It’s As If You Had Your Own Personal …
Fill in the blank for whatever, whenever and however you wish to personalize sound in your ears. Nura Holdings’ aptly-named patent 10708680 (Personalization of auditory stimulus) envisions user(s) perceiv(ing) the audio signal as if the user had ideal hearing and/or desired hearing.
No longer does the concept of desired hearing limit you to real sounds in your near vicinity. RevX Technologies’ patent 10715903 (System and method for configuring audio signals to compensate for acoustic changes of the ear) imagines you’re going to desire streamed content that sounds as if you’re there–not just getting a digitized, homogenized after-the-fact version. It’s as if your own personal sound engineer will be doing the mixing to give you a concert hall effect, get you better seats or … whatever you desire.
And leave it to Bragi to conceive a Hearing aid with added functionality (patent #0708699) to improve your workout, as if you had your own personal gym trainer.
Not that long ago, Augmented Reality was a gaming phenomenon, far apart from what audiologists and many others think of as improved hearing. The as if examples above are only a few of many demonstrating how our thinking is shifting away from a passively perceived, shared world to an augmented, individualized world of actively shaped perception.
The July 2020 Patent List
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Patent Number |
Assignee |
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Estimation of harmonic frequencies for hearing implant sound coding using active contour models |
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck AT) |
7/07/2020 |
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Link quality diagnostic application |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
7/07/2020 |
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Normalization of soundfield orientations based on auditory scene analysis |
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation (San Francisco, CA) |
7/07/2020 |
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Personalization of auditory stimulus |
Nura Holdings Pty Ltd (Brunswick, Victoria, AU) |
7/07/2020 |
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Hearing aid with an antenna |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
7/07/2020 |
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Hearing device including an external antenna part and an internal antenna part |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
7/07/2020 |
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Hearing aid with added functionality |
Bragi GmbH (Munchen, DE) |
7/07/2020 |
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Switching binaural sound |
Lyren, Philip Scott (Bangkok, TH) & Norris, Glen A (Tokyo, JP) |
7/07/2020 |
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Hearing Aid |
Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) |
7/07/2020 |
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Hearing protector |
3M Innovative Properties Company (St Paul, MN) |
7/07/2020 |
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Method for adapting the firmware of a hearing aid of a hearing aid system and hearing aid system |
Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) |
7/14/2020 |
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Pairing or associating electronic devices |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, NSW, AU) |
7/14/2020 |
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Wireless ear bud system with pose detection |
Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) |
7/14/2020 |
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System and method for configuring audio signals to compensate for acoustic changes of the ear |
RevX Technologies Inc (Austin, Tx) |
7/14/2020 |
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Hearing assistance system with own voice detection |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
7/14/2020 |
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Active suppression of occlusion effect in hearing aid |
Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Aachen, DE) |
7/14/2020 |
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Bilateral hearing aid system comprising temporal decorrelation beamformers |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
7/14/2020 |
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Hearing system and method of retrieving hearing device data |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
7/14/2020 |
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Hearing instrument comprising a magnetic induction antenna |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
7/14/2020 |
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Hearing device with wireless interface |
Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) |
7/14/2020 |
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Ear-worn electronic device incorporating directional magnetic antenna |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
7/14/2020 |
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Receiver / loud speaker |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
7/14/2020 |
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Device and method to reduce ear wax clogging of acoustic ports, hearing aid sealing system, and feedback reduction system |
Staton Techiya LLC (Delray Beach, FL) |
7/14/2020 |
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Charger |
Sivantos PTE Ltd (Singapore, SG) |
7/14/2020 |
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Cat ear headphones |
Ruiboshi Technology (Shenzhen) Co Ltd (Shenzhen, CN) |
7/14/2020 |
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Wireless earbud |
LG Electronics Inc (Seoul, KR) |
7/14/2020 |
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Hearing aid earpiece covers |
Valencell Inc (Raleigh, NC) |
7/21/2020 |
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Recipient-directed electrode set selection |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, NSW, AU) |
7/21/2020 |
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External unit for an implantable neuro stimulator system |
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck AT) |
7/21/2020 |
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Light fixture and directional assistive listening device |
Sonear LLC (Roscoe, IL) |
7/21/2020 |
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Name-sensitive listening device |
Harman International Industries Inc (Stamford, CT) |
7/21/2020 |
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Detent assembly |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
7/21/2020 |
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Removable middle ear implant sensor |
The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) |
7/21/2020 |
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Hearing aid including a vibrator touching a pinna |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
7/21/2020 |
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Non surgical bone anchored hearing system with improved vibration transfer |
Oticon Medical A/S (Smorum, DK) |
7/21/2020 |
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Fitting unilateral electric acoustic stimulation for binaural hearing |
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck AT) |
7/21/2020 |
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Method for processing an audio signal in accordance with a room impulse response, signal processing unit, audio encoder, audio decoder, and binaural renderer |
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerederung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich, DE)E |
7/21/2020 |
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Earbud charging case |
Google LLC (Mountain View, CA) |
7/21/2020 |
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Wireless earbud |
LG Electronics Inc (Seoul, KR) |
7/21/2020 |
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Wireless earbud |
LG Electronics Inc (Seoul, KR) |
7/21/2020 |
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Transmodiolar electrode array and a manufacturing method |
Oticon Medical A/S (Smorum, DK) |
7/28/2020 |
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Portable case for modular hearing assistance devices |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
7/28/2020 |
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Earbud devices with capacitive sensors |
Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) |
7/28/2020 |
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Systems and methods for accelerometer-based optimization of processing performed by a hearing device |
Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) |
7/28/2020 |
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Hearing device and a binaural hearing system comprising a binaural noise reduction system |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
7/28/2020 |
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Method and apparatus for a binaural hearing assistance system using monaural audio signals |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
7/28/2020 |
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Antenna system for a hearing aid |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
7/28/2020 |
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Wax filter solution for a speaker of hearing aid |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
7/28/2020 |
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Designating a sound localization point(SLP)for binaural sound at a location of a smartphone |
Lyren, Philip Scott (Bangkok, TH) & Norris, Glen A (Tokyo, JP) |
7/28/2020 |
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Computer performance of executing binaural sound |
Lyren, Philip Scott (Bangkok, TH) & Norris, Glen A (Tokyo, JP) |
7/28/2020 |
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Head related transfer function selection for binaural sound reproduction |
Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) |
7/28/2020 |
Holly Hosford-Dunn, PhD, owned and operated a dispensing audiology practice in Tucson and was active in management of HearingHealthMatters.org through 2017. She holds BA degrees in Communication Sciences, Psychology and Economics; MA in Communication Disorders; PhD in Hearing Sciences. Following post-doctoral work at Max Planck Institute (Munich, DE) and Eaton-Peabody Auditory Physiology Lab (Boston), she joined the Stanford medical school faculty as director of audiology. She has authored/edited numerous text books, chapters, journals, and articles and taught Marketing and Practice Management in a variety of academic settings. She continues to consult and write on topics related to hearing health care vis-à-vis consumer demands, professional training, technological advancement, capital investment, industry consolidation, regulatory control, product and service distribution, and strategic pricing.
*featured image used shows Bragi patent #0708699
