Unitron 360 User manual

360TM
BTE Guide
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Table of Contents
Your 360™ Hearing Instruments ....................................1
Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems ......................2
Getting the Most Out of Your 360™
Hearing Instruments ....................................................3
Using the 360™ BTE Guide ............................................4
Putting Your 360™ Hearing Instruments on
Your Ears ......................................................................5
Turning Your 360™ Hearing Instruments
On and Off ...................................................................6
Feedback-Free Listening .................................................7
Replacing the Battery .....................................................7
Operating Instructions ..................................................10
Assistive Listening Devices ...........................................17
Caring for Your 360™ Hearing Instruments..................19
Cleaning Your 360™ Hearing Instruments...................20
Warnings.......................................................................22
Troubleshooting Guide .................................................24
Warning to Hearing Instrument Dispensers ................27
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Your 360™Hearing Instruments
Hearing Healthcare Professional: _________________________
_____________________________________________________
Telephone: ___________________________________________
Model:_______________________________________________
Serial Number: ________________________________________
Replacement Batteries: Size 675
Warranty: ____________________________________________
Program 1 is the program for: ____________________________
Program 2 is the program for: ___________________________
Program 3 is the program for: ___________________________
Program 4 is the program for: ___________________________
Date of Purchase:______________________________________
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Getting the Most Out of Your 360™
Hearing Instruments
Adjusting to your new 360 hearing instruments will take
some time. Depending on your previous experience with
hearing instruments, you may notice some differences in
the way 360 sounds to you. The longer you wear these
hearing instruments, the quicker you will adjust to
everyday sounds around you. Your hearing healthcare
professional can assist you by fine-tuning your
instruments for optimal performance.
Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems
Congratulations on choosing your new 360™ BTE
(Behind-the-Ear) hearing instruments. For over 40 years,
Unitron Hearing has been committed to making life
better for people with hearing loss. This means a
commitment to developing high-quality hearing
solutions that incorporate special features to solve the
everyday problems and concerns you have with hearing
loss and hearing instruments.
360 is an innovative hearing instrument that delivers
exceptional sound quality, performance, and results.
Your 360 hearing instrument may include an automatic
program that reads your listening environment and
automatically determines a sound destination that is
most effective for optimal listening as your listening
needs change throughout the day. Additional manual
programs give you added flexibility to meet your
particular listening needs. 360’s sophisticated adaptive
features offer you the latest digital technology so your
hearing instruments will adapt, reducing the need for
manual adjustments by you.
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Putting Your 360™Hearing Instruments on
Your Ears
Your BTE hearing instrument may be color-coded red for
your right ear and blue for your left ear. This color
indicator is located on the bottom of the battery door
with a small colored dot.
1. Carefully insert the earmold in your ear. The earmold
should fit into your ear snugly and comfortably.
2. Place the hearing instrument over the top of your ear.
3. Repeat steps 1-2 for your other ear if you wear two
hearing instruments.
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Using the 360™BTE Guide
Refer to the table of contents for a complete listing of
the topics covered in this guide.
BTE with volume control BTE without volume control
Hearing Instrument Style
My hearing instrument has (check all that apply)
Program Button
Volume Control
Legend
1 Earhook
2 Microphone and
Microphone Shield
3 Program Button
4 Volume Control
5 Battery Door/On & Off
Switch
6 Earmold
7 Battery Compartment
Filter
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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Turning Your 360™Hearing Instruments On
and Off
Your hearing instruments have a three-position battery
door that acts as an off/on switch and that allows access
to the battery compartment.
To turn the hearing instrument on, close the battery door
fully. Ensure the battery door is completely closed.
Note: If the start up delay is activated, your
hearing instrument will not turn on for 10-15 seconds
after closing the battery door.
To turn the hearing instrument off, partially open the
battery door. This position also allows excess moisture
to vent away from the battery compartment.
To replace the hearing instrument battery, fully open the
battery door for access to the battery compartment.
on off open
Feedback-Free Listening
Your 360 hearing devices have an optional start up delay
that can be activated by your hearing healthcare
professional. If the start up delay is activated, your
hearing instruments will not turn on for 10-15 seconds
after the battery door is closed fully. The hearing
instruments return to the start up delay position each
time you turn your hearing instruments on. This allows
you to insert your hearing instruments without
experiencing whistling.
If you wear hearing instruments now, you may have
experienced whistling from your hearing instruments
when you talk, chew, use the telephone or hug
someone. 360’s feedback technology dramatically
reduces this uncomfortable whistling before you or
anyone else can perceive it.
Replacing the Battery
1. Gently swing out the battery door with your fingernail
(Figure 1).
2. Grasp the battery with your thumb and index finger
and remove.
3. Insert the new battery into the battery compartment
with the plus (+) sign on the battery facing the same
way as the plus (+) sign on the edge of the battery
door (Figures 2 and 3).
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Low Battery Warning
When you hear two long beeps, your hearing devices are
warning you that their batteries are low. You will hear the
warning approximately every 30 minutes until you
change the batteries or the batteries die. After the first
warning, you may experience some reduction in sound
quality. This is normal and can be remedied by inserting
fresh batteries in the hearing devices. If you prefer, your
hearing healthcare professional can change the pitch
and loudness of the low battery beep or turn it off
entirely.
Caring for Batteries
• Always discard batteries carefully.
• To prolong battery life, remember to turn your hearing
devices off when not in use.
• Remove the batteries and keep the battery door open
while hearing devices are not in use. This will allow
internal moisture to evaporate.
Battery Warnings
• Never leave hearing devices or batteries where small
children and pets can reach them.
• Never put hearing devices or batteries in your mouth.
If a hearing device or battery is swallowed, call a
physician immediately.
4. Close the battery door. Press firmly on the battery
door to ensure that it closes completely (Figure 4).
Tamperproof Battery Compartment
Your hearing instrument may have a tamperproof battery
compartment.
1. Unlock the tamperproof battery
compartment by pulling the
white lever with your fingernail
and lift the lever up to release
the battery. Remove the battery.
2. Insert the new
battery into
the battery
compartment
with the plus (+) sign on the battery facing the same
way as the plus (+) sign on the edge of the battery
door. Lower the lever onto the battery and push it is
until it is locked and securely holds the battery tight.
3. Close the battery door.
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
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professional can adjust the pitch and loudness of the
program beep or turn it off entirely.
Adjusting the Volume
The volume on your hearing instruments adjusts
automatically in response to the loud or quiet sounds
around you. Your hearing instruments are set to your
ideal volume by default. Your ideal volume is indicated
by 1 beep. If you have a volume control lever, you can
further adjust the volume. Before adjusting the volume
on your hearing instruments, secure the device on your
ear with your thumb and middle finger. Then using your
index finger, adjust the volume level with the volume
control lever.
Your 360 hearing instruments may also come with an
optional remote control which allows you to adjust your
volume levels. Ask your hearing healthcare professional
for more information on the remote control.
Volume Control
You can adjust the volume by pushing the volume
Operating Instructions
Changing Programs on Your 360™Hearing
Instruments
Your 360 hearing instruments may have an automatic
program and up to three additional manual programs.
360’s automatic program will satisfy most of your
listening needs by adjusting to different listening
environments without requiring manual adjustments.
The additional manual programs can be individually
tailored by your hearing healthcare professional to meet
your particular listening needs.
Your hearing instruments have a push button which has
been set for switching between programs. This push
button could also be disabled by your hearing
healthcare professional. If you have an active push
button program control, each time you push the button,
you will move to a new program.
Your 360 hearing instruments may also come with an
optional remote control which allows you to switch
between different listening programs. Ask your hearing
healthcare professional for more information on the
remote control.
Program Beeps
Your hearing devices beep to indicate which program
you are in (i.e. one beep for program 1, two beeps for
program 2, etc.) If you prefer, your hearing healthcare
Program 1 (e.g. Automatic Program) 1 beep
Program 2 (e.g. Group/Party Noise) 2 beeps
Program 3 (e.g. Easy-t/Telephone) 3 beeps
Program 4 (e.g. Music) 4 beeps
Easy-t/Telephone short melody
Easy-DAI short melody
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environment, the wind noise manager will not be active
and desirable sounds, such as speech, will once again
become louder.
Listening in Quiet and Noisy Environments
The 360 + hearing instruments have a directional
microphone system to meet your listening needs in
different environments. The directional system focuses
on sounds in front of you (i.e., speech) while reducing
sounds from the sides or behind you (i.e., noise). The
directional system can be set to track moving noise
sources and adapt to changing noise levels so that
background noise is reduced. Your hearing healthcare
professional can tell you how your directional system
has been customized for you and which listening
programs have the directional microphones activated.
In addition, 360 contains antiShock™technology that
identifies and minimizes sudden impulse sounds that
many hearing instrument wearers find irritatingly loud
such as slamming doors or clattering dishes. This
technology is designed to increase listening comfort in
adverse listening situations without impacting sound
quality or your ability to understand conversations.
Replacing the Microphone Protectors
Your 360 hearing devices have a shield to protect the
microphones from dirt and debris. Debris on the
microphone protector reduces the sound quality of the
instrument. You should have the microphone protectors
control lever up to increase the volume and pressing the
volume control lever down to decrease the volume. Note
that your volume control may be disabled by your
hearing healthcare professional and, therefore, could be
inactive.
As you change the volume level, your hearing
instruments will beep. Please refer to the chart below to
learn more about the different volume beeps.
Your hearing healthcare professional can help you
identify your different volume control settings. If you
prefer, your hearing healthcare professional can adjust
the pitch and loudness of the volume control beeps or
turn them off entirely.
Listening in Windy Environments
(Available on 360+ only)
360’s wind noise manager will engage automatically
based on whether wind conditions are moderate or high.
When the wind noise manager is engaged, sounds such
as speech, may become quieter because the wind noise
manager is working to reduce the loud noise produced
by wind. When you are no longer in a windy
Volume Setting Beep
Ideal volume level 1 beep
Maximum volume level 2 beeps
Minimum volume level 2 beeps
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coil varies among phone manufacturers, it may be
necessary to move the telephone receiver next to the
hearing instrument’s microphone for the best reception.
If the hearing instrument does not switch to the
telephone program automatically when the telephone
receiver is placed in proximity, the magnet for easy-t
hearing instruments should be attached to the telephone
receiver. The magnet is designed to strengthen the
magnetic field at the ear piece of hearing instrument
compatible telephones.
To affix the easy-t magnet:
1. Clean the telephone receiver.
2. Hold the magnet near the “listening end” of your
telephone receiver and release it (Figure 1). The
magnet will flip to the appropriate side and seek the
optimal position on the telephone receiver.
3. Place the double-sided tape in this optimal position
on the telephone receiver (Figure 2) and attach the
magnet to the tape (Figure 3).
replaced by your hearing healthcare professional
approximately every three months to ensure optimal
sound quality.
Using 360™with the Telephone
360 has the ability, depending on hearing loss and vent
size to provide feedback-free phone use without
program changes. When the phone rings, pick up the
telephone and place it next to your hearing instrument’s
microphone. In some situations when using a cell phone,
you may experience digital interference that sounds like
static, buzzing or beeping. If you experience
interference, increase the distance between your hearing
instrument and the phone receiver.
Easy-t for the Telephone or Cell/Mobile Phone
360 comes equipped with easy-t (automatic telephone
switch) that can help you listen on the telephone. Easy-t
automatically switches your hearing instrument into a
telephone listening mode with hearing instrument
compatible phones. You will hear a short melody to
indicate you are in the telephone (easy-t) program. If
your phone is hearing instrument compatible, it will have
a magnetic coil and the easy-t will activate automatically
when the telephone is held to the ear. Once the
telephone is removed from the ear, the hearing
instrument will switch back to the normal listening
mode. Since the location and strength of the magnetic Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
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