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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
May. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Jensen, Brunswick, MD (US);
Justin Burwinkel, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas Olai Monsen, Chaska, MN (US);
Eric George, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/507 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure describes a method comprising: obtaining, by a processing system that includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry, a signal from a magnetic sensor of a hearing instrument; determining, by the processing system, a context of the hearing instrument based at least in part on the signal from the telecoil; and initiating, by the processing system, one or more actions based on the context of the hearing instrument.