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MUSIC Pro
User Guide
In-the-Ear Instruments
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Siemens Hearing Solutions
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A friendly guide to your new Siemens hearing instruments Congratulations! You have decided in favour of hearing instruments from Siemens. You have taken an important step towards being able to hear better. From now on, your new hearing instruments will be your constant companions. You will profit from our many years of research and experience in microelectronics. Soon it will be easy for you to hear again. Good hearing is an important requirement for your physical well being. Your new hearing in
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The best way to use your new hearing instruments In this short guide you’ll find instructions about inserting, placing and adjusting your MUSIC Pro hearing instruments. There are also tips and information on correct handling, cleaning, care and battery changing. And naturally information about how you can help yourself if you cannot visit a hearing instrument specialist immediately. One important note: Your hearing success depends largely on how well your instruments fit in the ears and how care
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How your MUSIC Pro In-the-Ear hearing instruments look like Your hearing instruments are custom-made according to the shape of your ears or ear canals. Compare your hearing instruments with the following diagrams. You will certainly recognize your hearing instrument type, although the outer contours can vary. 6 5 1 2 3 4 3 1 4 5 6 MUSIC Pro IT MUSIC Pro CT 6 5 1 3 3 1 6 7 MUSIC Pro CS MUSIC Pro CIC 1) Microphone 4) Program button (option) 2) Second microphone 5) Volume control (option) (opti
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How to insert your In-the-Ear instruments Hold your hearing instrument between thumb and index finger and carefully push the instrument in the ear canal. Now bring it into the correct position by turning it slightly. You may find it helpful to pull your external ear slightly upwards or to the rear. You may want to push the instrument very gently with your index finger. Once inserted, you should feel that the hearing instrument is correctly placed. Now insert the other instrument in the same way.
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How to remove the instruments from your ear Pull on your ear lobe to loosen the instrument in your auditory canal. You can now remove the instrument, using the thumb and index finger of your other hand. You can use the tip of your finger to push a small instrument out from the auditory canal. If you can open the battery compart- ment with your fingernail while the hearing instrument is still in your ear, use the battery compartment to pull the instrument out from the ear. Even smaller hearing i
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Battery changing Open the battery compartment Insert the battery Close the battery compartment When inserting the battery please pay attention to the plus side on the battery. The plus (+) side of the battery is always the smooth side. You can recognise the minus (–) side by the coloured ring. You should always keep spare batteries at hand. If you feel you cannot change the battery yourself, ask someone to help you: a family member, friend or your hearing instrument specialist. 7
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Safety notes for batteries WARNING Keep batteries away from children! Batteries must not be swallowed. Remove the batteries when the instrument is not in use over a prolonged period. Replace leaking batteries without delay. Do not throw away your dead batteries! Return them to your hearing instrument specialist for proper, environmentally conscious disposal. Your battery type: Hearing instrument Battery type MUSIC Pro IT 312 13 MUSIC Pro CT 312 MUSIC Pro CS A 10 MUSIC Pro CIC A 10 Your hearing i
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Handling batteries Zinc-air batteries are used today almost exclusively in hearing instruments to minimise environmental damage. These batteries require oxygen for operation, which they absorb from the air. The battery is activated as soon as the protective foil is pulled off and is used up even if you do not use your hearing instrument. You should always pull off the protective foil only when you actually use the battery. Also, do not leave the batteries in your INFINITI Pro hearing instruments
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Hearing instruments with a program button If you have chosen MUSIC Pro hearing instruments with a selection of programs, then you can adapt your hearing instruments to a changed hearing situation by lightly pressing the program button. For example, this can help you to better understand the person you are talking to, even when there are interfering background noises. Use this program button to choose one of the programs. When you change the program, signal tones confirm the change: One signal to
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Hearing instruments with telecoil The telecoil is intended for telephone conversations and for using induction loops, e.g. in churches, theaters or lecture rooms. In order to be able to use the telephone coil, your telephone also must be suitable for hearing instruments and emit an adequate magnetic field. It is mostly older telephones which meet these requirements. Unfortunately, modern phones, particularly cordless telephones and mobile phones, do NOT all emit a magnetic field. In these cases
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Hearing instruments with volume control MUSIC Pro hearing instruments work automatically, so that manual adjustments of the volume are not necessary. If you would still like to adjust the volume yourself, most MUSIC Pro models offer a volume control on request. If you do not wish to make use of the volume control, your hearing instrument specialist can deactivate it. 12
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Tips for cleaning and care Ear wax accumulates on your hearing instruments. This can lead to inflammation in your auditory canal if the instruments are not cleaned regularly. Therefore: Clean your In-the-Ear instruments at least twice a week (possibly even daily, if you see a lot of ear wax). Use 1. special, hygienic cleaning agents and the equipment designed especially for hearing instruments. Caution: Water will damage your hearing instrument. Never use water for cleaning! The sieve, recess o
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Bring your hearing instruments regularly to your hearing instrument specialist on the schedule that he or she 3. recommends for changing the wax guard, cleaning the venting channel, the microphone and sound outlets, and the instrument in general. The hearing instrument specialist makes sure that the hearing instruments function perfectly and fit properly in the ear. Two more tips: You should place your hearing instruments in a ”dry bag” with a special moisture-attracting capsule overnight. The d
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The best way to handle your hearing instruments Your new Siemens hearing instruments are highly sensitive devices. This naturally requires some care in their handling. They should then always give you good service. 15
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Some useful tips: Never expose your hearing instruments to extreme temperatures or high humidity. Never let them lie in the blazing sun. Do not wear them when taking a shower or when using hairspray. In short-wave therapy or if you work or are medically treated with strong magnetic or high-frequency fields or X-rays, under no circumstances may you wear your hearing instruments during the therapy or while working. Make sure to switch off the instruments when not in use. This saves on batteries. I
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How you can help yourself In selecting your MUSIC Pro hearing instruments, you have chosen extremely dependable devices. However, should a fault occur, it can usually be corrected quickly. Sound outlet Important tips: opening If the hearing instrument whistles Test the instrument yourself by covering the sound outlet opening with your fingertip. If the whistling disappears, the instrument is in order. Check that the instrument sits properly in your ear. If the whistling noise is still audible, o
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If the hearing instrument is too quiet or you hear two signal tones within one minute. Most likely, you need to insert a new battery. If it is still too quiet, clean the instrument, following the directions given in the chapter ”Tips for cleaning and care”. If neither a new battery nor cleaning helps, as a precaution ask your hearing instrument specialist to test your hearing again. If the hearing instrument does not work at all Is the instrument turned on? Is the battery compartment completely
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Hearing training made easy Hearing instruments reproduce an abundance of sounds which frequently haven’t been experienced for many years. Every person reacts differently when he or she wears a hearing instrument for the first time. The familiarisation phase therefore differs from person to person. There are people who are quite happy to wear their hearing instruments the whole day right from the start. Others will regard it as a foreign body at first. You’ll notice that even after a relatively s
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3rd step Become familiar with your own voice By now you’ve already made considerable progress! You’ve become much more familiar with the sounds in your daily environment. As an exercise read out loud and concentrate on your own voice. 4th step Learn to understand the speech of others Wear the instruments when you speak with someone in your family. Make a date with a friend. Explain your new situation and ask the person to speak at a normal conversational sound level. Exercise: Have sentences rea
