OPEN
CLOSED
PRESSURIZATION /
DEPRESSURIZATION
COMPLIANCE
CHECK
IN PROGRESS
PRESSURE LEAKAGE
O
I
PERATING
* To select those functions marked with the asterisk, press the
corresponding key, placed below the display.
** Referred only to Flute Plus, Flute HF
Access to examinations
Flute: There are four buttons (7, 8, 9, 10) in the top half of the keyboard,
giving direct access to examinations. To bring up the screen for a given
examination, accordingly, press the corresponding button.
Viola: From the main window of the instrument, scroll the list of tests with
the left hand knob (34) and, having made the selection, access the relative
window by pressing OK* or the stimulus button (31).
Impedance / reflex tests
The first step in ensuring that an impedance or reflex will be performed
correctly is to select the earpiece best suited to the patient being examined,
and introduce the probe together with the earpiece into the patient's ear
canal, to the point at which a tight pressure seal is assured.
Tympanometry
•
Select the ear being examined, left side or right side;
Yellow
permanently
alight
Yellow
blinking
Green
permanently
alight
Green
permanently
alight
Green
permanently
alight
Yellow
permanently
alight
NSTRUCTION
Probe open: the compliance
measured is above the upper
limit of the measurement
range
Probe
blocked:
compliance
measured
below the lower limit of the
measurement range
Pressurization
depressurization of ear canal
in progress
Compliance
is
before starting an acoustic
reflex test. The stimulus will
be presented only when
compliance is stable
Test in progress
Lack of airtight seal between
probe and ear canal
the
is
/
verified