What's New in Inspire 2016.2

Inspire 2016.2 introduces a new power BTE 13 with a rocker switch, provides a solution to the adjustment arrow keys covering some values inside the Fine Tuning table, reskins the Audiometer and Hearing Aid Test screens, combines the print and print preview options, and redesigns the Preferences Menu. A complete listing of the changes is referenced below.

New Products

• A wireless power BTE 13, which is also available as a CROS/BiCROS, has been added to the Pride product family. The following table describes the standard features of this new product.

Fitting

Fine Tuning

• Previously, when frequencies were selected via the table view, the adjustment arrow keys inside the table were covering some values. Now, the adjustment arrow keys only display when the mouse hovers over the selected frequencies. This change also applies when adjusting the output via Tinnitus.

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  Adjustment arrow keys are hidden when the mouse is not hovering the selected frequencies
  
  
  
  Adjustment arrow keys display when the mouse is hovering the selected frequencies

Clear Settings and Reset Device

• Clear Settings and Reset Device can now be accessed via Get Started; the aid no longer has to be read first. If the aid cannot be read due to invalid parameters, the aid can now be cleared and reset in Inspire thus eliminating returning it to AAH.

Memories

• Ear to Ear phone streaming environments (Send Signal and Receive Signal) cannot be selected for Memory 1 in Pride and Pride IIC wireless products. In addition, these environments cannot be copied or moved to Memory 1.

Accessories

• The Intermediate SurfLink Remote Control has been discontinued, therefore, when reading a hearing aid or retrieving a previous fitting session with a synced Intermediate remote control, the Basic remote control will display. The Mute indicator will remain available but if a different remote or accessory is selected, or the Basic remote is disabled, the Mute indicator will no longer be available.

User Controls

• When configuring Pride products with a rocker switch, Volume, Memory, Tinnitus, and Balance can be controlled via Short Press and/or Push & Hold and Mute can be controlled via Push & Hold. If a user control (e.g., Volume, Memory, etc.) is assigned to an ear side function (Short Press or Push & Hold), both the top and bottom buttons are automatically assigned to the function. For example, if Volume is assigned to Short Press on the right ear side, the top button will increase the volume and the bottom button will decrease the volume.

• For Pride CROS/BiCROS products with a push button, Balance can now be controlled via Short Press and/or Push & Hold. Also, if 'Binaural Balance' was configured previously for a patient, the control always raised the right side and lowered the left side, regardless of the side selected. Now, 'Binaural Balance' raises the side selected and lowers the opposite side, therefore, if this new control is desired for existing CROS/BiCROS patients, remove 'Binaural Balance' and then reassign it.

Fitting Summary

• T2 Remote Control has been moved from the Status section to the User Controls section. If T2 Remote Control was enabled via User Controls, a checkmark displays. To print the touch tone instructions for the patient, see the Device Guide.

Advanced Tools

Audiometer

• This screen has been reskinned to match the new look but most of its functionality has not changed. Only the option to Display Common Sounds has been removed.

Hearing Aid Test

• This screen has also been reskinned to match the new look but its functionality has not changed. The label for Memories has been changed to Presets when performing a Reference Test Gain and the Mem 1, Mem 2, etc. labels have been removed and only the preset name (e.g., Omni, Directional, etc.) displays.

SoundPoint

• SoundPoint is not available for Telecoil, Autocoil, or Loop memories in Honor, Pride, or Pride IIC products.

Speech Mapping

• Speech Mapping is now available for the Music memory in Honor, Pride, or Pride IIC products and can be used to show the difference of a music response compared to a speech response. The standard fitting graph, rather than the music equalizer graph, displays when the Music memory is selected and regardless of the curves selected to display on the fitting graph, only the Audiometric Thresholds display (if checked).

• Speech Mapping is not available for Telecoil, Autocoil, or Loop memories in Honor, Pride, or Pride IIC products.

Reports

• As a result of the Fitting Summary Report and the Fitting Report containing similar information, the Fitting Summary Report has been removed from Inspire. When clicking Print via Fitting Summary, the Fitting Report now prints. If fitting comments were entered via Fitting Summary, the option to Include Fitting Comments is now available when printing the Fitting Report.

• T2 Remote Control has been moved from the Status section on the Fitting Report to the User Controls section. If T2 Remote Control was enabled via User Controls, a checkmark prints.

• The "Patient Controls Guide" has been renamed "Device Guide" and is only available for Honor, Pride, Halo, Z Series, 3 Series, Pride IIC, Xino Wireless, and Xino Tinnitus products. The report has also been redesigned to accommodate more information including product and accessory images.

• The Inspire Version and Date Printed have been removed from all reports.

• The Print Preview option via the File Menu has been moved to the Print option, therefore, when selecting Print from anywhere within Inspire, the option to select Print Preview is now available. In addition, a sample image of each report is now shown to ensure the correct report is selected for printing or previewing.

Preferences

• The Preferences Menu has been redesigned, therefore, some preferences have been combined, moved to a different category, added, or removed. See the table below for the preferences available per category.