Siemens Vive User manual

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Vibe
Hearing instruments • Naslouchací přístroje
• Slúchadlá • Slušni instrumenti • Slušni aparati
• Aparaty słuchowe• Hörgeräte
Instructions for use
English
Návod k použití
Čeština
Návod na používanie
Slovenský
Navodila za uporabo
Slovensko
Uputstvo za upotrebu
Srpski
Instrukcja obsługi
Polski
Gebrauchsanweisung
Deutsch

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Čeština 19
Slovenský 35
Slovensko 51
Srpski 67
Polski 83
Deutsch 99
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This Quick Guide of user instructions describes how to
operate your Vibe hearing instruments quickly and
easily.
It also provides you with important information on how
to handle your instruments and batteries.
Your Hearing Care Professional can answer any
further questions about instructions and proper use.
Introduction
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Contents
Your Vibe hearing instrument 6
Intended use 7
General notes on safety 8
Handling batteries 10
Opening the top cover 1-0
Changing the battery 1-0
Inserting/ removing your hearing instrument 11
Inserting 1-1
Removing 1-1
Using the push button 12
Turning your hearing instrument on-
and off 12
Changing the hearing program 1-2
Maintenance and care 13
Daily cleaning 1-3
Domes, Grid-Domes and Receiver Molds 1-4
Exchanging the C-Guard of the Receiver-
Mold 16
Trouble shooting 17
Disposal information 18
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Your Hearing Care Professional offers an assortment of
receiver lengths and dome sizes to best fit your ear.
Your Vibe hearing instrument
Features:
①Receiver unit
②Vibe body with battery compartment
③Push button
④Dome
⑤Receiver Mold
⑥C-Guard
⑦Different top covers
⑧Removal tool
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②③
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⑦
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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
acousticians.
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.
Indicates an option that not every hearing
instrument has. Ask your Hearing Care
Professional to check off the relevant
information.
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General notes on safety
NOTICE
Your hearing instrument is sensitive to extreme heat,
high humidity, strong magnetic fields (>0.1T), X-rays and
mechanical stress.
Do not expose your 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 apply make-X
up, perfume, aftershave, hairspray or suntan lotion.
Do not wear your hearing instrument when you are
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exposed to short-waves, a strong magnetic field, a high
frequency field or X-rays.
Do not place your hearing instruments in a microwave
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oven.
WARNING
Choking hazard posed by small parts.
Keep hearing instruments, batteries and accessories
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out of children‘s reach.
If swallowed consult a physician or hospital immedia-
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tely.
If infants, small children or mentally disabled persons
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need to wear hearing instruments ensure adequate
supervision.
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WARNING
Risk in explosive environments, e.g. mining areas!
Don't use your hearing instruments in areas where
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there is a danger of explosions.
NOTICE
Leaking batteries damage the instrument.
Remove batteries when the instrument is not in use for
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a prolonged period of time.
Turn your hearing instrument off when not in use to
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preserve the battery.
General notes on safety
NOTICE
Batteries contain harmful substances that pollute the
environment.
Do not throw used batteries into household trash.
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Dispose them according to national regulations orX
return them to your Hearing Care Professional.
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Opening the top cover
Place the Vibe body in theX
removal tool.
Remove the top cover with
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the removal tool.
Changing the battery
Remove the empty battery.X
Insert the new battery.X
Put the top cover back on.X
Battery type
original size
Handling batteries
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Inserting/ removing your hearing instrument
Inserting
Insert the receiver with Dome/X
Receiver Mold at the beginning of
your ear canal. Don‘t insert it to
deep.
Put the tip of the body into the
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cymba concha.
The push button side is facing
outwards.
Removing
Remove the body of Vibe fromX
your cymba concha.
Carefully pull the receiver out of
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your ear canal.
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Using the push button
Turning your hearing instrument
on and off
Press the push button for aboutX
3 seconds to turn the instrument
ON.
Press the push button for about
X
3 seconds to turn the instrument
OFF.
Changing the hearing program
Press the push button.X
The hearing instrument changes
to the next program.
Hearing
program Description of the hearing program
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Maintenance and care
NOTICE
Do not put the hearing instruments in
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water.
Clean instruments regularly to prevent damage to theX
hearing instruments and to avoid health problems.
Clean your hearing instruments with a soft, dry tissue,
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as necessary.
Thoroughly clean the top cover to avoid clogging of the
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microphone opening.
Place your hearing instruments in a "dry aid kit" with a
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special moisture-attracting capsule overnight.
Ask your Hearing Care Professional for special care sets
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and further information on how to keep your hearing
instruments in good condition.
Daily cleaning
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Maintenance and care
CAUTION
Risk of injury caused by incorrect use of Domes.
Always wear the Receiver Unit with the Dome.
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Make sure that the Dome isX
completely attached to the Receiver
Unit.
If the Dome remains in your ear, have it removed by a
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medical professional.
Replace the Dome if it breaks.
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Insert the Receiver Unit with the Dome carefully andX
not too deeply into the ear.
Use the Receiver Unit and Dome only in the mannerX
described in this user guide.
Domes, Grid-Domes and Receiver Molds
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Maintenance and care
Your hearing instruments have one of the following
earpieces:
Dome Grid-Dome Receiver Mold
Clean Domes, Grid-Domes and Receiver Molds right af-X
ter taking the hearing instruments off. This way
cerumen can not dry and harden.
Remove cerumen with a soft tissue. If necessary
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moisten the tissue with a cerumen solvent.
Full functionality of Domes, Grid-Domes and Receiver
Molds is only assured with a working wax guard.
Wax guard is the
integrated
C-Guard.
Wax guard is the
integrated grid.
Wax guard is the
exchangeable
C-Guard.
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Dome Grid-Dome Receiver Mold
Make sure that the Dome/ Grid-X
Dome is completely attached to the
Receiver Unit.
If the hearing instrument sounds
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distorted or weak, exchange the
Dome/ Grid-Dome.
Exchange the
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C-Guard
approximately
every
3 months.
Exchanging the C-Guard of the Receiver Mold
Remove old C-GuardX
Insert new C-Guard.X
Maintenance and care
Do not disassemble the Receiver Mold yourself.X
Ask your Hearing Care Professional for help when
the Receiver Mold needs extensive cleaning.
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Is the instrument turned on?
Is the battery inserted correctly?
Is the battery power low?
Is the top cover closed completely?
Is the Dome/ Receiver Mold clogged with wax?
Is the top cover clogged with wax?
Is the Dome mounted correctly?
Consult your Hearing Care Professional if you encounter
further problems.
Trouble shooting
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Disposal information
Within the European Union, the marked
equipment is covered by "Directive 2002/96/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and
electronical equipment".
Amended by "Directive 2003/108/EC" (WEEE).
For disposal within the EU please send devices to the
following address:
United Kingdom Malta Ireland
Siemens Charles de Giorgio LTD Howth Junction
Hearing Instruments 39-40 South Street Business Center
Newton Road Valetta CMR 01 Kilbarrack
Crawley RH109TT P.O. Box 374 5 Dublin
www.siemens.com/hearing
With the CE marking Siemens confirms
compliance with the European
Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices.
Recycle your hearing instruments and batteries ac-X
cording to national regulations.
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Tento stručný návod k použití popisuje snadnou a
rychlou obsluhu sluchadel Vibe.
Naleznete zde rovněž důležité informace týkající se
zacházení s přístroji a bateriemi.
Jakékoli další otázky týkající se pokynů a správného
používání Vám může zodpovědět Váš foniatr.
Návod k použití pro sluchadla Vibe
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