Samsung’s patent #12251292 is au courant with merging hearing aid and hearables technologies. Entitled Multi-device integration with hearable for managing hearing disorders, the device describes implementations which include generating an audiogram, noise cancellation, [and] hearing enhancement.
The March 2025 patent list
| Description | Patent Number | Assignee | Issued |
| Hearing assistance device housing for improved biometric sensing | 12239461 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/04/2025 |
| Treatment of hearing loss | 12239651 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, MA) | 3/04/2025 |
| MEMS die and MEMS-based sensor | 12240748 | Knowles Electronics LLC (Itasca, IL) | 3/04/2025 |
| Wireless headset supporting messages and hearing enhancement | 12242138 | IngenioSpec LLC (San Jose, CA) | 3/04/2025 |
| Gain adjustment in ANR system with multiple feedforward microphones | 12243507 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 3/04/2025 |
| Ear microphone signal estimator and/or projection filter generator for road noise cancelation (RNC) system | 12243508 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 3/04/2025 |
| Determining input for speech processing engine | 12243531 | Magic Leap Inc (Plantation, FL) | 3/04/2025 |
| Methods for reducing error in environmental noise compensation systems | 12243548 | Dolby Laboratory Licensing Corporation (San Francisco, CA) | 3/04/2025 |
| Wearable speech input-based to moving lips display overlay | 12243552 | Snap Inc (Santa Monica, CA) | 3/04/2025 |
| Ear bud active use charging system and method | 12244992 | DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited (Bangalore, IN) | 3/04/2025 |
| Adaptive active noise control system with hearing assistance mechanism | 12244997 | Google LLC (Mountain View, CA) | 3/04/2025 |
| Wireless charging with magnetic retention | 12245001 | Eargo Inc (San Jose, CA) | 3/04/2025 |
| Fitting method and apparatus for hearing earphone | 12245002 | Li, Yanta (Beijing, CN) | 3/04/2025 |
| Methods for improving wireless connections for previously paired devices | 12245302 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 3/04/2025 |
| Earphone | D1065155 | Team IP Holdings LLC (Fort Worth, TX) | 3/04/2025 |
| Disposable sensor array wearable device sleeve system and method | 12245873 | Bragi GmbH (Munich, DE) | 3/11/2025 |
| Power and data transfer in hearing prostheses | 12246186 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/11/2025 |
| Gesture recognition, adaptation, and management in a head-wearable audio device | 12248636 | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, WA) | 3/11/2025 |
| Synchronization of instability mitigation in audio devices | 12249312 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 3/11/2025 |
| Method for operating a hearing instrument and hearing instrument | 12250521 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 3/11/2025 |
| Method, charging system and computer program product for charging a battery of a hearing instrument | 12250508 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 3/11/2025 |
| In-ear audio device with resonator | 12250515 | GN Audio A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/11/2025 |
| Light driven contact hearing aid | 12250522 | Earlens Corporation (Menlo Park, CA) | 3/11/2025 |
| System with speaker, transceiver and related devices and methods | 12250524 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 3/11/2025 |
| Case for hearing protection earbuds | 1065815 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 3/11/2025 |
| Fall prediction system including a beacon and method of using same | 12254755 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/18/2025 |
| Automatic ear impression classification | 12251213 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 3/18/2025 |
| Hearing assessment system and method | 12251215 | The Bionics Institute Of Australia (East Melbourne, AU) | 3/18/2025 |
| Apparatus and method for hearing analysis | 12251216 | RHAS Tel Co Ltd (Seoul, KR) | 3/18/2025 |
| Multi-device integration with hearable for managing hearing disorders | 12251292 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (Suwon-si, KR) | 3/18/2025 |
| Systems and methods for fitting a hearing system to a recipient based on cortical potentials of the recipient | 12251564 | Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, CH) | 3/18/2025 |
| Device with supplemental magnet set | 12255015 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/18/2025 |
| Compact MI antenna for a hearing instrument and hearing instrument | 12255699 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 3/18/2025 |
| Audio synchronization in wireless systems | 12255944 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 3/18/2025 |
| In-ear wearable audio devices with functional grading and/or embedded electronics | 12256185 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 3/18/2025 |
| Hearing device comprising an input transducer in the ear | 12256197 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 3/18/2025 |
| Control of parameters of hearing instrument based on ear canal deformation and concha EMG signals | 12256198 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/18/2025 |
| Assistive listening device systems, devices and methods for providing audio streams within sound fields | 12256199 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/18/2025 |
| Ear-worn device and reproduction method | 12256203 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co Ltd (Osaka, JP) | 3/18/2025 |
| Apparatus, which is insertable into an ear canal, for detecting physiological parameters | 12257076 | Cosinuss GmbH (Munich, DE) | 3/25/2025 |
| Hearing device with age detection | 12257511 | Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc (White Plains, NY) | 3/25/2025 |
| Differential delta-sigma modulator for a hearing aid | 12261630 | Widex A/S (Lynge, DK) | 3/25/2025 |
| Active noise reduction earbud | 12262168 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 3/25/2025 |
| Sound capture system degradation identification | 12262178 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/25/2025 |
| Audiogram, system for aiding hearing, and method for use of same | 12262179 | Olah, Laslo (Richardson, TX) | 3/25/2025 |
| Method for fitting a digital hearing aid, hearing aid and computer program product | 12262180 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 3/25/2025 |
| Apparatus and method for reverberation mitigation in a hearing device | 12262181 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/25/2025 |
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.
