Assistive Listening Devices

Fitting Workshop, July 28 – 30, 2004

Bernhard Walder, MED-EL Headquarters
TEMPO+ External Inputs
Angled Battery Pack Remote Battery Pack

3.5mm Standard Stereo

MICROTRONIC CS44
MIX and EXT Mode
Angled Battery Pack Remote Battery Pack

AudioMix

EXT / MIX switch

AudioExt
Assistive Listening Devices
compatible to TEMPO+ speech processor

FM Systems
Infrared Systems
TeleMic
External Microphones
Mobile Phone Adapters
Microphone Test Device

… all battery powered audio devices

Galvanic Isolation
For patient safety …

… no direct connection between patients

speech processor and main powered devices.

Galvanic Isolation Systems:

FM Systems or Infrared Systems

FM Systems

and

TEMPO+
speech processor
 Recommended FM Systems
• Sennheiser Mikroport 2013 PLL
• Phonic Ear Solaris PE 571T + PE 572 R or PE 575 R
• Phonak Micro Vox H33 / HandyMic
• Phonak MicroLink CI+ / Campus S
• Connevans CRM 220
• Research - Vario 800
• Williams Sound - Hearing Helper
• Sonovation - Logicom Ci
• Comtek - AT 216
• Phonak - MicroLink MLx / MLCIS Adapter / Campus S
• PhonicEar / Oticon - Lexis / MLCIS Adapter
FM System Overview
Angled Battery Pack Remote Battery Pack
Guide to FM-Systems
Sennheiser Mikroport 2013 PLL

• 16 channels
• Audio bandwidth: 40 Hz – 16.000Hz

AudioMix AudioBiMix
MicroLink CI S Adapter

Audio Output HA battery, size 13

MLxS
Volume
Euro-Audio input

ON / OFF switch

Lexis
PHONAK Campus S - MicroLink MLxS
Campus S TEMPO+ Angled Battery Pack

Red Cable
MicroLink MLxS

MicroLink CI S
Adapter
Microphone
 Troubleshooting
TEMPO+ System FM-System check

Speech 1. Check adapter cable and connections

Processor
Test Device 2. Check / change the batteries

3. Check all settings on transmitter and

receiver (volume, channel, …)

4. Change the transmission frequency

Microphone 5. Listen to the FM receiver with

Test Device headphones
Infrared System
Humantechnik InfraLight II

Receiver

Transmitter
 Sennheiser Infrared Systems

Sennheiser 810 S Sennheiser Infraport

Transmitter Receiver RI 250S

TI 810

Receiver
RI 810S
Transmitter TI 250
 Sennheiser 820 (~800 MHz)
RF wireless audio transmission system

Receiver
RR 820S

AudioMix

Transmitter
AudioExt TR 820 AudioBiMix
TeleMic System
compatible to TEMPO+ Angled Battery Pack

External Microphone or
Inductive Loop mode

• No additional batteries
• Volume control
• Cable length: 130 cm
 External Microphones
compatible to TEMPO+ Remote Battery Pack

Tie-microphone
Philips SBC ME600
Sony Conference Microphone
Mobile Phone Adapter

HUMANTECNIK PL-200
Amplifier for Headset Connection

available for various types

of mobile phones

http://www.humantechnik.com
 Microphone Test Device

Rechargeable Self Test button with

AA Battery status and alarm
control LED

ON / OFF switch

Volume Control
Output for connection
to TEMPO+ speech
processor 3.5mm Standard
Headphone output
 Thank you for your attention.

Bernhard Walder
bernhard.walder@medel.com