User manual

Introduction
This manual is for users of the SPrint
™
Speech
Processor, which is part of the Nucleus
®
24
cochlear implant system. The SPrint is used with
the following Nucleus 24 cochlear implant systems:
• Nucleus
®
24
• Nucleus
®
24k
• Nucleus
®
24 Contour
™
The SPrint is also used with the auditory brainstem
implant, the Nucleus
®
24 ABI. Please refer to the
User Manual Addendum for the SPrint speech
processor and accessories, if you are a Nucleus 24
ABI recipient.
Nucleus 24 implant systems consist of three parts:
• the implant
• the speech processor
• the headset
Together these three parts convert sounds from the
environment into coded electrical information that
is interpreted by your brain as sound.
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