T-Mobile’s patent #12712964, Smart phone network for hearing impaired, describes systems to apply hearing loss compensation algorithms to smart phone data outputting.
The audible sound waves generated enable the user of the subscribed smart phone to listen to live sound, with or without a hearing aid.
The August 2026 patent list
| Description | Patent Number | Assignee or Applicant | Issued |
| Hearing aid with ear EEG recording | 12697067 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 8/04/2026 |
| Method, device and system to determine a frequency function of a basilar membrane of cochleae to tune cochlear implants | 12697173 | MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck, AT) | 8/04/2026 |
| Hearing device | 12701350 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 8/04/2026 |
| Hearing aid comprising a speaker unit | 12701369 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 8/04/2026 |
| Bone conduction hearing aid with feedback prevention function | 12701370 | OXTI PTE Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 8/04/2026 |
| Hearing instrument and associated binaural hearing system | 12701371 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 8/04/2026 |
| Hearing device with protective sealing and/or locking pin | 12701372 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 8/04/2026 |
| Set of hearing aids and charging case | D1139103 & D1139104 | Shenzhen Eartech Company Ltd (Shenzhen, CN) | 8/04/2026 |
| Hearing aid | D1140015 | Hetaida Technology Co Ltd (Dongguan City, CN) | 8/04/2026 |
| Behind-the-ear hearing aid
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D1140016 | Shenzhen Qiaoshi Trading Co Ltd (Shenzhen, CN) | 8/04/2026 |
| Bone conductive hearing aid | D1140017 | MaxSound Global Group Inc (Denver, CO) | 8/04/2026 |
| Hearing aids and charging case assembly | D1140018 | Elehear Technology Co Ltd (Shenzhen, CN) | 8/04/2026 |
| Hearing aids | D1140019 | Wang, Yuancong & Wu, Heng (Shenzhen & Naning, CN) | 8/04/2026 |
| Skin flap thickness estimation | 12702325 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 8/11/2026 |
| Method of fitting a hearing device and fitting device for fitting the hearing device | 12702330 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 8/11/2026 |
| Methods and devices for monitoring brain functions by magnetic field measuring of MEG signal via an ear cavity | 12702337 | TDK Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | 8/11/2026 |
| Dynamic incremental analog-to-digital conversion interfaces for in-ear electrophysiology | 12702358 | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) | 8/11/2026 |
| Advanced implanted magnet management in the face of external magnetic fields | 12702826 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 8/11/2026 |
| Adaptive implementation of aware mode audio | 12705014 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 8/11/2026 |
| Method for providing customized online education content for rehabilitation for hearing loss patient | 12705999 | The Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation (Seoul, KR) | 8/11/2026 |
| Data encryption for a hearing device | 12706751 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 8/11/2026 |
| Electronic device connected to wearable device, and connection method therefor | 12707117 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (Suwon-si, KR) | 8/11/2026 |
| Method for creating a frailty indicator value for a person using a hearing instrument and hearing instrument | 12707188 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 8/11/2026 |
| Modular hearing instrument comprising electro-acoustic calibration parameters | 12707207 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 8/11/2026 |
| Method at a binaural hearing device system and a binaural hearing device system | 12707208 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 8/11/2026 |
| Hearing device and method for operating the hearing device | 12707209 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 8/11/2026 |
| Ear piece for a hearing device | 12707210 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 8/11/2026 |
| Hearing device for placement in the ear having a receiver | 12707211 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 8/11/2026 |
| Electronic system with earphone/headphone recommendation based on expected context of daily usage of wearable audio output device(s) | 12707219 | Motorola Mobility LLC (Chicago, IL) | 8/11/2026 |
| Methods of low power on ear-buds in a BTOIP (WI-FI) topology | 12707397 | QUALCOMM Inc (San Diego, CA) | 8/11/2026 |
| Hearing aid | D1141130 S | Xiamen Vienatone Medical Technology Co Ltd (Xiamen, CN) | 8/11/2026 |
| Hearing aid | D1141131 S | Xiamen Vienatone Medical Technology Co Ltd (Xiamen, CN) | 8/11/2026 |
| Medical device and prosthesis | 12708281 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 8/18/2026 |
| Adaptive touch interactions for wearable devices | 12710865 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 8/18/2026 |
| Voice modification for wearable device | 12710915 | Bragi GmbH (Munich, DE) | 8/18/2026 |
| Reducing occlusion effect in wearable audio devices | 12711938 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 8/18/2026 |
| Hearing device and method of operating a hearing device | 12711964 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 8/18/2026 |
| Method of operating an audio device system and an audio device system | 12711977 | Widex A/S (Lynge, DK) | 8/18/2026 |
| Predictive medical device consultation | 12712070 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 8/18/2026 |
| Electronic device worn on the body, hearing aid instrument, and voltage supply for such a device | 12712431 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 8/18/2026 |
| Smart phone network for hearing impaired | 12712964 | T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, KS) | 8/18/2026 |
| Method and apparatus for in-ear canal sound suppression | 12712974 | ST Portfolio Holdings LLC (Delray Beach, FL) | 8/18/2026 |
| Adaptive ambient listening for audio systems | 12713171 | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) | 8/18/2026 |
| Antenna designs for hearing instruments | 12713173 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 8/18/2026 |
| Wearable audio devices with enhanced voice pickup | 12713182 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 8/18/2026 |
| User interface control using vibration suppression | 12713186 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 8/18/2026 |
| Hearing device with active antenna switching | 12713187 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 8/18/2026 |
| System and method for enhancing speech of target speaker from audio signal in an ear-worn device using voice signatures | 12713188 | Fortell Research Inc (New York, NY) | 8/18/2026 |
| Hearing aid antenna for high-frequency data communication | 12713189 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 8/18/2026 |
| Fitting agent with user model initialization for a hearing device | 12713190 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 8/18/2026 |
| Hearing machine tuning device, hearing machine, information processing device, hearing machine tuning method, and recording medium | 12713191 | Casio Computer Co Ltd (Tokyo, JP) | 8/18/2026 |
| Method and apparatus for using a generative large language model for audiological fitting and device control | 12713192 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 8/18/2026 |
| Method of estimating noise attenuation in a hearing device | 12713193 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 8/18/2026 |
| Wireless microphone synchronization for BToIP TWS earbuds | 12713373 | QUALCOMM INC (SAN DIEGO, CA) | 8/18/2026 |
| Charger for hearing device | D1142166 S | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 8/18/2026 |
| In-ear functional near-infrared spectroscopy for cognitive load estimation | 12714342 | Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, CA) | 8/25/2026 |
| Hearing protection | 12714604 | Minuendo AS (Oslo, NO) | 8/25/2026 |
| Wearable device with speech enhancement | 12718830 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 8/25/2026 |
| Personalized sound virtualization | 12720251 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 8/25/2026 |
| Front of the ear hearing device with biosensors | 12720253 | Shennib, Adnan (Oakland, CA) | 8/25/2026 |
| Ear-associated inertial-acoustic fusion with deterministic audio-IMU synchronization | 12720264 | VEXARA GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, DE) | 8/25/2026 |
| Systems and methods for improving hearing performance by a hearing device | 12720265 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 8/25/2026 |
| Bone anchored hearing aid device unit | 12720266 | Oticon Medical A/S (Smorum, DK) | 8/25/2026 |
About the Author
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.
