signia Motion 13 Nx User manual

Hearing
Systems
Motion®13 Nx
User Guide
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Content
Welcome 4
Your hearing in󰄋ruments 5
In󰘵rument type 5
Getting to know your hearing in󰘵ruments 6
Components and names 7
Controls 9
Hearing programs 10
Features 10
Batteries 11
Battery size and handling tips 11
Replacing batteries 12
Daily use 13
Turning on and o󰘯 13
Inserting and removing the hearing in󰘵ruments 14
Adju󰘵ing the volume 17
Changing the hearing program 18
Further adju󰘵ments (optional) 18
Special li󰄋ening situations 19
On the phone 19
Audio 󰘵reaming with iPhone 20
Airplane mode 20
Audio induction loops (optional) 21
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Maintenance and care 22
Hearing in󰘵ruments 22
Ear pieces, earhooks and tubes 23
Professional maintenance 27
Further information 28
Safety information 28
Accessories 28
Symbols used in this document 28
Troubleshooting 29
Service and warranty 31
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Welcome
Thank you for choosing our hearing in󰘵ruments to
accompany you through everyday life. Like anything new,
it may take you a little time to become familiar with them.
This guide, along with support from your Hearing Care
Professional, will help you under󰘵and the advantages and
greater quality of life your hearing in󰘵ruments o󰘯er.
To receive the mo󰘵 bene󰘰t from your hearing in󰘵ruments,
it is recommended that you wear them every day, all day.
This will help you get adju󰘵ed to them.
CAUTION
It is important to read this user guide and the
safety manual thoroughly and completely. Follow
the safety information to avoid damage or injury.
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Your hearing in󰄋ruments
This user guide describes optional features that
your hearing in󰘵ruments may or may not have.
Ask your Hearing Care Professional to indicate the
features that are valid for your hearing in󰘵ruments.
In󰄋rument type
Your hearing in󰘵ruments are BTE (Behind-The-Ear)
models. A tube delivers the sound from the hearing
in󰘵rument into the ear. The in󰘵ruments are not intended
for children under the age of 3 years or persons with a
developmental age of under 3 years.
The wireless functionality enables advanced audiological
features and synchronization between your two hearing
in󰘵ruments.
Your hearing in󰘵ruments feature Bluetooth® low energy*
technology allowing for easy data exchange with your
smartphone, and for seamless audio 󰘵reaming with your
iPhone**.
* The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any
use of such marks by the legal manufacturer of this product is under licenses. Other
trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
** iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc., regi󰘵ered in the U.S. and other countries.
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Getting to know your hearing in󰄋ruments
It is recommended to familiarize yourself with your new
hearing in󰘵ruments. With the in󰘵ruments in your hand
try using the controls and note their location on the
in󰘵rument. This will make it easier for you to feel and
press the controls while wearing the hearing in󰘵ruments.
If you have problems pressing the controls of your
hearing in󰘵ruments while wearing them, you can
use a remote control to control your in󰘵ruments.
With a dedicated smartphone app you have even
more control options.
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Components and names
Your hearing in󰘵ruments are either attached to an
earhook and a cu󰘵om-made ear piece or to a 󰘵andard
tube (ThinTube) and a 󰘵andard ear piece (LifeTip).
➌
➋
➊
➐➐
➍
➎
➏ ➏
➑ ➑
➊Ear piece (LifeTip)
➋Retention 󰘵rand
(optional)
➌Tube (ThinTube)
➍Adapter for ThinTube
➎Earhook
➏Microphone openings
➐Rocker switch (control)
➑Battery compartment
(on/o󰘯 switch)
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You can use 󰘵andard ear pieces together with a
󰘵andard tube or cu󰘵om-made ear pieces together with
an earhook and tube.
You can easily exchange the 󰘵andard ear pieces
and clean the 󰘵andard tube. Read more in section
"Maintenance and care".
Standard ear pieces / tubes Size
LifeTip open or closed
LifeTip semi-open
LifeTip double
ThinTube
Cu󰄋om-made ear pieces
Examples:
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Controls
With the rocker switch you can, for
example, adju󰘵 the volume or switch
hearing programs. Your Hearing Care
Professional has programmed your desired
functions to the rocker switch.
Rocker switch function L R
Press brie󰘱y:
Program up/down
Volume up/down
Tinnitus therapy signal level up/down
Press for about 2 seconds:
Program up/down
Volume up/down
Tinnitus therapy signal level up/down
Press for more than 3 seconds:
Standby/turn on
Activate/deactivate airplane mode
L = Left, R = Right
You can also use a remote control to change
hearing programs and adju󰘵 the volume or your
hearing in󰘵ruments. With our smartphone app you
have even more control options.
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Hearing programs
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2
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Read more in section "Changing the hearing program".
Features
Power-on delay enables whi󰘵le-free insertion of
hearing in󰘵ruments.
Read more in section "Turning on and o󰘯".
The tinnitus therapy feature generates a sound to
di󰘵ract you from your tinnitus.
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Batteries
When the battery is low the sound becomes weaker
or you will hear an alert signal. The battery type will
determine how long you have to replace the battery.
Battery size and handling tips
Ask your Hearing Care Professional for recommended
batteries.
Battery size: 13
● Always use the correct battery size for your hearing
in󰘵ruments.
● Remove the batteries if you intend not to use the
hearing in󰘵ruments for several days.
● Always carry spare batteries.
● Remove empty batteries immediately and follow your
local recycling rules for battery disposal.
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Replacing batteries
Removing the battery:
XOpen the battery compartment.
XUse the magnet 󰘵ick to pull out the
battery. The magnet 󰘵ick is available
as an accessory.
Inserting the battery:
XIf the battery has a protective 󰘰lm, remove it
only when you are ready to use the battery.
XInsert the battery with the "+" symbol
facing up (refer to the picture).
XCarefully close the battery compartment. If you feel
resi󰘵ance, the battery is not inserted correctly.
Do not attempt to close the battery compartment by
force. It can be damaged.
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Daily use
Turning on and o󰓐
You have the following options to turn your hearing
in󰘵ruments on or o󰘯.
Via battery compartment:
XTurning on: Close the battery compartment.
The default volume and hearing program are set.
XTurning o󰘯: Open the battery compartment to the
󰘰r󰘵 catch.
Via rocker switch:
XTurning on or o󰘯: Press and hold the rocker switch for
several seconds. Refer to section "Controls" for the
settings of the rocker switch.
After turning on, the previously used volume and
hearing program remain set.
When wearing the hearing in󰘵ruments, an alert tone can
indicate when an in󰘵rument is being turned on or o󰘯.
When the power-on delay is activated, the hearing
in󰘵ruments turn on after a delay of several seconds.
During this time you can insert the hearing in󰘵ruments
into your ears without experiencing unpleasant feedback
whi󰘵ling.
The "power-on delay" can be activated by your Hearing
Care Professional.
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Inserting and removing the hearing in󰄋ruments
Your hearing in󰘵ruments have been 󰘰ne-tuned for your
right and left ear. Colored markers indicate
the side:
● red marker = right ear
● blue marker = left ear
Inserting a hearing in󰘵rument:
XHold the tube close to the ear piece.
XCarefully push the ear piece
into the ear canal ➊.
XTwi󰘵 it slightly until it sits
well.
Open and close your mouth
to avoid accumulation of air
in the ear canal.
XLift the hearing in󰘵rument
and slide it over the top of
your ear ➋.
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૝
CAUTION
Risk of injury!
XInsert the ear piece carefully and not too deeply
into the ear.
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● It may be helpful to insert the right hearing
in󰘵rument with the right hand and the left
hearing in󰘵rument with the left hand.
● If you have problems inserting the ear piece,
use the other hand to gently pull your earlobe
downwards. This opens the ear canal and eases
insertion of the ear piece.
The optional retention 󰘵rand helps to securely retain the
ear piece in your ear. To position the retention 󰘵rand:
XBend the retention 󰘵rand and
position it carefully into the
bottom of the bowl of your ear
(refer to the picture).
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Removing a hearing in󰘵rument:
XLift the hearing in󰘵rument
and slide it over the top of
your ear ➊.
XHold the tube close to
the ear piece and pull the
ear piece out carefully ➋.
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૝
CAUTION
Risk of injury!
XIn very rare cases the ear piece could remain in
your ear when removing the hearing in󰘵rument.
If this happens, have the ear piece removed by
a medical professional.
Clean and dry your hearing in󰘵ruments after usage.
Read more in section "Maintenance and care".
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Adju󰄋ing the volume
Your hearing in󰘵ruments automatically adju󰘵 the volume
to the li󰘵ening situation.
XIf you prefer manual volume adju󰘵ment, press the
rocker switch.
Refer to section "Controls" for the setting of the
rocker switch.
An optional signal tone can indicate the volume change.
Once the maximum or minimum volume has been
reached, you may hear an optional signal tone.
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Changing the hearing program
Depending on the li󰘵ening situation, your hearing
in󰘵ruments automatically adju󰘵 their sound.
Your hearing in󰘵ruments may also have several hearing
programs which allow you to change the sound, if
needed. An optional signal tone can indicate the program
change.
XTo change the hearing program, press the
rocker switch.
Refer to section "Controls" for the setting of the
rocker switch. Refer to section "Hearing programs" for
a li󰘵 of your hearing programs.
Further adju󰄋ments (optional)
You can also use the hearing in󰘵rument controls to
change other features, for example, the level of the
tinnitus therapy signal.
Refer to section "Controls" for the setting of your controls.
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Special li󰄋ening situations
On the phone
When you are on the phone, hold
the telephone receiver slightly
above your ear. The hearing
in󰘵rument and telephone receiver
have to be aligned. Turn the
receiver slightly so that the ear is
not completely covered.
Telephone program
You may prefer a certain volume when using the phone.
Ask your Hearing Care Professional to con󰘰gure a
telephone program.
XSwitch to the telephone program whenever you are on
the phone.
If a telephone program is con󰘰gured for your hearing
in󰘵ruments, it is li󰘵ed in section "Hearing programs".
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Audio 󰄋reaming with iPhone
Your hearing in󰘵ruments are Made for iPhone hearing
in󰘵ruments. This means you can get phone calls and
li󰘵en to music from your iPhone directly into your hearing
in󰘵ruments.
For more information about compatible iOS devices,
pairing, audio 󰘵reaming and other useful functions,
contact your Hearing Care Professional.
Airplane mode
In areas where the use of Bluetooth technology is not
allowed (e.g. on some airplanes), you can activate the
airplane mode. This turns Bluetooth in your hearing
in󰘵ruments o󰘯 temporarily. The hearing in󰘵ruments 󰘵ill
work without Bluetooth, however direct audio 󰘵reaming
will not be possible and other functions will not be
available.
XTo activate or deactivate the airplane mode, use the
smartphone app or use the controls of your hearing
in󰘵ruments.
Refer to section "Controls" for more information.
An alert tone indicates when airplane mode is activated
or deactivated.
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