User's Guide

If your tinnitus troubles you only in quiet environments, your doctor, audiologist or hearing care
professional can set the TSG Module so that it becomes audible exclusively in such surroundings.
The overall sound level can be adjusted via a volume control. Your doctor, audiologist or hearing
care professional will review with you the need for having such a control.
For hearing aids where ear-to-ear synchronization is enabled your hearing care professional can
also enable environmental monitoring synchronization so that the TSG noise level is automatically
adjusted simultaneously in both hearing aids dependent on the background sound level.
Additionally since the hearing aid has a volume control then the background noise level monitored
by the hearing aid and the volume control can be used simultaneously to adjust the generated
noise level in both hearing aids.
The scientific concepts that form the basis for the device
The TSG module provides sound enrichment with the aim of surrounding the tinnitus sound with a
neutral sound, which is easily ignored. Sound enrichment is an important component of most
approaches to tinnitus management, such as Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT).
To assist habituation to tinnitus, this needs to be audible. The ideal level of the TSG module,
therefore, should be set so that it starts to blend with the tinnitus, and so that you can hear both
your tinnitus as well as the sound used.
In a majority of instances, the TSG module can also be set to mask the tinnitus sound, so to provide
temporary relief by introducing a more pleasant and controllable sound source.
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