- In this video, I'm gonna show you
how to use the Phonak Mini Control Magnet Wand
with your Virto or Virto B Titanium hearing aids.
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Hi, Cliff Olson, doctor of audiology and founder
of Applied Hearing Solutions in Anthem, Arizona.
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The Phonak mini control works
with the Phonak Virto and Virto B Titanium hearing aids
as well as the Lyric hearing aids.
If you want to see the tutorial
of how the magnet wand works with Lyric style hearing aids
then I have another video listed in the description below.
When you use the Phonak Mini Control Magnet Wand
with your Virto style hearing aids,
it will serve only one of three different functions.
The first one is program change.
The second one is volume up
and the third one is volume down.
Now, which one of those functions
that we'll actually perform
is dependent on how your audiologist programs your devices.
If your audiologist programs it for volume up
that is the only function that it will do with the wand.
Same thing with programs and volume down.
If they program it to do those things,
those are the only functions that it will be able to do.
Now, keeping that in mind,
if you have a device that has a push button control,
the Phonak Mini Control Magnet Wand won't work
for that style of hearing aid.
Let's talk about program change.
In order to use the program change feature,
your audiologist has to set up your devices to do so.
So, once you have those programs in place,
you'll be able to take the wand
out of its casing by unscrewing it.
You're gonna take that wand and put it inside your ear
next to your Virto device.
What you'll notice is that your device will start
cycling through your programs.
It'll go program one, program two, program three
and then you'll hear it cycle back down
to the startup jingle which is your automatic program.
What you're gonna want to do
is remove the wand when you're at the program that you want.
Once you get that done,
you're gonna want to take that wand
and do it to the other ear
because those settings won't transfer over.
So you have to adjust the ears independently.
Okay, let's talk volume up.
In order to use the volume up feature,
your hearing care professional
has to program it accordingly.
Once they do, you'll be able to take that wand
and put it inside your ear and hold it there
until you hear it cycling through the volume.
And what it will do is it will go five steps up
and then it will cycle right back to the starting volume.
So, what you're gonna want to do
is pull that magnet out
once it gets to the volume level that you want.
Once you have that first ear
set to the volume that you want,
remember how many beeps it had to go
for you to get there and you're gonna want
to repeat the same process on the opposite ear
until you get that ear set to the volume that you want.
Last, but not least, let's talk about volume down.
In order to access volume down feature
in the hearing devices,
your hearing care professional
has to program it accordingly.
Once they do, you'll be able to take your wand,
put it inside your ear,
and wait for it to recognize that magnet,
and it will start cycling the volume down.
It will go five steps until it comes right back up
to the starting point.
What you'll want to do is once you get it
to the level that you want,
you're gonna remove that magnet from your ear
and you're going to repeat that process on the opposite side
to make your ears balanced.
So, the Phonak Mini Control Magnet Wand is not necessary
for a Virto or a Virto B Titanium hearing aid
that has a push button.
And, quite honestly, the push button functions
the exact same way as what the magnet would.
The hearing device has to be programmed accordingly.
It can only serve one of those three functions as well.
And, to be quite honest, I happen to think myself
and for the patients that I've treated with it,
they do much better with the push button
than they do the magnet wand.
And so keep that in mind
whenever your hearing care professional
is recommending the device for you.
If you want a push button, request it.
That's it for this video.
If you have any questions, please feel free
to leave them in the comment section below.
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