Widex BV-8e Bravissimo elan User manual

User’s instructions
Bravissimo élan
BV-8é
Behind-the-ear

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Your hearing aid, é-tip and accessories may not look
exactly the same as in these user’s instructions. We
furthermore reserve the right to make any changes
considered necessary.
Hearing aids and their accessories should
not be disposed of with normal house-
hold waste. Please consult your national
Widex distributor for advice on how to
dispose of your hearing aid.

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Contents
Your new Bravissimo élan hearing aid ..................4
A world of new sounds ...........................5
The road to better hearing and a more active everyday life 6
Help to help yourself .............................6
Bravissimo élan....................................8
The élan ear-set ...................................9
The battery ......................................10
Battery type ...................................10
Inserting the battery ............................11
Changing the battery............................12
Turning the hearing aid on and off ...................13
Left/right identification ............................14
Placing Bravissimo élan on/in the ear..................15
Removing Bravissimo élan ..........................16
Automatic adjustment of loudness ....................17
Fine tuning loudness ..............................18
Listening programs................................19
Listening programs:.............................20
Switching between the listening programs ...........21
Keeping Bravissimo élan clean .......................24
Cleaning accessories ............................24
Cleaning the hearing aid .........................25
Cleaning the élan ear-set.........................25
Changing the élan ear-set...........................28
Individualising the élan ear-set ....................29
Caring for your hearing aid .........................33
Good advice .....................................36
Accessories ......................................38
In case of malfunction .............................40

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Your new Bravissimo élan hearing aid
ank you for choosing a Widex hearing aid. We
have included these user’s instructions to inform
you about the various aspects associated with wear-
ing hearing aids. e instructions are made up of
two parts: e first part is an introduction to life as
a hearing aid user, how to get used to new sounds,
etc. e second part contains facts about your hear-
ing aid. How to operate and maintain it and what
you can do if you experience problems. Both parts
are equally important, so we recommend that you
read the entire booklet to get full satisfaction from
the quality and performance we have built into your
new Bravissimo élan hearing aid.
We hope you will be pleased with your new Widex
hearing aid.

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A world of new sounds
Becoming a hearing aid user can be an exciting
challenge. Your hearing aid does not restore normal
hearing, but it brings back sounds that you may not
have heard or thought about for years - everyday
sounds such as a ticking clock, dripping water, the
television, the car, footsteps on hard floors, children’s
voices,music,doors banging,laughter,tools,machin-
ery, etc. All these sounds can be a bit overwhelming.
Try to identify and localise the sounds you are not
accustomed to hearing. Once you become used to
hearing these everyday sounds again, they will be-
come a part of your active world of sounds.

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The road to better hearing and a more active
everyday life
Your hearing aids may help you regain the pleasure of
communicating with other people and increase your
quality of life. So, although it may feel like a big chal-
lenge in the beginning, it will be worth the effort.
Help to help yourself
Most modern hearing aids are designed with a mul-
titude of options, settings and features to benefit
most hearing aid users. Your Bravissimo élan hear-
ing aid is set individually to your hearing to ensure
the best and most comfortable sound reproduction.
After a period of use, your hearing aid may have
to be fine tuned by your hearing care professional.
Maybe you have discovered new needs, or maybe
there are situations where the loudness level or
sound reproduction is not satisfactory.e more de-
tails you can provide for your hearing care profes-
sional about your initial experience with the hearing
aids, the easier it is to find the right solution. Before
your next consultation with your hearing care pro-
fessional, it is important that you notice how your
new hearing aids feel.

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Make a note of the situations where you are not
satisfied and why. Is the problem related to low
frequency, high frequency, weak or loud sounds?
Is it all the time or only in specific situations? Try
to describe your experiences as detailed as possible
so that you and your hearing care professional have
something to go on when you meet again.

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Bravissimo élan
1. Microphone opening, where the sound enters
the hearing aid.
2. Volume control, which makes it possible to fine
tune the automatically adjusted loudness.
3. Program button, which allows you to choose be-
tween different listening programs.
4. On/off switch.
5. Battery drawer with a nail grip for easy opening.
6. élan ear-set.

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The élan ear-set
1. Earhook
2. Tubing
3. Anchor
4. é-tip

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The battery
Battery type
e recommended battery type for your Bravissimo
élan is:
Zinc Air battery type 13
For acquisition of batteries, consult your hearing
care professional. Please note the expiry date and
the recommendations regarding disposal of used
batteries on the battery pack. To ensure proper bat-
tery function, do not use batteries past the expiry
date. Because they are Zinc Air type batteries, they
need air to work. erefore, do not remove the ad-
hesive tab until just before inserting the battery in
the hearing aid. Once the tab has been removed, the
battery will start functioning after a few seconds.
e lifetime of the battery depends on a number of
factors, such as the setting of your hearing aid, how
many hours you use it daily and the listening envi-
ronments in which you use it.

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Inserting the battery
Before inserting a new battery in
your hearing aid, remember to re-
move the adhesive tab. Do not use
batteries on which there is a sticky
residue from the tab or other un-
wanted substance.
Push the nail grip upwards to
swing open the battery drawer.
e nail grip is located on the
opposite side of the on/off switch
at the bottom of the hearing aid.
e plus (+) sign of the battery
must face upwards. If the battery
drawer does not close easily, the
battery is incorrectly inserted.

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Changing the battery
If you hear four rapid beep-tones while wearing
your hearing aid, it is an indication that the battery
is nearly exhausted. Once the battery is totally ex-
hausted, the hearing aid will be completely silent.
Exactly how long the hearing aid will function af-
ter the beep-tones varies from one case to another.
We recommend that you always have a spare battery
with you.
Never leave an exhausted battery in the hearing aid.
Exhausted batteries may leak, which could dam-
age the hearing aid. When changing batteries, it is
a good idea to hold the hearing aid over a table or a
carpet, in case you drop the hearing aid or battery.

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Turning the hearing aid on and off
e battery drawer is placed at
the bottom of the hearing aid.
e battery drawer also func-
tions as the on/off switch.
e hearing aid is turned on
when the switch is pushed
upwards, and off when the
switch is pushed downwards.
e word “OFF” is clearly
visible on the switch when
the hearing aid is turned off.
Please remember to switch the hearing aid off when
it is not in use. Remove the battery if the hearing aid
will not be used for several days.

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Left/right identification
If you wear hearing aids on
both ears, your hearing care
professional can put coloured
marks on your hearing aids so
you can easily see which is for
the left ear and which is for
the right ear (red mark = right
and blue mark = left).

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Placing Bravissimo élan on/in the ear
Insert a battery in your hearing aid. We recommend
that you turn off the hearing aid before placing it on
the ear. First place the hearing aid behind the ear, so
that the earhook and tubing rest comfortably on the
ear, close to your head. en insert the é-tip in the
ear canal while holding the lower part of the tubing.
Lastly, make sure that the anchor is positioned cor-
rectly. It should rest at the opening of the ear canal
and secure the position of the é-tip as well as the
entire élan ear-set. When everything is in the cor-
rect position, turn on the hearing aid. Remember to
check at regular intervals that the hearing aid and
the ear-set are positioned correctly.

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Removing Bravissimo élan
First remove the hearing aid from its position be-
hind the ear.en, carefully pull the é-tip out of the
ear canal, while holding the lower part of the tub-
ing.

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Automatic adjustment of loudness
Bravissimo élan adjusts loudness automatically in
accordance with your sound environment. Several
thousand times per second, Bravissimo élan analyses
the surroundings and tailors its sound accordingly.
With Bravissimo élan you do not have to think
about adjusting the volume – it happens quite au-
tomatically.
Important: If the volume in your hearing aid is too
loud or too weak, or if the reproduced sounds are
distorted, or you would like any further information,
consult your hearing care professional.

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Fine tuning loudness
Bravissimo élan is also
provided with a volume
control, shaped like a
small lever. Push the le-
ver upwards to raise the
automatically set volume.
Push the lever downwards
to lower the volume. Use
short touches for minor
corrections of the volume. Faster adjustments are
obtained by keeping the lever pressed for some sec-
onds.
When you raise the volume, you will hear a beep-
tone for each step the volume is raised. When you
lower the volume, you will hear a deeper beep-tone
for each step the volume is lowered. When the
maximum or minimum adjustment level is reached,
a steady tone will sound until you release the lever.
Any adjustment of the automatic volume setting will
be cancelled when your hearing aid is turned off.

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Listening programs
Your Bravissimo élan behind-the-ear hearing aid
may be equipped with a number of listening pro-
grams optimised for different listening situations.
Your hearing care professional can help you select
the programs that are of use to you and make them
available on the hearing aid program button. If your
needs change over time, the combination of listen-
ing programs can be changed. In these user’s in-
structions, the hearing care professional can list the
listening programs that are available in your hearing
aid (see page 23).

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Listening programs:
M: “M” stands for Microphone and is the standard
setting, which means it is the listening program for
ordinary listening situations.
T: “T” stands for Telecoil. e telecoil can only be
used where a loop system is installed. Activating the
telecoil will enable you to listen directly to the source
of speech while excluding surrounding sounds.
M+T: “M+T” stands for a combination of micro-
phone and telecoil (M+T). If you activate “M+T”
you can listen directly to the source of speech and
still hear the surrounding sounds.