 15
Battery changing Page 16
Setting the loudness Page 18
Program switch Page 18
Children’s safety device Page 20
Audio input Page21

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Volume control
Program switch
Description of the
PRISMA 2 D SP
hearing instrument
Programming socket
Audio input
Sound inlet openings
Battery compartment
with lock and
on/off switch
Ear hook

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2 D SP
Handling batteries
So-called zinc-air batteries are
used today almost exclusively
in hearing instruments to
minimize environmental
damage.These batteries
require oxygen for operation,
which they absorb from the
air.The battery is activated as
soon as the protective foil is pulled off and is used up even
if you do not use your hearing instrument.
You should always pull off the protective foil only if you
actually use the battery. Also, do not leave the batteries
in your hearing instruments if you do not use them over
a longer period.The batteries can leak and damage the
instruments.The batteries keep for from a few days up to
several weeks according to the way they are used.You can
recognize when a change of batteries becomes necessary,
because your hearing instruments become noticeably quieter
towards the end of the battery’s life.Then it is time for new
batteries.Two warning tones sound once per minute, indicating
that you must insert a new battery.
Your hearing instrument specialist can switch off the warning
tones if required.
Zinc-air batteries which are almost completely used up show
the following behaviour: After switching on the instruments
they function completely normally, but then rapidly become
quieter.The more the battery is used up, the faster the gain
falls off.You must then replace such batteries by new ones.
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Battery changing
Inserting the battery
Important! Make sure to note the
polarity of the battery!
If the battery is inserted incorrectly,
the battery compartment can be
closed only with considerable
force.This will damage the
instrument.
Closing the battery
compartment
Close the battery compartment by
pressing from below with your
finger tip.
The instrument is switched on.
Up to the first stop = the
instrument is then switched off
Completely open = to change
the battery open the battery
compartment completely by
applying more force
Removing the battery
Open the battery compartment
as shown in the figure.
Normally the battery drops out
when the battery compartment is
completely open.
Should this not be the case, you
can lightly tap the instrument or
push the battery out with a pencil
as shown in the picture.

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2 D SP
Three useful tips:
The plus (+) side of the battery is always the smooth
side.You can recognize 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.
Please do not throw used batteries into household refuse.
Return them to your hearing instrument specialist for
environmentally correct disposal.
Caution!
Please keep batteries out of the reach of children.They
are damaging to health when swallowed.

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Setting the loudness
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Your hearing instrument specialist can program the possible
adjustment range for you. If you do not want to use the
volume control, then your hearing instrument specialist can
also switch it off.Turning the volume control then does not
change the adjustment of your PRISMA 2 D SP hearing
instrument.
PRISMA 2 D SP hearing
instruments are fully auto-
matic. It is therefore not
necessary for you to change
the loudness manually.
However, if you still wish
to do so, PRISMA 2 D SP
offers you a volume control.
louder
quieter
turn
PRISMA 2 D SP hearing in-
struments have 4 hearing
programs.Three are selected
with a program switch.The
fourth program is activated
as soon as the audio shoe
is plugged to the audio input.
Your hearing specialist will program them
according to your individual needs.
Program switch
1
2
T
Program“1“
Program“2“
Program“3“
(telecoil)

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2 D SP
Function of the program switch without audio shoe
(recommended setting)
Switch position 1 - Program "1"
For the most frequently required hearing situation e.g. at
home or work place
Switch position 2 - Program "2"
For special situations according to your individual needs, e.g.
music.
Switch positionT - Program "3"
For telephoning and for using induction loops e.g. in churches,
theatres or lecture rooms.
Using the "T" position for telephoning requires that the tele-
phone is suitable for hearing instruments and emits a corres-
ponding magnetic field. Not all modern phones, especially
cordless telephones and mobile phones produce a magnet
field. In such cases we recommend that you phone, if possible,
with program "1" or "2".
Switching between the positions 1-T-2 is indicated by beep
tones. One beep tone to position "1", two beep tones to
position "2" and three beep tones to position "T".
Function of the program switch with audio shoe
plugged on
The audioprogram is activated as soon as the audio
shoe is plugged on.
Switch position 1 - Program "1"
As without audio shoe
Switch position 2 - audio input mode
The heard signal comes via audio shoe only
Switch positionT - Mixed mode
Microphone signal and signal via audio shoe are heard together
Switching between the positions 1-T-2 with audio shoe plugged
on is indicated by beep tones. One beep tone to position "1",
four beep tones to position "2" and "T".
Your hearing instrument specialist can switch off the beeps
if required.

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Children’s safety device
Your instruments are
equipped with a “children’s
safety device“. This is
intended to prevent the
unintentional removal of
batteries from their com-
partment, such as by small
children.
To lock the children’s safety
device open the battery
compartment up to the first
stop. Push the slide in the battery compartment to the right
with a suitable tool.
To unlock the battery compartment again, open the battery
compartment up to the first stop. Push the slide in the battery
compartment to the left with a suitable tool.
If you feel you cannot do this yourself, your hearing instrument
specialist will be pleased to help you.
locked
unlocked