16 17• Make notes at the back of this booklet,write down difficult situations and describewhat any unpleasant noises were like. Thisinformation will help your hearing healthcareprofessional to fine-tune the hearing aidsbetter for your needs.• Involve your family and friends in thisfamiliarization period. For example,ask someone to set the television to acomfortable volume.• When you are beginning to get used towearing the hearing aids, wear them in moredifficult listening environments such as theoffice, at parties or in restaurants. This canbe difficult even for people who can hearnormally. Give yourself time to regain yourability to hear in these difficult situations.• Make your hearing aids part of your everydaylife and be patient with yourself while you arelearning to hear sounds correctly.Tinnitus maskerUnitron’s tinnitus masker is a broadbandsound generator available on the Unitron Northhearing aid platform. It provides a means ofsound enrichment therapy that can be used aspart of a personalized tinnitus managementprogram to provide temporary relief fromtinnitus.The underlying principle of sound enrichmentis to provide supplementary noise stimulationwhich can help defocus your attention fromyour tinnitus and avoid negative reactions.Sound enrichment, coupled with instructionalcounseling, is an established approach tomanaging tinnitus.Tinnitus masker warningsAir conduction hearing aids with Unitron’stinnitus masker are to be fitted by a hearinghealthcare professional familiar with thediagnosis and management of tinnitus.