User manual SIEMENS EARENA BROCHURE

[. . . ] eARena ­ hearing by doing Interactive auditory training on DVD-ROM www. siemens. com/hearing eARena "e" stands for modern electronics ­ in this case a computer-assisted training program. "AR" stands for auditory rehabilitation, which refers to the retraining of listening and communicating. [. . . ] Active involvement in recovering your own sense of hearing helps you to fully utilize the capabilities of your hearing system. Training program participants have reported a subjective improvement with understanding in difficult listening situations. eARenaTM ­ hearing by doing Interactive auditory training Si © em en sA ud iol ogi s ch e Te chnik G mbH, 2007 Innovative Siemens audiologists have developed a program that combines information about hearing and hearing loss with an interactive auditory training program. eARena is unique and was designed exclusively for hearing instrument wearers. The auditory training can be performed without any additional computer knowledge. Once the eARena DVD is inserted into your computer, it will guide you through the program step by step. eARena is an interactive learning program geared toward communication. You can complete the learning steps within a group or under the supervision of a hearing care professional. The 30-minute exercises are designed as highly sophisticated interactive units that are never too demanding. After five days you will have practiced each type of exercise at least once. The level of difficulty is automatically adjusted to your ability and increases with your learning achievements. For a complete 20-day hearing training program, you need nothing more than a PC or laptop and stereo speakers. Since a DVD player version is also included, the training can be done in a relaxed manner almost anywhere at any time. [. . . ] To open the Mac version of the auditory training program, run the eARena_WIN. hqx file on your DVD drive. Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH Gebbertstr. 125 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone +49 9131 308 0 The information in this document contains general technical descriptions of specifications and options as well as standard and optional features which do not always have to be present in individual cases. [. . . ]