Nonverbal audio events
EERS Global’s patent #12502130 concerns itself with internal and external nonverbal audio events, alone or in combination, which comprise every thing from
teeth clicking, tongue clicking, blinking, eye closing, teeth grinding, throat clearing, saliva noise, swallowing, coughing, talking, yawning with inspiration, yawning with expiration, respiration, heartbeat and head or body movement, wind, earpiece insertion or removal, degrading parts
… you get the picture. Upon detection, the patent aims to use such events to enable or enhance various applications such as health monitoring, artifact removal, silent speech interface, etc.
The December 2025 patent list
| Description | Patent Number | Assignee or Applicant | Issued |
| Hearing device, hearing device-based systems and methods for monitoring glucose | 12484811 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 12/02/2025 |
| Predictive fall event management system and method of using same | 12484860 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 12/02/2025 |
| Individualized adaptation of medical prosthesis settings | 12485285 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 12/02/2025 |
| Wireless communication in an implantable medical device system | 12485286 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 12/02/2025 |
| Cochlear implant stimulation calibration | 12485288 | Envoy Medical Corporation (White Bear Lake, MN) | 12/02/2025 |
| Retaining piece for an earpiece | 12490007 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 12/02/2025 |
| Communication device for a hearing protection system, a hearing protection system, and related methods | 12490015 | FalCom A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 12/02/2025 |
| Binaural hearing system and method for operating a binaural hearing system | 12490028 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 12/02/2025 |
| Hearing aid comprising an ITE-part adapted to be located in an ear canal of a user | 12490029 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 12/02/2025 |
| Hearing aid comprising an activation element | 12490030 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 12/02/2025 |
| Hearing aid system with internet protocol | 12490031 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 12/02/2025 |
| Battery positioning in an external device | 12490032 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 12/02/2025 |
| Bone conduction implant | 12490034 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 12/02/2025 |
| Combined charging contact and antenna for hearing instruments | 12490035 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 12/02/2025 |
| Hearing protector with spectacles | 12491117 | Pfanner Schutzbekleidung GmbH (Koblach, AT) | 12/09/2025 |
| Near infrared light in hearing aid appliances | 12491375 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 12/09/2025 |
| Wirelessly rechargeable in-ear hearing device and charger for same | 12494674 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 12/09/2025 |
| Hearing device chargers and hearing devices for use with same | 12494679 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 12/09/2025 |
| Ear cushion, an earphone and a binaural listening device | 12495236 | GN Audio A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 12/09/2025 |
| Operating state detection using pulsed acoustic signals | 12495239 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 12/09/2025 |
| Hearing aid listening test profiles | 12495256 | Sony Group Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | 12/09/2025 |
| Hearing device and related method of wireless charging | 12495257 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 12/09/2025 |
| Systems and methods for sound source virtualization | 12495266 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 12/09/2025 |
| In-ear headphone
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D1105034 | Minami Acoustics Limited (Ganzhou, CN) | 12/16/2025 |
| Earbud | D1105041 | Vision Intelligence Co Ltd (Hefei, CN) | 12/16/2025 |
| Detecting heart rate variability using a hearable | 12495980 | Google LLC (Mountain View, CA) | 12/16/2025 |
| MEMS die and MEMS-based sensor | 12497283 | Knowles Electronics LLC (Itasca, IL) | 12/16/2025 |
| Optimizing positioning and configuration of a hearing device | 12496014 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 12/16/2025 |
| Apparatus and methods for making cochlear implant electrode arrays | 12496440 | Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, CH) | 12/16/2025 |
| Eyeglass hearing device with biosensors | 12498584 | Shennib, Adnan (Oakland, CA) | 12/16/2025 |
| Machine learning model based systems and methods for providing assistance for a lead insertion procedure | 12499986 | Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, CH) | 12/16/2025 |
| Power circuit for wireless earphone | 12501199 | Harman International Industries Inc (Stamford, CT) | 12/16/2025 |
| Earhole-wearable sound collection device, signal processing device, and sound collection method
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12501208 | Sony Group Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | 12/16/2025 |
| Audio system | 12501214 | Nuheara IP Pty Ltd (Northbridge, AU) | 12/16/2025 |
| Telecoil predicted repeating system interference canceller | 12501222 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 12/16/2025 |
| Method for operating a binaural hearing device, binaural hearing device and data medium | 12501223 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 12/16/2025 |
| Hearing device | 12501230 | GN Audio A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 12/16/2025 |
| Cases and earbuds for providing information and electronic devices for receiving information | 12501565 | Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) | 12/16/2025 |
| Electro-optical physiologic sensor | 12501734 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 12/16/2025 |
| Ear implant | D1106460 | Poriferous LLC (Newnan, GA) | 12/16/2025 |
| Diagnosis and monitoring of bruxism using earbud motion sensors | 12502124 | Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) | 12/23/2025 |
| In-ear nonverbal audio events classification system and method | 12502130 | EERS Global Technologies Inc (Montreal, CA) | 12/23/2025 |
| Wearable earpiece oxygen monitor | 12502145 | Oxiwear Inc (Arlington, VA | 12/23/2025 |
| Vestibular clinical support system functionality | 12502537 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 12/23/2025 |
| Electroacoustic transducer for implantation in an ear, method for producing such, and cochlear implant system | 12502538 | MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck, AT) | 12/23/2025 |
| Medical implants and electronics and antenna assemblies for use with same | 12502539 | Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, CH) | 12/23/2025 |
| Use of white noise in auditory devices | 12505822 | Sony Group (Tokyo, JP) | 12/23/2025 |
| Methods and systems for managing simultaneous data streams from multiple sources | 12506795 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 12/23/2025 |
| Hearing accommodation | 12506832 | Sorenson IP Holdings LLC (Salt Lake City, UT) | 12/23/2025 |
| Earphone | 12506993 | Sonova Consumer Hearing GmbH (Wedemark, DE) | 12/23/2025 |
| Hearing device test and diagnostics system and methods | 12507020 | Eargo Inc (San Jose, CA) | 12/23/2025 |
| Method of suppressing acoustic feedback in a binaural hearing aid system | 12507021 | Widex A/S (Lynge, DK) | 12/23/2025 |
| 12505822 device to auditory device communication linking | 12507052 | Sony Group (Tokyo, JP) | 12/23/2025 |
| Method for charging an energy store, mobile device and charging device | 12512687 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 12/30/2025 |
| Earbuds with turn wheel control | 12513446 | E-filliate Inc (Rancho Cordova, CA) | 12/30/2025 |
| Active leakage adaption for wearable audio devices | 12513450 | Bang & Olufsen A/S (Struer, DK) | 12/30/2025 |
| Earbud-to-earbud cross-acknowledgement and communication relay | 12513451 | Google LLC (Mountain View, CA) | 12/30/2025 |
| Method for identifying earbud wearing error and related device | 12513471 | Huawei Technologies Co Ltd (Shenzhen, CN) | 12/30/2025 |
| Ear-worn electronic device employing user-initiated acoustic environment adaptation | 12513472 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 12/30/2025 |
| Hearing aid including wind noise reduction | 12513473 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 12/30/2025 |
| Hearing aid with cognitive adaptation and methods thereof | 12513474 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 12/30/2025 |
| Cable connector for hearing device | 12513475 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 12/30/2025 |
| Adjustable fit hearing aids | 12513476 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 12/30/2025 |
| Hearing device | 12513477 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 12/30/2025 |
| Method of operating an in situ fitting system and an in situ fitting system | 12513478 | Widex A/S (Lynge, DK) | 12/30/2025 |
| Systems and methods for providing bone conduction audio | 12513484 | Harman International Industries Inc (Stamford, CT) | 12/30/2025 |
| Earbuds case | D1107428 | Amazon Technologies Inc (Seattle, WA) | 12/30/2025 |
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.
