Widex The mind 440 Series User Instructions
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- User Instructions
Widex The mind 440 Series is a sophisticated hearing aid that can be adjusted to your requirements in consultation with your hearing care professional. Some of the key capabilities of the device include:
- Automatic volume adjustment: The hearing aid volume is adjusted automatically in accordance with your sound environment.
- Fine tuning volume: With a remote control, you can fine-tune the volume to your preference.
- Multiple listening programs: The device can be programmed with different listening programs for specific listening situations, such as watching TV or in noisy environments.
Widex The mind 440 Series is a sophisticated hearing aid that can be adjusted to your requirements in consultation with your hearing care professional. Some of the key capabilities of the device include:
- Automatic volume adjustment: The hearing aid volume is adjusted automatically in accordance with your sound environment.
- Fine tuning volume: With a remote control, you can fine-tune the volume to your preference.
- Multiple listening programs: The device can be programmed with different listening programs for specific listening situations, such as watching TV or in noisy environments.
User’s instructions
The mind™440 Series
m4-CIC/m4-CIC-TR
Completely-in-canal
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The hearing aid and accessories shown in these instruc-
tions may not look the same as the ones you have. We
furthermore reserve the right to make any changes
considered necessary.
Hearing aids, accessories and batteries
should not be disposed of with normal
household waste. Please consult your na-
tional Widex distributor for advice on how
to dispose of your hearing aid.
Contents
Thank you... .............................................. 4
The hearing aid........................................... 5
Function signals .......................................... 7
Right/left identification ................................... 7
The battery............................................... 8
Inserting the battery................................... 9
Low battery indication................................11
Turning the hearing aid on and off .......................12
Placing the hearing aid ..................................13
Removing the hearing aid ...............................14
Possible start-up settings ................................15
Automatic volume adjustment...........................15
Fine tuning volume......................................16
Remote control .........................................17
Listening programs......................................18
Switching between the listening programs ............21
Cleaning ................................................22
The hearing aid.......................................23
The sound outlet .....................................26
The relief vent, short..................................27
The relief vent, full length.............................28
The microphone opening.............................29
Widex wax guard ........................................30
Changing the wax guard..............................31
Caring for your hearing aid ..............................34
Good advice.............................................36
In case of malfunction ...................................40
Your hearing aid.........................................43
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Thank you...
...for choosing a Widex hearing aid.
Your hearing aid is a sophisticated instrument that can
be adjusted to your requirements in consultation with
your hearing care professional.
All illustrations in this booklet
show a right-ear hearing aid.
Unless otherwise stated, the
same principles apply to the left
ear.
We hope you will be pleased with your new Widex
hearing aid.
The hearing aid
1. Microphone opening, where the sound enters the
hearing aid.
2. Battery drawer, which keeps the battery in place.
3. Nail grip on the battery drawer for easy opening.
4. On/off function, which is built into the battery
drawer.
5. Sound outlet, through which the amplified sound
from the hearing aid reaches your ear.
6. Widex wax guard
7. Extraction cord, which makes it easy to remove the
hearing aid from the ear canal.
8. Relief vent (short) for ventilation of the ear canal.
9. Relief vent (full length) for ventilation of the ear
canal.
Important
Please read this booklet carefully before you start
using your hearing aid.
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At the back of this booklet your hearing care profes-
sional can indicate the type of vent used in your hear-
ing aid, if any.
Function signals
Your hearing aid may be set to produce a signal to indi-
cate the use of certain functions. The signal can be a
spoken message or tones adjusted by the hearing care
professional in consultation with you. The signal can
also be deactivated.
Right/left
identification
If you are wearing hearing aids in
both ears, it is easy to tell them
apart. Most models will be
marked with a red Widex logo for
the right ear and a blue logo for
the left ear. The arrow shows the
position of the logo. An alterna-
tive model has a red or a blue
shell, respectively.
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Inserting the battery
Before inserting a new battery in the
hearing aid, remember to remove
the adhesive tab on the battery. Once
the tab has been removed, the bat-
tery will start functioning after a few
seconds. Do not use batteries on
which there is a sticky residue from
the tab or other unwanted sub-
stance.
The battery
We recommend Zinc Air batteries. Use a type 10 bat-
tery for your hearing aid.
To obtain replacement batteries, please consult your
hearing care professional. It is important to take note of
the expiry date and the recommendations regarding
disposal of used batteries on the battery pack. The bat-
tery life will depend on a number of factors, such as the
setting of your hearing aid, how many hours you use it
daily and the listening environments in which you use
it.
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1. Use the nail grip to open the battery drawer. Do not
press the battery drawer beyond the open position.
2. Place the battery in the drawer so that the small
plus (+) sign on the battery is visible when you hold
the hearing aid as shown.
3. You can use the provided battery magnet to steer
the battery into place.
If the battery drawer does not close easily, the battery
is incorrectly inserted.
Low battery indication
In the standard setting, the hearing aid will produce a
spoken message when the battery is nearly exhausted
(see page 7). If a setting with tone indication has been
chosen, four beep-tones will be produced. Once the
battery is totally exhausted, the hearing aid will be
completely silent. Exactly how long the hearing aid will
function after the low battery indication 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, damaging the hearing
aid. When changing battery, it is a good idea to hold
the hearing aid over a table.
Important
Be sure to place the battery in the curved battery
drawer as illustrated and not in the open space in-
side the hearing aid.
1. 2. 3.
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Turning the hearing aid on and off
The battery drawer also functions as the on/off switch.
1. Close the battery drawer to turn on the hearing aid.
If you have just turned off the hearing aid, wait at
least three seconds before turning it on again.
2. Open the battery drawer to turn off the hearing aid.
In the standard setting, a spoken message will indicate
that the hearing aid has been switched on (see page
7).
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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Placing the hearing aid
1. Close the battery drawer completely.
2. Hold your hearing aid by the extraction cord with
your thumb and forefinger. Slowly guide the hear-
ing aid into your ear canal until you feel resistance.
3. Let go of the extraction cord and use the tip of your
forefinger to gently push the hearing aid into your
ear until it rests comfortably in your canal.
4. To help position the hearing aid properly you could
pull the outer ear backwards and upwards with the
opposite hand.
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3. 4.
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Removing the hearing aid
Gently pull the extraction cord with
your thumb and forefinger.
If it is difficult, you can try to move
the hearing aid carefully from side
to side while pulling the extraction
cord. It may also help to pull the out-
er ear backwards and upwards with
the opposite hand.
Possible start-up settings
The hearing aid can be set to start up in two different
ways. In the standard start-up setting, the hearing aid
minimises whistling while it is being placed in the ear.
The alternative is a setting where the hearing aid whis-
tles slightly while you place it in the ear. Together with
your hearing care professional you can choose the
start-up setting that suits your needs best.
Automatic volume adjustment
The hearing aid volume is adjusted automatically in ac-
cordance with your sound environment.
Important
If the volume in your hearing aid is generally 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 volume
Ordinarily, you cannot fine tune the volume in your
hearing aid.
However, if you choose to have a remote control for
your hearing aid, the option of fine tuning the volume
becomes available.
Remote control
– an alternative way of operating the hearing aid.
A remote control is an accessory for your
hearing aid. It gives you a number of ad-
ditional options, such as adjusting the
volume or changing the listening pro-
gram.
For help to determine whether you
could benefit from a remote control,
please consult your hearing care profes-
sional.
If your hearing aid has a remote control, please also re-
fer to the user’s instructions for this.
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Listening programs
Ordinarily, your hearing aid has one listening program
(Master).
However, if you choose to have a remote control for
your hearing aid, you can have several listening pro-
grams intended for specific listening situations. De-
pending on how your hearing care professional has
programmed your hearing aid, you can have up to six
programs.
At the back of this booklet your hearing care profes-
sional can list the listening programs that are available
in your hearing aid. If your needs change over time, the
combination of listening programs can be changed.
When selecting a listening program, please remember
that there are situations where it is particularly impor-
tant to be able to hear the surrounding sounds (e.g.
traffic, warning signals).
Master: Standard program
Acclimatisation*: Has the same features as the Master
program, but provides slightly less amplification.
Music*: For listening to music.
TV*: For listening to the TV.
Comfort*: Attenuates background noise.
Audibility Extender*: Makes high-frequency sounds
audible.
Zen*: Makes fractal tones. The tones are adjusted ac-
cording to your hearing loss.
The Zen program may be used with amplification so
both the surrounding sounds and the fractal tones are
heard together. Or, it may be used alone (without am-
plification) in quiet when you are not required to hear
surrounding sounds.
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Up to two listening programs with one Zen style each
can be programmed for Zen. Furthermore, a special
Zen program can be made available. This is called Zen+
and can contain up to three Zen styles.
* This program can be made available if you have a remote control
for your hearing aid.
Important
Use of the different Zen programs may interfere
with hearing surrounding sounds including speech.
The programs should not be used when hearing
such sounds is important. Switch the hearing aid to
a non-Zen program in those situations.
Switching between the listening programs
If you have access to several programs via a remote
control, a spoken message will sound in the standard
setting each time you switch to another program (see
page 7).
If you have chosen the tone indication setting, the dif-
ferent sounds tell you which program you have cho-
sen:
Program 1: One brief beep•
Program 2: Two brief beeps•
Program 3: Three brief beeps•
Program 4: One long and one brief beep•
Program 5: One long and two brief beeps•
Zen+: Tone•
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Cleaning
The following accessories are available for cleaning the
hearing aid. Ask your hearing care professional which
accessories you need for your hearing aid.
1. Small brush
2. Soft cloth
3. Wax removing tool with a short and a long end
4. Long wax removing tool
Contact your hearing care professional if you need ad-
ditional supplies of cleaning accessories.
Widex
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The hearing aid
The hearing aid is a completely-in-canal hearing aid.
It is very important for the hearing aid’s performance
that it is kept free from earwax and dirt.
1. Clean your hearing aid daily with the soft cloth to
keep it dry and clean of earwax or dirt. Never clean
the hearing aid with water or cleaning solutions.
2. When the hearing aid is not in use, the battery
drawer should be left open, so as to ventilate the
hearing aid and allow it to dry.
We recommend that every time you take the hearing
aid out of your ear, you inspect the sound outlet, the
microphone opening in the battery drawer and the re-
lief vent opening to ensure that no wax or dirt has gath-
ered there.
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Below is an example of how the sound outlet, relief
vent and microphone opening can be positioned. The
hearing aid illustrated here is provided with a short
vent. The positions can be slightly different on your
hearing aid.
1. Sound outlet
2. Relief vent (short)
3. Microphone opening
1. 3.
2.
Below is another example of how the sound outlet, re-
lief vent and microphone opening can be positioned.
The hearing aid illustrated here is provided with a full
length vent. The positions can be slightly different on
your hearing aid.
1. Sound outlet
2. Relief vent outlet (full length, outlet)
3. Relief vent inlet (full length, inlet)
4. Microphone opening
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The sound outlet
It is important that the sound outlet is not blocked by
earwax. If it is blocked, do as follows:
Remove any visible earwax from
around the sound outlet with
the small brush or cloth.
If the sound outlet is still
blocked, you should change the
wax guard (see page 31).
Important
If you cannot clean the sound outlet completely,
you should contact your hearing care pofessional.
Do not insert anything into the sound outlet as this
could damage the hearing aid.
The relief vent, short
If your hearing aid has a short vent, the vent does not
go all the way through the hearing aid.
If earwax has accumulated in and/or around the relief
vent opening, do as follows:
Clean any earwax from the vent as
far as the long end of wax remov-
ing tool no. 3 can reach.
Important
It is important for the performance of the hearing
aid that the relief vent is never blocked. Make it a
habit to clean the relief vent every day! In rare cases
so much earwax can accumulate in the relief vent
that the hearing aid sound is affected. In that case
you should see your hearing care professional.
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The relief vent, full length
If your hearing aid has a full length vent, the vent goes
all the way through the hearing aid, from one end to
the other. If earwax has accumulated in and/or around
the relief vent opening, do as follows:
Clean any earwax from
the vent by passing the
long wax removing tool
all the way through the
vent.
Important
It is important for the performance of the hearing
aid that the relief vent is never blocked. Make it a
habit to clean the relief vent every day! In rare cases
so much earwax can accumulate in the relief vent
that the hearing aid sound is affected. In that case
you should see your hearing care professional.
The microphone opening
If dirt or earwax has gathered around the microphone
opening on the hearing aid front, do as follows:
Open the battery drawer and remove the battery.
Turn the hearing aid so the
open battery drawer is facing
downwards.
Guide the short end of wax re-
moving tool no. 3 through the
microphone opening on the
battery drawer from the inside
as illustrated.
Important
If you suspect that earwax or dirt has migrated
through the microphone opening and into the ac-
tual microphone inside the hearing aid, contact your
hearing care professional. Do not insert anything
into the actual microphone.
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Widex wax guard
The wax guard helps protect the hearing aid against
earwax. Always use Widex wax guards with your hear-
ing aid. Otherwise the warranty for your hearing aid
will be void.
A Widex wax guard system consists of the following
parts:
1. Holder
2. Removal hook
3. Wax guard
Wax guards come in a carrying
case. The wax guard is mounted
on one end of the holder.
Changing the wax guard
Insert the removal hook into the used wax guard placed
in the sound outlet. Pull the wax guard straight out.
1. Vent opening
2. Sound outlet
3. Used wax guard
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1. Turn the holder around so that the new wax guard
is in position to be inserted.
2. Insert the holder into the opening of the sound
outlet and gently press the wax guard into the
opening.
3. Then pull the holder straight out.
The new wax guard will automatically dismount from
the holder and remain in the sound outlet when the
holder is pulled out.
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4. After inserting the new wax guard, discard the
holder with the used wax guard attached to the
removal hook. Never reuse a wax guard.
The frequency with which wax guards should be
changed varies from one individual to another depend-
ing on, for example, the type and amount of earwax
produced.
If you have any questions regarding your wax guard,
please contact your hearing care professional.
4.
Important
If the wax guard fits loosely, discard it and insert an-
other. If the wax guard becomes dislodged from the
hearing aid while in the ear canal, please contact
your physician. Do not try to remove the wax guard
from your ear canal yourself.
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Caring for your hearing aid
With proper care, your hearing aid will give you consist-
ent reliable service. Here are some things you can do to
prolong the life of your hearing aid:
Switch your hearing aid off when it is not in use. •
Should you not use it for several days, take out the
battery.
Treat the hearing aid as the valuable object it is: with •
care. When the hearing aid is not in use, keep it in its
case in a cool, dry location where it cannot be reached
by children or pets.
When not in use, do not expose the hearing aid to ex-•
treme heat or high humidity.
In environments with high humidity, a Widex drying •
kit may be used daily to reduce the amount of mois-
ture inside the hearing aid. See the instructions en-
closed with the Widex drying kit.
Do not wear your hearing aid in the shower or swim-•
ming, or when using a hair dryer, perfume or other
sprays.
Never try to open or repair the hearing aid yourself. •
Do not wear your hearing aid during x-ray, MR scans, •
CT scans, short-wave diathermy, or similar radiation
treatments and never place your hearing aid in a mi-
crowave oven. These are some of the types of radia-
tion that can damage your hearing aid. Radiation
from, for example, room surveillance equipment,
burglar alarms and cellular telephones is weaker and
will not damage your hearing aid.
Widex hearing aids are not certified for use in mines •
or other areas with explosive gases.
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Good advice
The use of hearing aids increases the risk of accumu-•
lation of earwax. Contact your physician/ENT doctor
if you suspect that a plug of earwax has accumulated
in your ear. Earwax may not only reduce your own
hearing but also the effect of the hearing aid consid-
erably. It is a good idea to ask your physician to clean
your ears a couple of times a year.
Please be sure to keep the hearing aid and its acces-•
sories out of the reach of children, who might place
them in their mouths. Also keep batteries out of chil-
dren’s reach and discard used batteries carefully. Do
not change batteries in front of children and do not
let them see where you keep your supply.
Batteries are very small and can easily be mistaken •
for pills or the like. Never put a battery or hearing aid
in your mouth for any reason as you may risk swal-
lowing it. In case of ingestion, contact your physician
immediately.
The hearing aid will not restore normal hearing but •
can help you make best possible use of your remain-
ing hearing ability. However, you should be aware
that it takes time to get used to a new hearing aid
and new sounds.
The hearing aid is made of modern non-allergenic •
materials. Still, in rare cases skin irritation can occur. If
you notice skin irritation in or around your ear or ear
canal, contact your hearing care professional.
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Please be aware that the use of any type of hearing •
aid may involve a slightly increased risk of infection
in the ear canal. An infection can arise as a result of
inadequate ventilation of the ear. Therefore, we rec-
ommend that you remove the hearing aid from your
ear at night to allow the ear canal to be ventilated.
Make sure that you clean and inspect your hearing
aid as required. If an infection occurs, you should
seek medical attention and contact your hearing care
professional for advice on how to disinfect the hear-
ing aid. Do not under any circumstances use alcohol,
chlorine or similar substances.
In case of malfunction
The following pages include some quick advice in case
you experience problems with your hearing aid. Please
follow the advice below before contacting your hear-
ing care professional.
If the hearing aid is dead, it could be because:
The hearing aid is not turned on.• Make sure the battery
is placed correctly and the battery drawer is closed
correctly.
The battery is dead or does not work. • Insert a new bat-
tery in the battery drawer of the hearing aid.
The sound outlet is blocked. • Clean the area around the
sound outlet of the hearing aid with the small brush
(see page 26). If the sound outlet is still blocked, you
should change the wax guard. If you cannot clean
the sound outlet completely, you should contact
your hearing care professional. Do not insert any-
thing into the sound outlet as this could damage the
hearing aid.
The microphone opening is blocked.• Clean the micro-
phone opening as described on page 29. If you sus-
pect that earwax or dirt has migrated through the
microphone opening and into the actual microphone
inside the hearing aid, contact your hearing care pro-
fessional. Do not insert anything into the actual mi-
crophone.
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Widex The mind 440 Series User Instructions
- Type
- User Instructions
Widex The mind 440 Series is a sophisticated hearing aid that can be adjusted to your requirements in consultation with your hearing care professional. Some of the key capabilities of the device include:
- Automatic volume adjustment: The hearing aid volume is adjusted automatically in accordance with your sound environment.
- Fine tuning volume: With a remote control, you can fine-tune the volume to your preference.
- Multiple listening programs: The device can be programmed with different listening programs for specific listening situations, such as watching TV or in noisy environments.
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