Unitron Passport User manual

Passport™
BTE Guide
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Table of Contents
Your Passport™ Hearing Instruments ............................1
Overview of your Passport™ BTE ..................................2
Features of your Passport™ Hearing Instrument ..........4
Putting your Hearing Instruments on your Ears.............5
Turning your Hearing Instruments On and Off ..............7
Battery Information.........................................................8
Operating Instructions ..................................................10
Using the Telephone .....................................................15
Caring for your Hearing Instruments.............................17
Cleaning your Hearing Instruments ..............................18
Signature Features of your Passport™ Hearing
Instruments ................................................................21
Assistive Listening Devices...........................................23
Warnings.......................................................................25
Troubleshooting Guide .................................................28
Warning to Hearing Instrument Dispensers .................31
Notices..........................................................................34
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Your Passport™ Hearing Instruments
Hearing Healthcare Professional:_______________________
__________________________________________________
Telephone: _________________________________________
Model: ____________________________________________
Serial Number:______________________________________
Replacement Batteries: Size 13
Warranty: __________________________________________
Program 1 is the Automatic Program
Program 2 is the manual program for: __________________
Program 3 is the manual program for: __________________
Program 4 is the manual program for: __________________
Date of Purchase: ___________________________________
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Overview of your Passport™ BTE
There are different styles of BTEs available. The
diagrams below identify some of the components on
your hearing instruments. Have your hearing healthcare
professional place a check beside the diagram that best
describes your hearing instrument style and
attachment.
slim tube and dome earmold
Attachment Style (check one)
My hearing instrument has (check all that apply)
smartFocus™ Program Button
duoLink Volume Control Lever
Binaural Telephone Push Button Volume Control
Optional Accessories (check all that apply)
Smart Control
uDirect™
See User Guides for more information.
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Legend
1 Earhook
2 Microphone and Microphone Shield
3 Program Button or Push Button Volume Control
(depending on your customized fitting)
4 Volume Control Lever or smartFocus™
(depending on your customized fitting)
5 Battery Door/On & Off Switch
6 Slim Tube
7 Dome
8 Retention Piece
9 Earmold
1
2
3
4
4
59
6
8
2
3
5
7
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Features of your Passport™ Hearing
Instrument
Passport premium hearing instruments come
equipped with the following features:
• automatic listening program
• 3 additional manual programs
• SmartFocus with personal adjustment for Clarity
and Comfort settings
• Wireless capability with duoLink
• Optional wireless connectivity to other devices
It may take some time for you to fully adjust to your
new hearing instruments. In the beginning, do not feel
as though you need to wear them for longer than is
comfortable. Depending on your previous experience
with hearing instruments, increase wearing time
gradually until you have fully adjusted to them.
Eventually, you should wear your Passport hearing
instruments all day every day.
Please consult your hearing healthcare professional
regarding any adjustments you may require to ensure
that you are happy with your hearing instrument. For
instance, pitch and loudness of the beeps can be
adjusted or turned off entirely. Also note that this is a
general guide and your hearing healthcare
professional may have enabled or disengaged certain
features depending on your requirements.
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Putting your 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.
BTEs with Earmolds
1. Hold the ear mold between your thumb and index
finger. The opening should be pointing in towards
your ear canal with the BTE resting upwards over
the top of your ear. Carefully insert the earmold in
your ear. You may need to twist it slightly
clockwise. The earmold should fit into your ear
snugly and comfortably.
2. Place the hearing instrument over the top of your
ear.
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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.
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Turning your 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.
ON:
To turn the hearing instrument on, close the battery
door fully. Note: It may take 5 seconds before
the hearing device turns on. Your hearing healthcare
provider can additionally increase the start up delay if
required.
OFF:
To turn the hearing instrument off, partially open the
battery door. This position allows excess moisture to
vent away from the battery compartment.
Note: When turning your hearing
instrument on and off while it is on the ear,
grasp the top and bottom of the device
with your index finger and thumb. Use your
thumb to open and close the battery door.
on off open
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Battery Information
To replace the hearing instrument battery, fully open
the battery door for access to the battery
compartment.
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.
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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.
Caring for Batteries
• Always discard batteries in a safe and
environmentally friendly way.
• 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.
Plus (+)
Signs
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Operating Instructions
Your Passport BTE hearing instrument comes with 2
controls that allow you to further adjust your Passport
hearing instrument – a lever and a push button.
Lever
The lever on your hearing instruments can be set
up as either a volume control, or a smartFocus
control.
Volume Control
If the lever has been configured as a volume control,
you can adjust the loudness of your hearing
instruments by pushing the volume control lever in to
increase the loudness and pressing the volume
control lever down to decrease the loudness. The
optional remote control also allows you to adjust your
volume levels; please refer to the Smart Control User
Guide for more information.
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.
Volume Setting Beeps
Ideal volume level 1 beep
Maximum volume level 2 beeps
Minimum volume level 2 beeps
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If duoLink is enabled, the hearing instrument can also
be set so that by changing the volume on one hearing
instrument, both will be adjusted.
Your Passport hearing instruments will learn your
volume control adjustments in different environments
while the hearing instruments are set to the automatic
program, if this feature has been enabled by your
hearing healthcare professional. Over time, the
hearing instruments will adjust the default volume
settings in the automatic program to the levels that
you typically use.
Your hearing healthcare professional can help you
identify your different volume control settings.
SmartFocus™
If the lever has been configured as a smartFocus, push
the lever in to improve the clarity of sounds in front of
you, such as speech. For greater overall listening
comfort in noisy listening situations, press the lever
down. Each step will change the hearing instrument
performance. Sometimes multiple steps are required
to achieve the desired listening results. After each
step wait for about 4-5 seconds to allow the hearing
instrument to adjust to the new setting.
As you change the smartFocus level, your hearing
instruments will beep. Please refer to the chart below
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to learn more about the different comfort-clarity
beeps.
If duoLink is enabled, the hearing instrument can also
be set so that by changing one hearing instrument,
both will be adjusted.
Push Button
Your hearing instruments are equipped with a
push button which can be set for switching
between programs or to adjust your volume.
Program Control
If you have an active push button program control,
each time you push the button, you will move to a
new program. Also if duoLink is enabled, the hearing
instrument can also be set so that by pressing the
push button on one hearing instrument, both will be
adjusted.
Your hearing instruments 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
SmartFocus Setting Beep
Maximum sound clarity level 2 beeps
Maximum listening comfort level 2 beeps
Ideal comfort and clarity level 1 beep
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healthcare professional can adjust the pitch and
loudness of the program beep or turn it off entirely.
Your Passport hearing instruments may also come
with an optional remote control which allows you to
switch between different listening programs.
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
duoLink (if enabled) Opposite ear beeps the
same as side being adjusted
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Volume Control
Your Passport hearing instruments will learn your
volume control adjustments while the hearing
instruments are set to the automatic program, if this
feature has been enabled by your hearing healthcare
professional. Over time, the hearing instruments will
adjust the default volume settings in the automatic
program to the levels that you typically use.
If your push button has been configured as a volume
control, you can adjust the volume level by pushing
the button.
Your hearing healthcare professional can help you
identify your different push button volume control
settings.
Volume Setting Beeps
Ideal volume level 1 beep
Increased loudness 1 beep + 1 high-pitched beep
Decreased loudness 1 beep + 1 low-pitched beep
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Using the Telephone
As telephones do not all work the same, you may
experience different results from different phones. You
can use many phones by simply holding the receiver
to your ear, without the need to change to a dedicated
telephone program on your hearing instrument.
Remember to move the handset slightly up or back to
find the position that sounds best to you.
Depending on the phone type you use, your hearing
healthcare professional might have selected a
dedicated phone program on your hearing
instruments. Therefore your hearing instrument may
have an automatic telephone program (easy-t
feature), which automatically switches you to a
dedicated telephone program when your hearing
instrument is close to a telephone receiver.
When the receiver is moved away from the hearing
instrument it will automatically return to the previous
listening program. 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.
If your Passport hearing instruments are configured to
work with the wireless uDirect accessory, you might
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benefit from a Bluetooth hands free option. Refer to
the uDirect User Guide for more information.
If duoLink is enabled for the automatic phone
program, both hearing instruments are synchronized
and the listening preference for the opposite ear will
also change when an automatic phone program is
activated.
Consult your hearing healthcare professional if you
experience difficulties using your hearing instruments
on the phone.
To affix the optional 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).
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
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Caring for your Hearing Instruments
• Open the battery door when not in use.
• Always remove your hearing instruments when
using hair care products. The hearing instruments
can become clogged and cease to function properly.
• Do not wear your hearing devices in the bath or
shower or immerse them in water.
• If your hearing instruments do become wet, do not
attempt to dry them in an oven or microwave. Do not
adjust any controls. Open the battery doors
immediately, and allow your hearing instruments to
dry naturally for 24 hours.
• Protect your hearing instruments from excessive
heat (hair dryer, vehicle glove box or dashboard).
• Regular use of a dehumidifier, such as a Dri-Aid kit,
can help prevent corrosion and prolong the life of
your hearing instruments.
• Do not drop your hearing instruments or knock them
against hard surfaces.
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Cleaning your Hearing Instruments
Ear wax is natural and common. Ensuring your hearing
instruments are free of ear wax is an important step in
your daily cleaning and maintenance routine.
• Never use alcohol to clean your hearing devices,
earmolds or domes.
• Do not use sharp tools to dislodge ear wax.
Sticking household items into your hearing devices
or earmolds can seriously damage them.
Passport Hearing Instruments with Earmolds
Earmolds send amplified sound
from the hearing devices into the
ears. They must fit into your ears
snugly and comfortably. If amplified
sound leaks out of your ear, you
may hear whistling.
Always ensure earmolds are clean
and free of earwax. Do not use alcohol to clean your
earmolds. If the earmolds become plugged, clear the
opening with a wax loop or pipe cleaner. If your
physician prescribes eardrops, clean any moisture
that may get into the earmolds or tubing to prevent
plugging.
If the earmolds require further cleaning, disconnect
the plastic tube from the hook of the hearing devices.
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