User guide

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enable the Hearing Care Professional to select and fit hearing
instruments for your individual needs.
If you have reservations about your ability to adapt to
amplification, you should inquire about the availability of a
trial-rental or purchase-option program. Many Hearing Care
Professionals now offer programs that permit you to wear a
hearing instrument for a period of time for a nominal fee after
which you may decide if you want to purchase the hearing
instrument.
Only those fully informed adults who have either obtained
medical evaluation from a licensed physician or signed a waiver
statement declining the medical evaluation for religious or
personal beliefs that preclude consultation with a physician may
purchase hearing instruments. The exercise of such a waiver is not
in your best health interest and its use is strongly discouraged.
Warning to Hearing Care Professionals
An Hearing Care Professional should advise a prospective hearing
instrument user to consult promptly with a licensed physician
(preferably an ear specialist) before dispensing a hearing
instrument if the Hearing Care Professional determines through
inquiry, actual observation, or review of any other available
information concerning the prospective user that the prospective
user has any of the following conditions:
• Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear.
• Acute or chronic dizziness.
• History of active drainage from the ear within the previous
90 days.
• History of sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss within
the previous 90 days.
• Unilateral hearing loss of sudden or recent onset within the
previous 90 days.
• Audiometric air-bone gap equal to or greater than 15 decibels
(dB) at 500 Hertz (Hz), 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz.
• Visible evidence of significant cerumen accumulation or a
foreign body in the ear canal.
• Pain or discomfort in the ear.
Special care should be exercised in selecting and fitting a hearing
instrument whose maximum sound pressure level exceeds
132 decibels (dB), because there may be risk of impairing the
remaining hearing of the hearing instrument user.
A hearing instrument will not restore normal hearing and will not
prevent or improve a hearing impairment resulting from organic
conditions.
The use of hearing instruments is only part of hearing
rehabilitation and may need to be supplemented by auditory
training and instructions in lip reading. Consistent use of
amplification is recommended. In most cases, infrequent use of
hearing instruments does not permit the wearer to attain the full
benefit of amplification.
Warranty and Service
Your Siemens custom hearing instrument, with the exception of
the battery, is covered by a comprehensive warranty. All covered
instrument parts received for warranty service at an authorized
Siemens Service Center will be repaired or replaced with new
or reconditioned components, without charge, to meet the
performance specifications for that model.