Unitron Indigo User manual

Indigo
™
BTE Guide

Table of Contents
Your Indigo™ Hearing Aids.............................................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 Aids On and Off ............8
Feedback-Free Listening .................................................9
Replacing the Battery....................................................10
Operating Instructions ..................................................12
Assistive Listening Devices ...........................................18
Caring for Your Indigo™ Hearing Aids..........................21
Cleaning Your Indigo™ Hearing Aids ...........................22
Warnings.......................................................................25
Troubleshooting Guide .................................................27
Warning to Hearing Aid Dispensers .............................30

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Your Indigo™Hearing Aids
Hearing Healthcare Professional:__________________________
_____________________________________________________
Telephone: ____________________________________________
Model: _______________________________________________
Serial Number:_________________________________________
Replacement Batteries: Size13 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 aids.
Indigo is a premium hearing instrument that delivers
superior sound quality, performance, and extraordinary
results. Indigo’sautomatic 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 aids 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 aids 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 aids, you should
wear them all day every day since infrequent use will not
permit you to adapt to your hearing aids 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 aids. 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
1Earhook
2Microphone and Microphone
Shield
3Program Button
4Volume Control
5Battery Door/
On & Off Switch
6 Slim tube
7Dome
8Retention 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 aids.
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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 aids.

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

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Feedback-Free Listening
Your Indigo hearing aids have an optional start up delay
that can be activated by your hearing healthcare
professional. If the start up delay is activated, your
hearing aids will not turn on for 10-15 seconds even if the
battery door is closed fully. The hearing aids return to
the start up delay position each time you turn your
hearing aids on. This allows you to insert your hearing
aids without experiencing whistling.
If you wear hearing aids now, you may have experienced
whistling from your hearing aids when you talk, chew,
use the telephone or hug someone. Indigo’sfeedback
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 digital hearing aids
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 aids. 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 discardbatteries carefully.
• To prolong battery life, remember to turn your hearing
aids off when not in use.
• Removethe batteries and keep the battery door open
while hearing aids arenot in use. This will allow
internal moisture to evaporate.
Battery Warnings
• Never leave hearing aids or batteries where small
children and pets can reach them.
• Never put hearing aids or batteries in your mouth. If a
hearing aid or battery is swallowed, call a physician
immediately.
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Operating Instructions
Changing Programs on Your Indigo™Hearing Aids
Your Indigo hearing aids 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 aids 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
anew program.
Program Beeps
Your hearing aids beep to indicate which program you are
in (i.e. one beep for program 1, two beeps for program 2,
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) 4beeps
Easy-t/Telephone short melody
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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 aids 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
identify your different volume settings if required. If 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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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
healthcareprofessional and, therefore, could be inactive.
Before changing the volume on your hearing aids, secure
the aid 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’swind noise manager will engage automatically
based on whether wind conditions aremoderate 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
bywind. 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 digital hearing aids 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
havethe directional microphones activated.
In addition, Indigo contains technology that identifies and
minimizes sudden impulse sounds that many hearing aid
wearers find irritatingly loud such as slamming doors or
clattering dishes. This technology is designed to increase
listening comfortin adverse listening situations without
impacting sound quality or your ability to understand
conversations.
Replacing the Microphone Protectors
Your Indigo digital hearing aids 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 aid 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 aid compatible phones. You will hear a short
melody to indicate you arein the telephone (easy-t)
program. If your phone is hearing aid 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 movethe telephone receiver in front of 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 aid 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 (Figure1). 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 (Figure3).
Warnings
•Be sure the magnet is securely affixed to the
telephone.
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Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

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• Keep loose magnets out of reach of children and pets.
• If the magnet falls into your ear, contact your hearing
healthcare professional.
•If the magnet is swallowed, contact your physician
immediately.
• The magnet may affect some medical devices or
electronic systems. Always keep the magnet (or the
telephone equipped with the magnet) at least 30 cm
(12”) away from pacemakers, credit cards, floppy
disks or other magnetically sensitive devices.
• Too high distortion during dialing or phoning may
mean that the phone handset is stressed by the
magnet. To avoid any damage, please move the
magnet to another place on the telephone receiver.
Assistive Listening Devices
Listening in Public Places
Indigo’s optional telecoil can also help you listen in
public places equipped with telecoil compatible assistive
listening devices such as a loop system. If your hearing
aids do not operate when the telecoil is on, the loop
system may not be operating or you may be in a “dead”
spot. Try positioning yourself in a different part of the
looped area or return your hearing aids to the
microphone position and sit as close to the speaker as
possible.