Tinnitus Sound Generator (Tsg) Module; Intended Use For The Tsg Module; User Instructions For The Tsg Module; Description Of The Device - ReSound LINX 3D User Manual

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Tinnitus Sound Generator (TSG) module

9.1

Intended use for the TSG module

Your ReSound hearing aid includes the Tinnitus Sound Generator function, a tool for generating sounds
to be used in tinnitus management programs to relieve suffering from tinnitus.
The Tinnitus Sound Generator can generate sounds adjusted to the specific therapeutic needs and your
personal preference as determined by your doctor, audiologist, or hearing care professional. Depending
on the selected hearing aid program and the environment you are in, you will sometimes hear the thera-
peutic sound resembling a continuous or fluctuating whistling.
9.2

User instructions for the TSG module

9.2.1 Description of the device

The Tinnitus Sound Generator (TSG) Module is a software tool that generates sounds to be used in tin-
nitus management programs to relieve suffering from tinnitus.

9.2.2 Explanation of how the device functions

The TSG module is a frequency and amplitude shaped white-noise generator. Noise signal level and
frequency characteristics can be adjusted to the specific therapeutic needs as determined by your doctor,
audiologist or hearing care professional.
Your doctor, audiologist or hearing care professional can modulate the generated noise with the purpose
of making it more pleasant. The noise can then resemble, for example, crashing waves on a shore.
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