ReSound’s microphone balance slider option allows flexibility in programming, providing adjustability of the hearing instrument microphone and streaming content, for increased patient comfort.
Verso™ Wireless Product
- Offers two separate microphone slider options, accessed in the Advanced Features screen: One for the Unite™ TV streamer and the other for the Unite™ Mini Mic.
- By default, the hearing instrument microphones are active in the streamer program.
- Adjustment Range:
– 0 to -12 dB
– 3 dB offset increments
– Default: -3 dB offset toward the Unite™ accessory icon
Impact: the hearing instrument microphone is 3 dB softer than the Unite™ accessory streaming content.
- Offset Slider Options
– Slider Toward the Unite™ Accessory Icon
As the slider moves toward the accessory icon, each 3 dB step attenuates the hearing instrument microphone.
– Slider Toward the Hearing Instrument Microphone Icon
As the slider moves toward the hearing instrument icon, each 3 dB step attenuates the Unite™ accessory streaming content.
– To Turn the hearing instrument microphone off
Move the slider toward the Unite™ accessory, until it reaches a stopping point.
Alera™ Wireless Product
- Offers one microphone slider option, accessed in the Advanced Features screen.
– Impacts both the Unite™ TV streamer and Unite™ Mini Mic. - The streamer drop down menu defaults to Hearing Instrument mic being active.
– To turn off the microphone option, select the ‘Streamer,’ drop down and move the check mark to, ‘TV/Radio/PC/Mini Mic,’ only.
- Adjustment Range
– 0 to -12 dB
– 3 dB offset increments
– Default: -3 dB offset toward the Unite™ accessory icon
Impact: the hearing instrument microphone is 3 dB softer than the Unite™ accessory streaming content.
- Offset Slider Options
– Slider Toward the Hearing Instrument icon
When moved completely over toward the Hearing Instrument icon, the hearing instrument microphone and the streaming content are equal.
– Slider Toward the Unite™ Accessory Icon
As the slider moves toward the Unite™ accessory icon, each 3 dB step attenuates the hearing instrument microphone.
– Note: For Alera™, Aventa 3 does not offer an option to attenuate the Unite™ accessory streaming content using the microphone slider bar.