ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,997, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Interacoustics A/S (Middelfart, Denmark).

"Determination of cochlear hydrops based on recorded auditory electrophysiological responses" was invented by Bue Kristensen (Middelfart, Denmark), Soren Laugesen (Middelfart, Denmark) and Lisbeth Birkelund Simonsen (Middelfart, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a system for diagnosing cochlear hydrops of a person or an animal. The system comprises an acoustic stimulus generating unit comprising a stimulus generator and an output transducer, where the acoustic stimulus generating unit is configured to provide an a...