Miracle-Ear CONNECT 5/4 RIC 312 BL User Manual page 42

Intended use
Required Custom Tinnitus+
INDICATIONS FOR USE
The Custom Tinnitus+
Tinnitus Management Program to relieve patients suffering from tinnitus. The target
population is primarily the adult population over 18 years of age.
The Custom Tinnitus+
which are treating patients suffering from tinnitus, as well as conventional hearing
disorders. The fitting of the Custom Tinnitus+
hearing care professional participating in a Tinnitus Management Program.
INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION
Custom Tinnitus+
programmed into a hearing aid. The hearing aid may be used in one of three modes
of operation: as a hearing aid, as a tinnitus treatment instrument or as a hearing aid
and tinnitus treatment instrument.
When enabled, the Custom Tinnitus+
a patient's hearing care professional to design and program appropriate settings for
an individually prescribed sound treatment plan. The treatment plan should be used
in a tinnitus management program for relief of tinnitus.
Custom Tinnitus+
in frequency and amplitude. These characteristics are adjustable by the hearing care
professional and are specific to the prescribed therapy designed by the professional
for the patient's needs and comfort.
The patient may have some control of the level or volume of the signal and the
patient should discuss this adjustment as well as his or her comfort level and sound
of the signal with their hearing care professional.
CAUTION:
exceeding the recommendations below, the patient's exposure to sound energy has
the potential to exceed noise exposure limits. This hearing aid is intended for use for
a maximum of sixteen (16) hours a day when set at the maximum output level.
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Information for Hearing Care Professionals
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Technology is a tool to generate sounds to be used in a
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Technology is targeted for hearing care professionals,
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Technology is a software function that generates sound which is
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Technology generates a broadband white noise signal that varies
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If set to the maximum output level and worn for periods of time
Technology must be done by a
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Technology generates the sound and allows
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