15 Tinnitus Sound Generator module
15.1 Intended use for TSG module
Your ReSound hearing aid includes the Tinnitus Sound Generator (TSG) module, a tool for generating
sounds to be used in tinnitus management programs to relieve suffering from tinnitus.
The TSG 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 therapeutic sound resembling a continuous or fluctuating noise.
15.2 User instructions for TSG
15.2.1 Description of 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.
15.2.2 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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