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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2024
Fortell Research Inc., New York, NY (US);
Igor Lovchinsky, New York, NY (US);
Philip Meyers, IV, San Francisco, CA (US);
Israel Malkin, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Nicholas Morris, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Fortell Research Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An ear-worn device may include control circuitry configured to activate speech mode or traditional mode. Based on activation of speech mode, the control circuitry may be configured to control noise reduction circuitry to perform neural network-based noise reduction using neural network circuitry, and to control speech boost circuitry to automatically increase a volume of the audio signal at its output relative to the volume of the audio signal at its input, where the increase in the volume is in addition to any amplification applied by WDRC circuitry. Based on activation of traditional mode, the control circuitry may be configured to control the noise reduction circuitry to cease to perform the neural network-based noise reduction, and to control the speech boost circuitry to cease to automatically increase the volume of the audio signal at its output relative to the volume of the audio signal at its input.