User Guide
Tap Control
What is it?
Tap Control is a feature that allows controlling the hearing aid by a double tap instead of using the hearing aid button or remote control.
- Pause/resume streaming from many Bluetooth devices
- Accept/end phone call
- Start/stop voice assistant; Siri, Google, etc.
How to use it?
Clinician
- On by default in Audéo P-R and Audéo P-RT (performance levels 90 and 70)
- Personalization in Phonak Target > Device options > Manual controls
- Functions can be deactivated or assigned to the preferred ear
- A ‘Double-tap training’ option, in Phonak Target, is available to ensure confidence in using the feature during their daily life© 2020 Sonova AG All rights reserved.
Patient
- Activated by a double-tap on the upper rear of the pinna or on the glasses
- Configurable by the patient in my Phonak 4.0 app
What is the benefit?
Tap Control gives the patient easy and convenient access to their streaming inputs without further complicating the functionality of the multi-function button. Twice as many participants preferred Tap Control over existing controls.
- Adler, M., & Woodward, J. (2020). New Tap Control: providing a preferred and reliable alternative to access direct streaming unctions. Phonak Field Study News. Retrieved from www.phonakpro.com/evidence, accessed August 2020.
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