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34 Tip: Practice inserting and removing your hearing instruments correctly. One easy way to practice is to sit down at a table. Place a mirror in front of you and prop your elbows on the table so you can guide your hands easily and safely. This will help you stay relaxed and comfortable while you practice. All 35 Notes and care Ear wax accumulates on your ear mould. This can lead to inflammation in your auditory canal if the instruments are not cleaned regularly. Therefore: 1. 1. It is essential to detach the ear mould from your behind- the-ear instrument and place it in the cleaning at least 15 minutes. Caution: The hearing instrument itself cannot tolerate any moisture. 2. 2. Bring your hearing instruments regularly to your hearing instrument specialist, on the schedule that he or she recommends, to have the hearing tube changed and the instrument checked. You should place your hearing instruments in a “ dry bag“ with a special moisture-attracting capsule overnight. The drying capsule draws damaging moisture out of the instruments. Your hearing instrument specialist stocks the special care sets and drying capsules you need to keep your hearing instrument in good condition. The best to handle hearing Your new TRIANO hearing instruments are highly sensitive instruments. This naturally requires some care in their handling. They should then always give you good service. Caution! As with all electrical, non gas-encapsulated instruments, the hearing instruments must not be operated in explosion-endangered rooms. 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. All 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 the instruments during the therapy. Make sure to switch off the instruments when not in use. This saves the batteries. If you don’t wear your instruments for a longer time, remove the batteries. Batteries can leak out. Replace batteries that have leaked out immediately. 37 How failures In selecting TRIANO extremely dependable devices. should a fault occur, it can usually be corrected If the instrument whistles Test the instrument yourself by closing the sound outlet opening with your fingertip. If the whistling disappears, the instrument is in order. Check that the ear mould sits properly in your ear. Also test the hearing tube for leaks. outlet opening If the whistling noise is still audible, only your hearing instrument specialist can provide assistance. If the hearing instrument is too quiet Most likely, you need to insert a new battery. If it is still too quiet, clean the ear mould and hearing tube, following the directions in the chapter “Notes for cleaning and care“. If neither a new battery nor cleaning helps, as a precaution you should 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 closed? Is the battery inserted correctly? Could it be that the battery is dead? If none of these hints help, you should visit your hearing instrument specialist. Sound Hearing Hearing instruments reproduce an abundance which frequently haven’t been experienced by you for many years. Every person reacts differently the first time he or she wears a hearing instrument. The familiarization 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 short time the positive new hearing experience prevails and you’ll find your hearing instruments to be something quite normal. Hearing training helps you here. You’ll become more and more perfect, and naturally surer, step by step. 1st step Discover simple sound in your direct surroundings Wear your instruments in different situations in different rooms. Repeat this exercise and you’ll become more and more familiar with the sounds. 2nd step All Experience sounds outdoors First choose quiet surroundings for this. For instance, while taking a stroll you’ll discover all sorts of sounds in the silence of the forest. 39 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 you’re talking to to speak at a normal conversational level. Exercise: Have sentences read out to you and repeat these sentences. 5th step Get used to conversations in a group Convers...
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