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If you have the personal alarm enabled, it will
sound four short pings each minute when the
batteries in your speech processor are nearly dead.
Replace the batteries immediately.
I don’t hear anything
I only hear sounds intermittently
Check the display panel troubleshooting symbols
and functioning of the headset as described below:
1. Turn on the speech processor.
2. Ensure the headset is properly connected.
3. Check the headset function. See 'Headset
Function Check'.
4. Check the RF transmission. See 'Testing RF
transmission'.
If the RF Test symbol does not appear, inform your
implant center that the speech processor failed the
transmission test.
Speech sounds unclear to me
Speech sounds too soft /too noisy
Soft speech and loud background noise are the two
main factors that may influence your ability to
understand speech in a particular environment.
If background noise is too loud, turn the
autosensitivity on.
If this does not help, turn the autosensitivity off
and:
1. Check that the headset transmitting coil is in place.
2. Check the segment meter.
• If the meter displays less than five segments,
the speaker may be too soft. Check the
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