Widex Hearing Aid Care Kit Manuale utente

Hearing Aid Care Kit

User Instructions

It is important to keep your hearing aids clean and well-

functioning. The Care Kit is a collection of items which will

help you to take good care of the hearing aids to ensure

optimum performance. The following is a list of the Care

Kit items and instructions for their use.

1. Air Puffer

Use the air puffer to blow moisture out of the earmould

after cleaning or after daily use.

2. Battery Tester

We recommend that you test the batteries in your hearing aids

every morning to make sure that there is plenty of power left for

the day. The red light indicates that the battery is still good.

3. Battery Disposal Box

Fold open the box and use it for storing used batteries until they

can be safely disposed of.

4. Cleaning Cloth

Use the soft cloth daily to gently clean the hearing aid (not the

earmould) after daily use. To clean the earmould, please refer

to the user instructions you received with the hearing aid.

5. Cleaning Brush

Use the cleaning brush to gently clean around all openings

in the hearing aid after daily use.

6. Drying Kit for Hearing Aids

The Drying Kit removes moisture from the hearing aid.

Please refer to page 9 for Drying Kit instructions.

7. Listening Set for Parents

If you are the parent of a child with hearing loss, it is important

for you to understand your child’s reactions to his or her hearing

aids – especially if your child indicates that something is wrong.

While older children may be able to explain a problem in words,

younger children may react to malfunctioning hearing aids by

refusing to wear them, crying, or by reacting to sounds in an

unusual way such as seeming confused or startled.

The Listening Set allows you to listen to your child’s hearing

aids to make sure that they are functioning properly.

The Listening Set comes with two different tubes. Filters are

placed in the tubes which reduce the volume so you can listen to

the ampliﬁed sound from the hearing aid without damaging your

own hearing. The red tube has two ﬁlters (see ﬁg. 1, page 5)

which reduce the volume by an average of 30 dB so you can

safely listen to power hearing aids. The clear tube has one ﬁlter

which reduces the volume by an average of 15 dB so you can hear

the sound from moderate power hearing aids.

Procedure

Start by making sure that you are in a quiet listening environment.1.

If the instruments your child uses are power aids such2.

as 18, 19, 32, or 38 models: Make sure that the red tube with

two ﬁlters is connected to the Listening Set (ﬁg. 1, page 5).

Then connect the hearing aid to the tube as shown in ﬁg. 2,

page 6. The plastic tube ﬁts over the end of the hearing aid ear

hook. The ﬁt can be very tight, especially the ﬁrst time. Place

the Listening Set ends into your ears and turn the hearing aid

on. If this tube reduces the volume too much (if you cannot

hear your own voice through the hearing aid), change to the

clear tube with one ﬁlter as described below.

If the instruments your child uses are of moderate power

such as m, 8 or 9 models: Remove the red tube from the

Listening Set by snapping off the plastic connector. Snap the

plastic connector of the clear tube with one ﬁlter onto the

Fig. 1.

Listening Set with the red tube connected.

The arrows indicate the ﬁlters.

Listening Set (ﬁg. 3, page 7 and ﬁg. 4, page 8). You may need

to press hard to snap the connector into place.

Then connect the hearing aid to the tube as shown in ﬁg. 2,

page 6. The plastic tube ﬁts over the end of the hearing aid ear

hook. The ﬁt can be very tight, especially the ﬁrst time.

Place the Listening Set ends into your ears and turn the

hearing aid on. If this tube reduces the volume too much (if

you cannot hear your own voice through the hearing aid),

cut off the bottom 3 centimeters (1¼ inches) of the tube

containing the ﬁlter as show in ﬁg. 5, page 8.Connect the

hearing aid to the tube and you can listen to the hearing aid

without a volume-reducing ﬁlter.

Switch the hearing aid on and off, adjust the volume control3.

(if any) and switch between M, MT and T positions. Listen

for any noise that might indicate that the switches are not

working properly. When the hearing aid is in the T position,

you cannot hear your own voice through the hearing aid,

but you may hear a humming sound which is normal.

Listen to your own voice while saying “eeee” and “uuuu”.4.

Listen for interruptions, crackling noises etc. Note that even

if the hearing aid is functioning according to speciﬁcations,

your own voice will not sound completely normal to you after

being processed through a hearing instrument.

We recommend that you perform this listening test once a week,

as well as when your child indicates that something is wrong with

the hearing aid, or when the hearing aid has been dropped on

the ﬂoor, has been wet, or may otherwise have been damaged.

Fig. 3.

Exchange the tube as shown. Snap off

the red tube and snap on the clear tube.

Fig. 2.

Connect the hearing aid to the plastic tube as shown.

Drying Kit Instructions:

Use overnight to remove moisture from your hearing aid.

Behind-the-Ear Instruments:

Disconnect the earmould from the hearing aid.1.

Open battery drawer and remove battery.2.

With the battery drawer open, place hearing aid and3.

earmould into the container with the Hearing Aid Saver pod.

Close the lid tightly and wait overnight for best results.4.

In-the-Ear Instruments:

Open battery drawer and remove battery.1.

With the battery drawer open, place hearing aid into2.

the container with the Hearing Aid Saver pod.

Close the lid tightly and wait overnight for best results.3.

IMPORTANT:

The Hearing Aid Saver uses silica gel to absorb moisture.

Periodically you must reactivate this material. The desiccant

beads are orange when dry and turn green as they absorb

moisture. When all the desiccant beads are green, it is time

to reactivate. Warning: Do not put the pod or its contents in

your mouth. Keep out of reach of children.

Reactivating the Hearing Aid Saver Pod in a Microwave Oven:

Remove pod from container. Place pod screen-side up1.

in microwave and heat for 30 seconds on high.

Fig. 4.

Listening Set with the clear tube

connected. Make sure that the ﬁlter

is located at the end of the tube

furthest away from the Listening Set.

Fig. 5.

If necessary, cut the ﬁlter off the clear tube as shown.

Let cool to the touch. Repeat cycle until beads are orange.2.

Warning: Do not exceed 2 minutes total.3.

Let the Hearing Aid Saver pod cool before handling.

Reactivating the Hearing Aid Saver Pod in a Conventional Oven:

Remove desiccant pod from container and bake, screen-side1.

up, for 1 hour at 200°F (93°C), or until beads are orange.

Let the Hearing Aid Saver desiccant pod cool before handling.2.

Hearing Aid Care Tips:

You know how important your hearing aids are, so make sure you

take good care of them!

If dropped, hearing aids will break!•

Batteries are poisonous!•

Tell an adult as soon as your hearing aid sounds different.•

Keep your hearing aids away from pets!•

Hair dryers or hairspray are bad for hearing aids.•

Water and hearing aids don’t mix.•

Use a clean, dry cloth to clean your hearing aids – never water!•

Careful! Extreme heat can hurt your hearing aids!•

Leave surgery on your hearing aids to the Pros!•

Keep your hearing aids in a safe place when not in use.•

Sweat isn’t good for hearing aids!•

Visit www.widexconnect.ca for more details.

Fig. 6.

Hearing Aid Saver Dessicant Pod

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