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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2022
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Achintya Kumar Bhowmik, Cupertino, CA (US);
William F. Austin, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Madj Srour, San Jose, CA (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for person-to-person voice communication between ear-wearable devices. A method includes receiving, using a microphone of a first hearing device configured to be worn on or in an ear of the first user, a first acoustic own voice signal from the first user. The method further includes transmitting, from the first hearing device via a wireless connection to a second hearing device configured to be worn on or in an ear of a second user, a first audio packet based on the received first acoustic own voice signal. The method also includes receiving, at the second hearing device via the wireless connection, the first audio packet from the first hearing device, and playing, at the second hearing device using a second receiver, an output signal for the second user based on the first audio packet.