Sonova Phonak Roger Series User manual

Rogerpedia
Your A-Z of RogerTM for adults

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Content
What is Roger and who is a Roger candidate?
Roger Use Cases
Roger Microphone Portfolio
Roger Technology
New Roger Receiver Features
Roger Receiver Compatibility
Roger Installation Decision Tree
How to Demo Roger
Roger Receiver Compatibility Guide
Cochlear Implant & Naída Link Compatibility Overview
Roger Portfolio
Roger Microphone Modes
Roger Receivers Colours
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Roger is a digital adaptive microphone technology that wirelessly transmits a speaker’s voice directly to a listener’s hearing
aid(s) or cochlear implant sound processor via Roger receivers to improve speech understanding in noise and over distance.1
What is Roger and who is
a Roger candidate?
Listener
Using a hearing aid or a cochlear implant
with Roger receiver
Speaker
Using a Roger microphone
Roger candidate
Clients with:
• Any level or type of hearing loss
• Poor speech understanding in noise
• Word discrimination below 100%
• Cochlear implant and BAHA users
• Unilateral hearing loss
• Auditory processing disorders
• Clients who express hearing challenges at work and
are concerned that their hearing loss is impacting their
performance at work.
• Clients who lead active lifestyles and report they
regularly experience challenging listening situations
involving noise and distance.
• Clients who are withdrawing from social situations.
• Clients who are current hearing aid users who still
struggle to understand and communicate in challenging
situations.
• Clients who express they would like increased clarity
with the TV, cell phone, landline phone or multimedia.

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Roger Use Cases
Dinner with friends and family
Dinners in restaurants usually include a complex mix of
sounds
and background noise. With the Roger Select
distracting noises are cut out so clients can capture
every word and stay ahead of the conversation.
Social gatherings
Roger Pen is ideal for social gatherings – especially when
music is playing and people are talking. Simply point it in
the direction of the conversation and Roger delivers speech
directly to the hearing aids.
At home
Roger microphones reduce distracting background noise
like the rattle of kitchen utensils or the blare from a TV. This
allows clients to fully enjoy conversations, and make time
spent with family, loved ones or friends truly special.
TV and multimedia
Roger microphones can easily be connected to
the TV, video conference and other multimedia
sources to help stay connected.
Clients with:
• Unilateral hearing loss
• Cochlear implants
• Good word discrimination in quiet,
poor speech-in-noise results
• Poor LiSN-PGA results

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Small to large meetings
Conversations in meetings are another situation where
Roger can be utilized. Place one or more Roger Table Mic IIs
and transmit speech to the hearing aids from wherever the
conversation takes place. This makes small and large meetings
easy to follow so clients can focus on what’s being said.
Meetings with a presenter
Presenters often stand at a distance from the
meeting participants. When the presenter wears a
Roger Select and Roger Table Mics are placed on the
table, it allows clients to hear all participants.
Sport activities
Doing a sport/group activity can be challenging
to hear the instructions from a coach due to the
distance or hearing over other people chatting. Roger
bridges this distance to hear instructions clearly.
In the car
Roger overcomes the communication challenges while on
the road. Background noise is reduced, and the speaker’s
voice is transmitted directly to the hearing aids. This allows
your clients to follow conversations in the car while still
being aware of the world around them.

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The wide range of Roger microphones oers a solution for every client. Regardless of the type of hearing aids
or cochlear implants that they currently use, the dierent Roger microphones are capable of eectively
handling various situations.
Roger Microphone Portfolio
Roger SelectTM
Versatile microphone ideal for stationary situations where
background noise is present. When placed in the center of a
table, it discreetly and automatically selects the person who
is talking and seamlessly switches from one talker to
another.
When multiple conversations take place, the
listener can manually select whom to listen to.
• To understand group conversations in stationary
situations (restaurants, family gatherings, etc.) with table
mode
• To focus on a side conversation with selection mode
• To hear a single person with lapel mode
• To connect to TV and multimedia
• To make a phone call with wideband Bluetooth
Roger Pen™
Handy microphone for various listening situations. Thanks
to its portable design, it can be conveniently used where
additional support is needed over distance and in noise.
• To understand in situations on the go (bar, car, bus)
• To focus on one-to-one conversations on the go
(shopping, hallway)
• To connect to TV and multimedia
• To make a phone call with wideband Bluetooth
Roger TableMic II
Dedicated for working adults who participate in various
meetings. It selects the person who’s talking and switches
automatically between the meeting participants. Multiple
Roger TableMic IIs can be connected to create a network,
making it ideal for large meeting congurations.
• To understand group conversations in
meetings with table mode
• To achieve optimal hearing performance, consider
the size and conguration of the meeting
and select multiple Roger TableMic IIs
• For the presenter, consider additional
Roger Select or Roger Pen
• To connect to multimedia
When using an original Roger microphone with a Marvel hearing aid, disable the Bluetooth.
To nd out which Roger microphone is best for your client visit www.easyguide.phonakpro.com

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1 Consider using multiple Roger microphones
2 If Roger Pen is equipped with Bluetooth function
The best Roger microphones for each listening situation
Roger Select Roger TableMic II Roger Pen Roger EasyPen Roger
Clip-On Mic
One-on-one conversations in quiet • • • •
Group conversations in quiet •••••1
One-on-one conversations in noise • • • •
Group conversations in noise • • •1•1•1
Listening situations
In a car, plane, train, bus etc. • • • •
In large halls, churches or other rooms prone to echo • • • •
Over distance •••••
Business meetings with up to 4 participants •••
Business meetings between 5 and 8 participants •
Business meetings with 9 or more participants •1
Conferences/lectures ••1•1•1
Other listening situations
Making calls at home ••2
Making calls on a cell phone • •
Watching TV • • • •
Multimedia (SmartBoard, computer, etc.) •••••
Dinner at a restaurant with up to 4 participants • •
Dinner at a restaurant with more than 4 participants • •
OmniMultiBeam MultiBeam

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Roger Technology
ROGER TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
RogerDirect™
Streams Roger signal
directly to a Marvel
hearing aid
RogerDirect is an industry-rst from
Phonak that allows Roger microphones
to stream directly to Marvel hearing
aids. After a simple installation of the
receiver into the hearing aid, clients
benet in noise and over distance1,
without attaching an external receiver.
Adaptive
Behaviour
Hear well when
the noise gets louder
Roger microphones will adjust
accordingly to the surrounding noise
levels. If the noise
level increases,
the volume of the Roger system
automatically
increases so the speaker’s
voice is heard above the noise.
Adaptive
Frequency
Hopping
Interference-free
listening
Roger operates within the worldwide
license-free ISM (Industry, Science,
Medical) band at 2.4 GHz.
The
Roger microphones and receivers
constantly communicate
with each
other to ensure that the system will
hop frequencies
adaptively to avoid
interference or poor reception.

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ROGER TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Automatic
microphone
modes
Automatic Adaptation to
the Environment for
Optimal Listening
Experience
The Roger Select, Roger Pen and Roger EasyPen
automatically recognizes the position of the
device thanks to the built-in accelerometer. This
component informs the microphone about its
orientation with respect to gravity. It is the same
component that makes pictures rotate in cell
phones. This orientation information
, together with
the information about the acoustic
environment,
i.e. the presence of speech and noise
, helps
the device to automatically select its optimal
microphone mode and gain settings. It also allows
the device to mute the microphone if it is dropped .
MultiBeam
Technology
Enhances Group
Listening Experience3
By utilizing multiple microphones, beams are created
in six directions to cover 360°. The signal-to-noise
ratio for all six directions is calculated, and the
beam with the best clarity is automatically selected.
MultiBeam Technology provides exceptional
speech understanding in group conversations such
as in noisy restaurants or family gatherings.
MultiTalker
Network
Have a Conversation
with Multiple Talkers
in Noise
Unique to Roger and fully automatic, the MultiTalker
Network
allows several Roger microphones to be
used together in a network, providing hearing
impaired listeners access to multiple talkers.
Roger and
Directional
Improved Speech
Understanding
in the Near Field
while Listening to a
Roger Microphone
in the Far Field2
The Roger and directional setting is exclusive to
Phonak and allows a Roger microphone to be used
while also providing improved access to speech
understanding for voices within close proximity. The
Roger and directional setting adaptively activates
directional mics on the hearing aid based on the
environmental noise level.

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Option (02) Option (03)
Compatibility Marvel with all Roger microphones Marvel with Roger Select, Roger TableMic II,
Roger Pen, Roger EasyPen, Roger Clip-On Mic
Adaptive gain Yes Yes
Effective stand-by mode Yes Yes
EasyGain adjustment No1No
Dual Adaptive Yes Yes
Shared ID pairing Yes Yes
Check No1No
Link quality measurement No2No
Additional adaptive gain
Roger receivers automatically adjust the output gain
according
to the surrounding noise level to maintain
speech intelligibility in
noisy environments. The noise level
is measured by the Roger
microphone and sent to the
Roger receiver along with the audio signal.
Eective stand-by mode
Roger receivers automatically enter stand-by mode if the
connected microphone is turned o or moves out of range.
In stand-by mode power usage is reduced to increase the
battery’s life.
Dual Adaptive
This new Marvel microphone setting found in Target 6.1
oers more comfort at higher noise levels when using
Roger. This may be a great option for rst time or current
Roger users who report their Roger program is too loud.
Shared ID Easy Pairing
Now a set of RogerDirect™ installed Marvel hearing aids only
has to be connected/paired with one hearing aid and the
connection will automatically be forwarded to the other
hearing aid to complete a binaural pairing to Roger. The
connection tune will be heard in both hearing aids when
successfully paired.
Check
This feature allows the user to quickly
read receiver data and check a receiver’s
functionality via Roger Touchscreen Mic.
Link quality measurement
The average wireless link quality can be checked via the
check
feature. This gives the wearer of the Roger
microphone information about the reception quality of the
signal being transmitted via Roger Touvhscreen Mic.
EasyGain
This allows for the adjustment of a receiver’s default
output gain via Roger Touchscreen Mic.
New Roger Receiver
Features
Option (02) and (03) Overview
Key Features
1Roger Touchscreen only
2Roger Touchscreen & inspiro only