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title: "21 CFR §874.3400"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-874.3400"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "874"

part_subject: "EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT DEVICES"

subpart_code: "D"

subpart_subject: "Prosthetic Devices"

section_number: "874.3400"

section_subject: "Tinnitus masker."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 874.3400"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 800 to 1299"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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(a)Identification. A tinnitus masker is an electronic device intended to generate noise of sufficient intensity and bandwidth to mask ringing in the ears or internal head noises. Because the device is able to mask internal noises, it is also used as an aid in hearing external noises and speech.

(b)Classification. Class II. The special control for this device is patient labeling regarding:

(1)Hearing health care professional diagnosis, fitting of the device, and followup care,

(2)Risks,

(3)Benefits,

(4)Warnings for safe use, and

(5)Specifications.

§874.3400 - Tinnitus masker.