Enjoying music: tips for better sound

Tips for getting the best musical sound

• Use direct audio input, such as a patch cable, to connect your audio component directly to your processor.
• Listen in rooms that are quiet.
• Listen in rooms that have good acoustics. Rooms with hard floors, no curtains, many windows, or few materials to absorb sound may cause an echo and distort sound.
• Try listening to music through “closed headphones.”  Closed headphones have large ear cups that cover the implant’s microphone.
• Experiment with different volume settings on audio component and speech processor.

Use a Personal Audio Cable for battery-operated components:

• CD Players
• MP3 players (for example, Ipod)
• Cassette tape players
• Battery-operated televisions
• Hand-held computer games
• Laptop computers (when operating on battery power)

Use a TV/HiFi Cable for electrical or battery operated components. The TV/HiFi Cable has surge protection built into the cable, so it’s safe to connect to the headphone jack on electric components

• Home televisions
• Stereo systems
• Computers
• Mini amplifiers that connect to a TV or other audio components