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For your personal safety and to ensure
correct usage, you should familiarize
yourself fully with the following general
warnings before using your transmitter.
Consult your hearing care professional if
you experience unexpected operations or
serious incidents with your device during
use or because of its use. Your hearing
care professional will support you with
issue handling and, if relevant, reporting
to the manufacturer and/or the national
authorities.
Note that the transmitter will not restore
normal hearing and will not prevent or
improve a hearing impairment resulting
from organic conditions. Furthermore,
note that in most cases, infrequent use
of the transmitter does not permit a user
to attain its full benefits.
Only charge the transmitter with a
designated charger. Other chargers risk
destroying the transmitter and batteries.
Choking hazards and risk of swallowing
batteries and other small parts
The transmitter, its parts and the battery
should be kept out of reach of children and
anyone who might swallow these items or
otherwise cause injury to themselves.
If a battery to hearing aid or CROS
transmitter is swallowed, see a doctor
immediately and contact the National
Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222 or
National Battery Ingestion Hotline at
1-800-498-8666.
Fatality hazards and risk of swallowing
lithium-ion batteries or placing them in
the ear or nose
Never swallow lithium-ion batteries nor
place them in the ear or the nose, as this
may lead to serious injury or death in as
little as two hours. This can be due to
chemical burns, which can permanently
damage the nose or ear or potentially
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lead to perforation of the inner organs.
If a lithium-ion battery is swallowed or
placed in the ear or nose, seek emergency
medical treatment immediately. Keep the
batteries in the original packaging until
use. Dispose of used batteries immediately.
Explosives
The transmitter is safe to use under
normal usage conditions. The transmitter
has not been tested for compliance with
international standards concerning
explosive environments.
Therefore, do not use transmitter in
environments with danger of explosions e.g.
mines, oxygen rich environments or areas
where flammable anaesthetics are handled.
Dysfunction
Be aware of the possibility that your
transmitter may stop working without
notice. Keep this in mind when you depend
on warning sounds (e.g. when you are
in traffic). The transmitter may stop
functioning, for instance if the batteries
have expired.
Active implants
The transmitter has been thoroughly
tested and characterized for human health
according to international standards for
human exposure (Specific Absorption Ratio
- SAR), induced electromagnetic power and
voltages into the human body.
The exposure values are well below
international accepted safety limits for
SAR, induced electromagnetic power and
voltages into the human body defined in the
standards for human health and coexistence
with active medical implants, such as
pacemakers and heart defibrillators.
If you have an active brain implant, contact
the manufacturer of your implantable device
for information about the risk of disturbance.
The MultiTool which has a built-in magnet
should be kept more than 12 inches (1 foot)
away from the implant, e.g. do not carry it
in your breast pocket.
Follow the guidelines recommended by the
manufacturers of implantable defibrillators
and pacemakers regarding their use with
magnets.
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