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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/4803 (2013.01); A61B 5/6815 (2013.01); H04R 25/00 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to hearing assistance systems and methods for monitoring a device wearer's emotional state and status. In an embodiment, a hearing assistance system is included having an ear-worn device that can include a control circuit and a microphone in electronic communication with the control circuit. The ear-worn device can be configured to monitor signals from the microphone, analyze the signals in order to identify speech, and transmit data based on the signals representing the identified speech to a separate device. Other embodiments are also included herein.