ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,133, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Oticon A/S (Smorum, Denmark).

"Hearing aid system for estimating acoustic transfer functions" was invented by Nels Hede Rohde (Smorum, Denmark), Thomas Bentsen (Smorum, Denmark), Anders Brodlos Olsen (Smorum, Denmark), Michael Syskind Pedersen (Smorum, Denmark), Svend Feldt (Ballerup, Denmark) and Jesper Jensen (Smorum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid, and a portable auxiliary device' adapted to establish a communication link between them. The hearing aid comprises a microphone providing an electric input signal, a signal processor, and an out...