ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,086, issued on July 7, was assigned to GN HEARING A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Hearing device" was invented by Jakob Brinck (Ballerup, Denmark), Finn Hansen (Smorum, Denmark) and Tharsiny Thanendran (Copenhagen V, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a hearing device. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising an opening in a portion of the housing. The hearing device further comprises a microphone arranged inside the housing and arranged adjacent to the opening in the portion of the housing. The microphone is configured to receive sounds from the surroundings or a user's ear canal through the opening. The hearing d...