User guide
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General Precautions
• Consultaphysicianifyoundaforeignobjectinyourear
canal, if you experience skin irritation or if excessive ear
wax accumulates with the use of the hearing instrument.
• Dierent types of radiation, e.g. from NMR, MRI or CT
scanners, may damage the hearing instrument. There-
fore, do not wear the hearing instrument during these or
other corresponding scanning procedures. Other types
of radi-ation (burglar alarms, room surveillance systems,
radio equipment, mobile telephones, etc) contain less
energy and will not damage the hearing instrument. They
could however momentarily aect the sound quality or
create strange sounds from the hearing instruments.
• Warning:Donotwearthehearinginstrumentinminesor
other explosive areas, unless those areas are certied for
hearing instrument use.
• Warningtohearingcarepractitioners
Special care should be exercised in selecting and tting
hearing instrument(s) whose maximum sound pressure
level exceeds 132 dB SPL with an IEC 60711: 1981
occluded ear simulator, because there may be a risk of
impairing the remaining hearing of the hearing instrument
user.