Unitron Indigo BTE User manual

Indigo
™
BTE Guide

Table of Contents
Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments ................................1
Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems ......................2
Getting the Most Out of Your Indigo™ Hearing
Instruments..................................................................3
Using the Indigo™ BTE Guide ........................................4
Putting Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments
on Your Ears .................................................................6
Turning Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments
On and Off ...................................................................8
Feedback-Free Listening .................................................9
Replacing the Battery....................................................10
Operating Instructions ..................................................12
Assistive Listening Devices ...........................................18
Caring for Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments..............21
Cleaning Your Indigo™ Hearing Instruments...............22
Warnings.......................................................................25
Troubleshooting Guide .................................................27
Warning to Hearing Instrument Dispensers ................30

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Your Indigo™Hearing Instruments
Hearing Healthcare Professional: _________________________
_____________________________________________________
Telephone: ___________________________________________
Model:_______________________________________________
Serial Number: ________________________________________
Replacement Batteries: Size 13 Size 10
Warranty: ____________________________________________
Use Automatic Program for 1: Quiet
2: Group/Party Noise
3: Intense Noise
4: Music
Use Program 2 for: ____________________________________
Use Program 3 for: ____________________________________
Use Program 4 for: ____________________________________
Date of Purchase:______________________________________

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Practical Solutions to Everyday Problems
Congratulations on choosing your new Indigo™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 devices.
Indigo is a premium hearing instrument that delivers
superior sound quality, performance, and extraordinary
results. Indigo’s automatic program 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. Three
additional manual programs give you added flexibility
to meet your particular listening needs. Indigo’s
sophisticated adaptive features offer you the latest in
digital technology so your hearing devices do the
adapting without manual adjustments or fiddling
required by you.

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Getting the Most Out of Your Indigo™
Hearing Instruments
Adjusting to your new hearing instruments will take
some time. In the beginning it is important that you do
not use the hearing devices for longer than is
comfortable. Depending on your previous experience
with hearing instruments, a few hours a day may be
enough and then you can increase wearing time
gradually. Once you have become accustomed to your
hearing devices, you should wear them all day every day
since infrequent use will not permit you to adapt to your
hearing devices and enjoy their full benefits. The quicker
you get used to the everyday sounds around you, the
less you will notice that you are wearing hearing
instruments.

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Using the Indigo™BTE Guide
Refer to the table of contents for a complete listing of
the topics covered in this guide.
There are different styles of BTEs available. The
diagrams below identify some of the components on
your hearing devices. Have your hearing healthcare
professional place a check beside the diagram that best
describes your BTE style and attachment.
slim tube
and dome
earhook and
earmold
Moda BTE BTE without
volume control
BTE with
volume control
Hearing Instrument Style (check one)
Attachment Style (check one)

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Legend
1 Earhook
2 Microphone and Microphone
Shield
3 Program Button
4 Volume Control
5 Battery Door/
On & Off Switch
6 Slim tube
7 Dome
8 Retention Piece
9 Program Button or
Volume Control (depending
on your customized fitting)
10 Earmold
1
6
2
2
9
3
4
5
5
7
8
10
1
2
9
5
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Putting Your Indigo™Hearing Instruments
on Your Ears
BTEs with Slim Tubes
1. Hold the slim tube where it attaches to the dome and
gently push the dome into your ear canal. The slim
tube should lie flush against your head and not stick
out.
2. Place the hearing instrument over the top of your ear.
3. Place the retention piece in your ear so it rests at the
bottom of the opening of your ear canal.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for your other ear if you wear two
hearing devices.
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BTEs with Earhooks
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 devices.

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Turning Your Indigo™Hearing Instruments On
and Off
Your hearing devices 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 device on, close the battery door
fully. Note: If the start up delay is activated, your hearing
devices will not turn on for 10-15 seconds after closing
the battery door.
To turn the hearing device off, partially open the battery
door. This position allows excess moisture to vent away
from the battery compartment.
To replace the hearing device battery, fully open the
battery door for access to the battery compartment.
Note: When turning your hearing device on and
off, grasp the top and bottom of the device with
your index finger and thumb. Use your thumb to
open and close the battery door. If you are
wearing Moda hearing devices, use your index
finger to open and close the battery door.
on off open

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Feedback-Free Listening
Your Indigo 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 devices will not turn on for 10-15 seconds even if
the battery door is closed fully. The hearing devices
return to the start up delay position each time you turn
your hearing devices on. This allows you to insert your
hearing devices 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. Indigo’s feedback technology dramatically
reduces this uncomfortable whistling before you or
anyone else can perceive it.

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Replacing the Battery
1. Gently swing out the battery
door with your fingernail.
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. This will ensure
that the battery door closes
properly.
Note: If the battery is inserted
incorrectly, the door will not close.
4. Close the battery door.
Plus (+)
Signs
Plus (+)
Signs

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
instruments off when not in use.
• Remove the batteries and keep the battery door open
while hearing instruments are not in use. This will
allow internal moisture to evaporate.
Battery Warnings
• Never leave hearing instruments or batteries where
small children and pets can reach them.
• Never put hearing instruments or batteries in your
mouth. If a hearing instrument or battery is
swallowed, call a physician immediately.
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Operating Instructions
Changing Programs on Your Indigo™Hearing
Instruments
Your Indigo hearing instruments have an automatic
program and up to three additional manual programs.
Indigo’s automatic program will satisfy most of your
listening needs by adjusting to different listening
environments without requiring manual adjustments. Up
to three additional manual programs can be individually
tailored by your hearing healthcare professional to meet
your particular listening needs.
Your hearing instruments may come equipped with a
push button which has been set for switching between
programs or adjusting your volume. 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.
Program Beeps
Your hearing instruments beep to indicate which program
Program 1 (i.e. Automatic Program) 1 beep
Program 2 (i.e. Group/Party Noise) 2 beeps
Program 3 (i.e. Easy-t/Telephone) 3 beeps
Program 4 (i.e. Music) 4 beeps
Easy-t/Telephone short melody
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you are in (i.e. one beep for program 1, two beeps for
program 2, etc.) If you prefer, your hearing healthcare
professional can adjust the pitch and loudness of the
program beep or turn it off entirely.
Adjusting the Volume
The volume on your hearing devices 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 push button volume control or a manual volume
control, you can further adjust the volume.
Push Button Volume Control
Volume Beeps
Your ideal volume is indicated by 1 beep. If you adjust
your volume, you will hear two beeps:
• One beep and one high-pitched beep indicates you
have increased your volume.
• One beep and one low-pitched beep indicates you
have decreased your volume.
Your hearing healthcare professional can help you
Volume Setting Beep
Ideal 1 beep
Increased loudness 1 beep + 1 high-pitched beep
Decreased loudness 1 beep + 1 low-pitched beep

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identify your different volume settings if required. If you
prefer, your hearing healthcare professional can adjust
the pitch and loudness of the volume beep or turn it off
entirely.
Manual Rotary Volume Control
The manual volume control is numbered one to four. One
indicates that the volume is at the minimum level and
four indicates that the volume is at the maximum level.
Rotate the volume control upward to increase the
volume or downward to decrease the volume. Note that
your volume control may be disabled by your hearing
healthcare professional and, therefore, could be inactive.
Before changing the volume on your hearing devices,
secure the device on your ear with your index finger and
thumb. Then using your thumb, rotate the volume
control up or down.
Listening in Windy Environments
Indigo’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
environment, the wind noise manager will not be active
and desirable sounds, such as speech, will once again
become louder.

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Listening in Quiet and Noisy Environments
Your Indigo hearing devices 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, Indigo contains technology that identifies and
minimizes sudden impulse sounds that many hearing
device 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 Indigo 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
replaced by your hearing healthcare professional
approximately every three months to ensure optimal
sound quality.

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Using Indigo™with the Telephone
Indigo has the ability, depending on hearing loss, vent
size and style of hearing instrument to provide feedback-
free phone use without program changes. When the
phone rings, pick up the telephone and place it in front
of 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
Indigo can also come equipped with an optional 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 coil varies among phone manufacturers, it may
be necessary to move the telephone receiver in front of
the hearing instrument’s microphone for the best