Widex C4-9 User Instructions

User instrUctions

The clear™440 SerieS

c4-9

behind-the-ear

Contents

THANKYOU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

THEHEARINGAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

RIGHTLEFTIDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

ACOUSTICINDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

THEBATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

INSERTINGTHEBATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

LOWBATTERYINDICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

TURNINGTHEHEARINGAIDONANDOFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

VOLUMEADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

LOSTPARTNERALARM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

LISTENINGPROGRAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

SWITCHINGBETWEENTHELISTENINGPROGRAMS . . . . . 

ZEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

USINGATELEPHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

HEARINGAIDWITHANEARMOULD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

POSITIONINGTHEHEARINGAIDANDEARMOULD . . . . . . . . 

REMOVINGTHEHEARINGAIDANDEARMOULD . . . . . . . . . . 

HEARINGAIDWITHANINSTANTEAR-TIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

RIGHTLEFTIDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

POSITIONINGTHEHEARINGAIDANDINSTANTEAR-TIP . . . 

THEANCHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

REMOVINGTHEHEARINGAIDANDINSTANTEAR-TIP . . . . . 

HEARINGAIDWITHACUSTOMEAR-TIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

RIGHTLEFTIDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

POSITIONINGTHEHEARINGAIDANDCUSTOMEAR-TIP . . . 

THEANCHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

REMOVINGTHEHEARINGAIDANDCUSTOM

EAR-TIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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Your widex Clear™440
hearing aid

(To be filled out by the hearing care professional)

Date: ___________________________________

Battery size: _____________________________

Ear-set:

 Earmould

 Instant ear-tip

 Custom ear-tip

Ear-tip size: Left _____ Right _____

Tubing size: Left _____ Right _____

CLEANING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

THEHEARINGAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

THEEAR-SET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

THEEARMOULD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

THEINSTANTANDCUSTOMEAR-TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

ASSEMBLINGTHEEAR-SET-INSTANTEAR-TIP . . . . . . . . . 

ASSEMBLINGTHEEAR-SET-CUSTOMEAR-TIP . . . . . . . . . 

ACCESSORIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

INCASEOFMALFUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

CARINGFORYOURHEARINGAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

GOODADVICEANDWARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

REGULATORYINFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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thank You...

...for choosing a Widex hearing aid.

Your hearing aid is designed with high-quality sound,
ease, comfort and freedom of choice in mind.

We hope you will be pleased with your new Widex
hearing aid.

IMPORTANT

This booklet contains important information and instructions.
Please read this booklet carefully before you start using the hear­ing aid.

Your hearing aid, ear-set and accessories may not look exactly as
illustrated in this booklet. We also reserve the right to make any
changes considered necessary.

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the hearing aid

The illustration below shows the hearing aid without
the ear-set.

1. Microphone openings

2. Volume control (optional)

3. Program button

4. On/off switch

5. Battery drawer with nail grip

Below, your hearing care professional can tick the
ear-set solution chosen for you.

 Earmould  Instant ear-tip  Custom ear-tip

RIGHT/LEFT IDENTIFICATION

The arrow shows the position of the
identification mark (red mark = right
and blue mark = left).

ACOUSTIC INDICATORS

The hearing aid may be set to produce a signal to in­dicate the use of certain functions. The signal may be
a spoken message or tones adjusted by the hearing
care professional in consultation with you. The signal
can also be deactivated.

Adjusting volume Tone* Off

Confirming program button use

Clicking
sound

Off

Changing program Message Tones Off

Starting up the hearing aid Message Tone Off

Warning about low battery Message 4 tones Off

Warning about lost partner Message Off

Service reminder Message Off

* bold indicates standard setting

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THE BATTERY

We recommend zinc-air batteries. Use a size 13 bat-
tery for the 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.

INSERTING THE BATTERY

Before inserting a new battery into the
hearing aid, remember to remove the ad­hesive tab. Once the tab has been re­moved, the battery will start functioning
after a few seconds. Do not use batteries
on which there is a sticky residue from
the tab or other unwanted substance.

Use the nail grip to gently swing the
battery drawer open.

Place the battery in the drawer, so that the plus (+)
sign on the battery faces upward. You can use the
battery magnet provided to steer the battery into
place.

If the battery drawer does not close easily, the bat­tery is incorrectly inserted.

When changing battery, it is a good idea to hold the
hearing aid over a table.

The hearing aid may be provided with a special bat­tery drawer, helping to secure the battery in the
drawer. This type of drawer can be a good choice if
the hearing aid is worn by a child.

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LOW BATTERY INDICATION

An acoustic indicator will sound when the battery is
nearly exhausted, unless this function has been disa­bled (see page 7). 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.

IMPORTANT

Your hearing aid may stop functioning, for instance if the battery
is exhausted. You should be aware of this possibility, in particular
when you are in traffic or are otherwise dependent on warning
signals.

TURNING THE HEARING AID ON AND OFF

The battery drawer of the hearing aid also functions
as the on/off switch.

Push the switch upwards to turn on the
hearing aid. An acoustic indicator will
indicate that the hearing aid has been
switched on unless this function has
been disabled.

Push the switch downwards to turn off
the hearing aid.

The word “OFF” is clearly visible on the
switch when the hearing aid is turned
off.

Please remember to turn off the hearing aid when it
is not in use. Remove the battery if the hearing aid
will not be used for several days.

OFF

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VOLUME ADJUSTMENT

The hearing aid volume is adjusted automatically in
accordance with your sound environment.

Your hearing aid may furthermore be
provided with a volume control,
shaped like a small lever.

Push the lever upward to gradually
raise the volume.

Push the lever downwards to gradu­ally lower the volume.

In the default setting, any volume adjustment will
affect both hearing aids.

For any adjustment of the steps in which volume
increases or decreases, consult your hearing care
professional.

Each time you operate the volume control, you will
hear a beep-tone unless this function has been disa­bled. When the maximum or minimum adjustment
level is reached, a steady tone will sound.

IMPORTANT

If the volume in the hearing aid is generally too loud or too weak,
or the reproduced sounds are distorted, or if you would like any
further information, consult your hearing care professional.

To turn off the sound completely

• Keep pressing the volume control lever downwards
after the steady tone has sounded

To turn the sound on again

• Press the lever upwards or

• Change listening program or

• Turn the hearing aid off and turn it on again.

If you wish to mute the hearing aid using a remote
control, keep pressing its volume down key after the
long beep-tone has sounded and until it stops. Press­ing one of the volume keys briefly will bring back the
sound.

Any adjustment of the volume setting will be can­celled when your hearing aid is turned off, or when
you change program.

If you wish to have the volume control disabled,
please consult your hearing care professional.

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LOST PARTNER ALARM

(Note: Only applicable if this feature has been acti­vated by your hearing care professional).

If one of your hearing aids falls off your ear, and/or
the battery is exhausted, a tone signal and a spoken
message will sound two times in the other hearing
aid.

LISTENING PROGRAMS

In addition to the default Master program, your hear­ing aid may be provided with four of the following
programs, plus the special Zen program called Zen+.

 Music For listening to music

 TV For listening to the TV

 Comfort Attenuates background noise

 Reverse focus Focus on sounds from behind

 Audibility Extender Makes high-frequency sounds audible

 Phone For listening to the telephone

 T In this program you listen via the

telecoil (T) and not via the hearing
aid microphone (M). The telecoil is
used where a loop system is installed.
If you activate the telecoil program,
you listen to a specific sound source
and shut out surrounding sounds.

 M+T In this program you listen via the

hearing aid microphone (M) and the
telecoil (T).

 Zen Generates different kinds of tones.

Contains one style

Compound programs

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The Master program in one ear and
Zen, Reverse focus, Audibility
Extender, T, MT or Phone in the other.

 Zen+ Special Zen program with up to three

different Zen styles

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If your needs change over time, the combination of
listening programs can be altered.

The Zen program may be used with amplification so
that both the surrounding sounds and the Zen tones
are heard together. Or, it may be used alone (without
amplification) in quiet when you are not required to
hear surrounding sounds.

The duration of the Zen play time can be set by your
hearing care professional according to your needs.

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

Each time you switch to another
program, an acoustic indicator will
sound unless this function has been
disabled.

Program 1: Message or one short beep
Program 2: Message or two short beeps
Program 3: Message or three short beeps
Program 4: Message or one long and one short

beeps

Program 5: Message or one long and two short

beeps

Zen+: Message or tone

In the default setting, both your hearing aids will be
affected when you change programs.

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USING A TELEPHONE

When using a telephone, we
recommend that you hold the
telephone against your head
at an angle above your ear,
rather than directly against the
ear. If the sound is not optimal,
try moving the telephone ear­piece to a slightly different po­sition.

ZEN+

This program is accessed via a long press (two sec.)
on the program button. A short press then allows
you to cycle through the available Zen styles.

You can exit Zen+ by pressing and holding the pro­gram button for more than a second.

If you wish to have the program button disabled,
please consult your hearing care professional.