User Manual - cochlear implant HELP

Nucleus Freedom Sound Processor
Nucleus ® SmartSound
The following functions may be included as options, within a
program:
• Beam allows you to focus on the sounds coming from
the direction in which you are looking. It can be used, for
example when you are talking with someone in a crowd,
where there is a lot of distracting noise behind or beside
you.
• Whisper is better able to detect soft sounds in quiet
situations. It can be used, for example when you are in
a lecture or meeting where it is difficult to hear from a
distance.
• ADRO makes automatic adjustments where there
are large changes in sound between loud and soft. It
can be used, for example where there is a lot of noise:
soft sounds are better detected, loud sounds are more
comfortable and speech is clearer.
• Autosensitivity adjusts the sensitivity level of the
microphone automatically for comfortable listening in
different environments. It can be used, for example, to
prevent background noise from becoming too loud such
as when driving a car. Autosensitivity will reduce the
microphone sensitivity so that the background noise is
comfortable.
Discuss with your clinician how you want these options
applied to your programs. You can only use these options
if your clinician has set them up in one or more of your
four programs. You can then use a SmartSound option by
changing to the program(s) where it is available.
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