AcousticSignal
Find out about the AcousticSignal feature on our Air11 devices – including why it’s there, what it does and how to operate it.
What is AcousticSignal?
Designing products that are both intuitive and effective is a core focus at ResMed. While there have been significant advancements in CPAP equipment technology, there is an opportunity to continue enhancing the experience our users have with ResMed equipment through increased personalisation and ease of use. To aid in the development of software that helps us do this and provide more helpful and accurate information to you and your care provider in the future, ResMed has released a new feature called AcousticSignal.
How does AcousticSignal work?
AcousticSignal is an optional feature that uses the acoustic sensor inside ResMed Air11 devices to capture and assess a series of short 0.2-second acoustic signals to identify important characteristics about a user’s equipment. The acoustic sensor does not do any active listening, or capture, record or transmit sound or speech from outside the device. The intentional placement of the acoustic sensor within the device ensures only acoustic signals from within the device are captured.
AcousticSignal will only run if toggled on, while therapy is in progress, and only assesses acoustic information related to your therapy. All therapy-related acoustic signals are converted into a digital signature made up of a series of numbers. Once converted and encrypted, this series of numbers is securely transferred to ResMed’s cloud server and helps us identify important characteristics of the device equipment. All acoustic signals captured by the acoustic sensor are immediately deleted from the device after they are converted into the encrypted digital signature.
Users are able to opt-out of AcousticSignal at any time by navigating to the ‘More’ menu from their device Home Screen and setting the AcousticSignal toggle to off.
For more information on ResMed’s approach to privacy and data transparency, please visit ResMed.com/myprivacy.
Acoustic Sensor technology
Built into every Air11 device, acoustic sensor technology helps monitor hardware reliability and aims to provide future innovation in ResMed CPAP therapy solutions. Designed with strict privacy protections, the acoustic sensor enables ResMed to deploy features such as Device Diagnostic and AcousticSignal.
Please refer to the user guide for relevant information related to any contraindications, warnings and precautions to be considered before and during use of the product.
Content last updated: 06/2024.