ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,014, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Oticon A/S (Smorum, Denmark).

"Optimizing positioning and configuration of a hearing device" was invented by Michael Syskind Pedersen (Smorum, Denmark), Karsten Bo Rasmussen (Birkerod, Denmark), Anders Hojsgaard Thomsen (Smorum, Denmark), Fares El-Azm (Smorum, Denmark) and Anders Vinther Olsen (Frederiksberg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments of methods, in particular performed by at least one hearing device, uses of the method, hearing devices and hearing systems. The method can include determining a reference orientation and/or position, in particular a r...