US Patent Issued to KNOWLES ELECTRONICS on June 9 for "Ear-worn hearing device with active occlusion reduction" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,587, issued on June 9, was assigned to KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC (Itasca, Ill.).

"Ear-worn hearing device with active occlusion reduction" was invented by Thomas Miller (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and Charles King (Oak Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ear-worn hearing device with occlusion reduction is disclosed. The hearing device includes a signal processor configured to generate an anti-occlusion signal based on a feedforward signal from a vibration sensor located to detect tissue-propagated vibration within the user's at least partially occluded ear canal. Optionally, the anti-occlusion signal can also be based on a feedba...