| US 7,520,851 B2 | ||
| Tinnitus rehabilitation device and method | ||
| Paul B. Davis, Fremantle (Australia); Lachlan S. James, Turramurra (Australia); Benjamin A. McSweeney, Cheltenham (Australia); Linda E. Laidlaw, Marsfield (Australia); Robert H. Frater, Lindfield (Australia); and Peter J. Hanley, Naremburn (Australia) | ||
| Assigned to Neurominics Pty Limited, Chatswood, New South Wales (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 04, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/727,036. | ||
| Application 10/727036 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/936687, granted, now 6,682,472, previously published as PCT/AU00/00207, filed on Mar. 17, 2000. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. PP9275 (AU), filed on Mar. 17, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0141624 A1, Jul. 22, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—25 | 42 Claims |
| 1. A device for providing treatment of an auditory system disorder comprising:
a computer readable medium storing a treatment signal;
an output for outputting the signal for treating the auditory system disorder;
a processor configured to reset the volume of the treatment signal to a minimum non-zero value and below a volume for intermittently
or fully masking the auditory system disorder between each treatment session; and
a volume adjusting feature that is configured to allow the patient to adjust the volume of the treatment signal at the beginning
of each treatment session to intermittently or fully mask the auditory system disorder.
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