ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,147, issued on April 14, was assigned to Sonova AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Operating a hearing device to assist the user in engaging in a healthy living style" was invented by Eleftheria Georganti (Zurich, Switzerland), Manuela Feilner (Egg, Switzerland), Ulrike Lemke (Zurich, Switzerland), Melissa Lawrence (Glarus, Switzerland) and Thomas Wessel (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method of operating a hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of a user. The method comprises receiving input audio signal indicative of a sound detected in the environment; processing the input audio ...